The great AI reckoning: how China is flipping the script on US’ new industrial revolution

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This article examines how China is challenging the United States in the field of artificial intelligence, altering assumptions about innovation and technology. It explores the broader implications of this competition for global industrial and technological dynamics.

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, it confronts a new world order dominated by its relationship with China. In this wide-ranging series, we examine the pressure points and possibilities in those ties, from hard tech to soft power. Here, Vincent Chow looks at how China challenges core American assumptions about innovation and technology, and the historical stakes of their competition in artificial intelligence. In 1969, the renowned British sinologist Joseph Needham...