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Palantir CTO Urges U.S. to End China Dependency

10/20/2025

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Shyam Sankar, Palantir chief technology officer, argues in the Wall Street Journal that the United States must end its economic dependency on China amid an economic war.
He criticizes business leaders for clinging to China’s "peaceful rise" and contrasts this with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s view that collaboration is possible.
Sankar says American investments have helped China’s rise and urges rebuilding the U.S. industrial base to preserve sovereignty.

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Shyam Sankar, Palantir chief technology officer, argues in the Wall Street Journal that the United States must end its economic dependency on China amid an economic war.
He criticizes business leaders for clinging to China’s "peaceful rise" and contrasts this with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s view that collaboration is possible.
Sankar says American investments have helped China’s rise and urges rebuilding the U.S. industrial base to preserve sovereignty.