China is signaling it will stay focused on technology and economic growth, even as U.S. tensions with Iran rise.

The war in Iran has triggered severe global economic disruption, choking off disaster relief supply chains and spiking oil prices—further exacerbating existing humanitarian crises.

The country’s research spending has seen exponential growth in the past 3 decades, reaching 3.9 trillion yuan ($568.6 billion) in 2025 in current yuan, an 8.1% increase over the previous year, and ...