How China Could Win The Nuclear Fusion Race

It’s been seven decades ever since scientists started working on nuclear fusion technology, with the allure of almost limitless clean energy proving too powerful to resist. The U.S. was among the world’s first countries to bet big on this futuristic gambit, working on fusion research in earnest since the early 1950s. China’s foray came much later.  However, China has been making rapid progress over the past decade, and now owns more fusion patents than any country according to industry data published by Nikkei. Further, Beijing…