China is also preparing for war in the metaverse

The scientific and military powers of the world are spending billions of dollars on quantum computing research and to make the Metaverse a reality. China, which in recent years has been making various and notable progress, is also gaining leadership in these sectors.

In 2020, Prof. Pan Jianwei vice president of the University of Science and Technology of China and vice president of one of the political parties under the direct leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), conducted the first Earth-Space quantum communications, using the Micius satellite, to create an ultra-secure data link between two ground stations separated by more than 1,000 miles.

Last October, China’s 66-qubit Zuchongzhi 2 quantum processor would complete a calculation 1 million times faster than the 53-qubit Google Sycamore processor. The processor was developed by a team of researchers from the Chinese Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, in collaboration with the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics and the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology.

These results derive from the emphasis placed by the Beijing government on quantum computing, investing 10 billion dollars and increasing national spending on research and development by 7% compared to the previous year, to support the birth of many start-ups and technologies companies for the development of the sector and the Metaverse.