“They set their goals, they have a strategy to achieve these goals,” Gates said on CBS, commenting on China’s development in artificial intelligence and robotics.
According to him, in the framework of the “Made in China - 2025” program, Beijing subsidizes Chinese companies to dominate ten high technology areas.
“We really have no strategy, we haven’t had it for quite some time,” he said.
Gates added that Donald Trump is not the first US president who is trying to oppose China’s presence at the global level.
Earlier, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said that cooperation remains the only right choice for China and the United States.