China is now a leader in telecoms technology, whether America believes it or not

Thank you for your article, “China’s long march for the soul of the nation’s digital future” (May 26). It offers important information about China’s effort in processor chips.

In my field, telecommunications, China has already become a leader. Recently, both Huawei and Qualcomm released chips for mobile phones supporting a download speed of two gigabits per second. They demonstrated the same quality of engineering. Massive MIMO, a key part of 5G, was invented in New Jersey but ZTE and Huawei were the first to market it. They were more than a year ahead of the West.

China sets out road map to lead world in artificial intelligence by 2030

This should surprise no one. For a decade, whenever I have visited electronic engineers at places like Stanford University, many of those I have met are from China. I recently reported on research at China’s Tsinghua and Southeast universities.

Some in Washington have the false belief that other countries cannot advance without American technology. That leads them to make very bad decisions.

I learn from China and I know my Chinese friends learn from the best in America.

Dave Burstein, New York