Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says China could supplant Silicon Valley as the world's tech powerhouse unless the US government steps in

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt urged the United States government to get more invested in the ongoing tech race between China and the US.

In an op-ed published Friday morning in the New York Times, Schmidt argued that the US has a tenuous lead over China on a variety of tech fronts, from AI to biotechnology.

"The government needs to get back in the game in a serious way," Schmidt said.

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who helped build the company into a global tech powerhouse, says the United States is in danger of losing the tech race to China.

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