Robert Fife from the Globe and Mail(so not a rando). March 14th, select 9am, scan ahead to 17:40.
https://globalnews.ca/pages/audio-vault-chqr/
It's actually post graduate students studying AI, big data, bio pharma medical...Worth listening to, maybe not just blow it off. The thing is, China plays the long game here, and has no issue spending money and throwing out loads of different things, seeing what works.