China's innovation means it's winning, says investor

China's Innovation Means It's Winning, Says Investor | GZERO World

What will the world look like in the Chinese century?

It'll be "much less nice," emerging markets investor Antoine van Agtmael tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World. A lot of that has to with tech innovation coming from a society in which thought is controlled.

China, he adds, is making remarkable progress and is close a breakthroughs on things like nuclear fusion or artificial intelligence.

For van Agtmael, China still faces many challenges. But he's optimistic about its chances of overcoming them to become a true global power.

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