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In all the areas he mentions—quantum computing, fusion energy and military technology—the Chinese dirigiste approach has led them to try and play catch up with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

"We have a duty to remain so," he added, nonetheless insisting the plan was not a return to the so-called "dirigiste" state-directed industrial policies of the 1960s and 1970s.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2013

This dirigiste culture is weaker on the British right.

From Economist • Feb. 11, 2010

But in Britain – lacking the dirigiste French culture – the task would always be fraught.

From Newsweek