China is reportedly planning to develop its own national post-quantum cryptography standards within the next three years, even as most of the world has already begun migrating to those finalized by the US in 2024. Post-quantum cryptography deals with algorithms that can protect data from the threat proposed by future quantum computers, which are expected to be able to decrypt data encrypted with legacy algorithms far faster than conventional computers. Governments are pushing for their widespread adoption today to reduce the scope for so-called “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks. Chinese post-quantum cryptography experts have focused on a different type of algorithm to those favored elsewh...