Meeting China’s Tech Challenge

President Donald Trump is planning to visit Beijing in the coming months, just as China has published an ambitious new 141-page five-year policy plan that aims to “seize the commanding heights of science and technological development” by 2030. This plan aims to go far beyond investment in China’s artificial intelligence and tech infrastructure — the Communist Party’s clear goal is to unseat US tech dominance, turning China from the world’s tech factory into the world’s tech innovator.

Should Beijing gain the upper hand in tech...