A quantum computer is not based on the binary code of the traditional computers, instead it takes advantage of some features of the quantum mechanics. This allows to carry out a high number of contemporary activities in a short amount of time. The quantum computer’s development is significative not only for its technological potential, but also for its geopolitical repercussions. In fact, no technology is impartial. It’s always owned by someone that the possibility of influencing the society and has, for this reason, implications in the power’s relationships. The quantum capacity’s race, in this sense, reflects and intersects many phenomena of our times, especially the China-USA relation.
