August 3, 2026 — China's Quantum Standards Play Meets the West's Chokepoint Strategy
Two co-leads on the same quantum geopolitics fight: China stands up a national quantum standards committee modeled on its 5G playbook, while a new IISS analysis argues Western export controls have become deliberate industrial strategy. Plus D-Wave's fraud-detection deal with Nasdaq Verafin, an IBM-RIKEN quantum advantage claim on a real materials problem, and OptQC and NTT's deepening optical quantum push.
Linked sources: China Forms Quantum Standards Committee to Coordinate Industry Development — The Quantum Insider
Western Quantum Export Controls Are Evolving Into an Industrial Strategy…
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