China claims fastest quantum computer in the world

A team of Chinese scientists has developed the most powerful quantum computer in the world. Two new supercomputers - Zuchongzhi 2.1 and Jiuzhang 2.0 - have allowed China to leap over its rivals and gain a quantum advantage in the race to build the most powerful quantum computers. These computers are different from traditional computers as they do not manipulate ones and zeros (or bits), instead, using quantum bits (or qubits) which can represent a one, a zero and both one and zero at the same time. As per the NDTV report, China has invested heavily in quantum computing, with Xi Jinping’s government spending $10 billion on the National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences of the country.