China, the US: Tech trouble.

Also: Southeast Asia, North Korea, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Niger, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Jesuit astronomers with the Kangxi Emperor, Philippe Behagle, c1697-1705, tapestry, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

CHINA. UNITED STATES. Tech trouble.

Technological competition accentuates geopolitical tension.

Joe Biden issued an executive order on Wednesday to restrict US investments in high-tech areas of the Chinese economy. The same day, ten Chines…