Description: According to a recent report issued by Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), China’s multi-pronged approach towards developing and advancing its AI capacities could soon pose a significant threat to US – based companies. China has extensively invested in the recent launches of satellites for a planned space – based supercomputing platform called Star Compute as well as integrating AI programs in the real world through exponential research in the field of generative AI. The report also indicated that the new initiative was launched by the PKU – Wuhan Institute for Artificial Intelligence, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Automation and the tech giant Huawei. The disconcerting information was that all of these AI initiatives would be infused with the Chinese Communist Party values which raised concerns of overdominance and developed capacities which could threaten other countries. The report was disclosed in the same day another Chinese tech giant, Xiaomi announced a capital investment of over $7 billion in chip manufacturing and data centers capacities.
Impact: The US tariffs aimed at backstopping Chinese global progress but instead propelled Chinese companies and the country itself into increasing domestic capacities which would fuel Chinese progress on the international business scene. China has quietly navigated the global pressure from the US tariffs and effectively started to become more self – reliant in key and developing industrial sectors such as Artificial Intelligence. China has undoubtedly forced the US to the negotiating table as their monopoly of geostrategic partners in Asia, and the decades – long partnership with Russia prompted the US to readapt the tariff policies. The two countries are engaged in an active war on all fronts as technological giants from both countries battle for dominance on the AI development market. China’s exponential growth in technology and unchallenged projected dominance could pose a substantial risk in the long – term, as the country engaged in enlarged strategic global expansion facing Trump’s tariffs and constant threats in the Indo – Pacific.