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"Folks like Zhang Yiming and others would have been the best allies of the United States in its way of dealing with US-China relations." Open in app or onlineTikTok Hearing: The End of an Era"Folks like Zhang Yiming and others would have been the best allies of the United States in its way of dealin

The long-awaited TikTok hearing has finally arrived.This morning TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to testify about TikToks consumer privacy and data security practices, how the platform affects children, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist P

The AI industry is hitting the gas in terms of progress and deployment and I think that governments around the world need to hit the gas in terms of thinking about it in a regulatory context.Open in app or onlineTikTok Live Show + AIs Regulatory Future: EU vs.ChinaThe AI industry is hitting the gas

You cant be half Communist, just like you cant be half pregnant.Open in app or onlineKotkin on China: Communisms Achilles Heel, Deterrence, and Learning from the USSRYou cant be half Communist, just like you cant be half pregnant.Nicholas Welch and Jordan SchneiderMar 20PreviewSaveStephen Kotkin is

Being an idiot isnt your fault and shouldnt cause you to have low self-esteem or feel helpless.Open in app or onlineBaidu's ERNIE: China ReactsBeing an idiot isnt your fault and shouldnt cause you to have low self-esteem or feel helpless.Irene ZhangMar 17PreviewSaveThe launch of ERNIE, Baidus answer

I dont know how the racing dynamic can be pulled out of the system if there is a peer competitor with the US who sees AI as an incredibly strategic, critical technology.Open in app or onlineGPT-4: AI Unleashed.I dont know how the racing dynamic can be pulled out of the system if there is a peer comp

ERNIE will be an idiot.Fundamentally, I cannot imagine a world where Baidu has had a robot more powerful than ChatGPT all this time but has managed to keep it a secret.Open in app or onlineCountdown to ERNIE: Chinese Media on Baidus AI ChatbotERNIE will be an idiot.Fundamentally, I cannot imagine a

Creative translation by Chinas SIA in their press release responding to the US/JP/NL export controls reveals all Open in app or onlineImJordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast, China tech analyst at The Rhodium Group, and a fellow at CNAS.The views expressed in this newsletter are my own.Chi

Ed KupermanPresident Tsai Ing-wen to Visit California Taiwans Overseas Community Affairs Council confirmed Thursday that President Tsai would be traveling to California to meet Speaker McCarthy as part of a larger trip to greet Central American diplomatic allies and Taiwanese living abroad.Tsais dec

If the US stops collaborating with China, it doesnt mean they wont get access to the best, leading-edge results.Those results live on the internet for everyone in the world to access.Open in app or onlineAIs Regulatory FutureIf the US stops collaborating with China, it doesnt mean they wont get acce

Resource distribution, cybersecurity risks, legal reform, and a Chinese AGI Open in app or onlineImJordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast, China tech analyst at The Rhodium Group, and a fellow at CNAS.The views expressed in this newsletter are my own.AI Proposals at Two Sessions: AGI as Two

Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles William McKinley Open in app or onlineUS vs China Semis Industrial Policy: Tale of the TapeOur differences are policies; our agreements, principles William McKinleyNicholas WelchMar 7PreviewSaveThe following article was written by Arrian Ebr

Could politics put the breaks on China's AI development.Open in app or onlineImJordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast, China tech analyst at The Rhodium Group, and a fellow at CNAS.The views expressed in this newsletter are my own.Chinas Censors Are Afraid of What AI Chatbots Might SayCould

Is ChatXiPT Really That Scary.Open in app or onlineChatXiPT, Tweets of the Week, Three Body Problem, Trudeau Troubles, Palo Alto Meetup, Baidu vs Xiaohongshu in Search.Is ChatXiPT Really That Scary.Jordan SchneiderMar 3PreviewSaveIll be holding a meetup in Palo Alto Tuesday afternoon.Would love to s

Will investment guardrails, or 'money for national-security compliance', be the next 'export controls' or 'secondary sanctions'.Open in app or onlineChina CHIPS Act GuardrailsThe Next Great US Policy Innovation.Will investment guardrails, or 'money for national-security compliance', be the next 'exp

The Buddhists, the Song, the Mongols, the missionaries: all failed to uproot ancient Chinese exceptionalism.Open in app or onlineImJordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast, China tech analyst at The Rhodium Group, and a fellow at CNAS.The views expressed in this newsletter are my own.How Anci

The Chinese very much want to find a way to keep Putin in power because Xi Jinping feels very comfortable with Putin.These two leaders are bonded in a way that we have not understood.Open in app or onlineImJordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast, China tech analyst at The Rhodium Group, and

"Most tragic is witnessing a nation that does not remember its past mistakes." Open in app or onlineChina's Elite on Ukraine War Anniversary"Most tragic is witnessing a nation that does not remember its past mistakes."Irene ZhangFeb 27PreviewSaveOn the first anniversary of Russias invasion of Ukrain

If a stand up set is delivered in the forest, Weibo will hear about it Open in app or onlineImJordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast, China tech analyst at The Rhodium Group, and a fellow at CNAS.The views expressed in this newsletter are my own.Friday Bites: Asylum-Worthy Stand-Up, Canadia

The chips stop going to China but how do we actually make sure they stop using those cutting-edge systems.How do you want export controls on cloud computing.Open in app or onlineCompute and the Future of US-China RelationsThe chips stop going to China but how do we actually make sure they stop usi

If systems continue becoming that powerful and that capable, we might not actually want them again as a society, as a democratic process; we might not want them to be out there in the wild.Open in app or onlineAI Compute 101: The Geopolitics of GPUsIf systems continue becoming that powerful and that

State support for ChatGPT clones + is China's data actually a weakness vs the US.How Bing chat performs in Chinese, ChatGPT impersonates a province, and reactions from university educators Open in app or onlineChina's ChatGPT FeverState support for ChatGPT clones + is China's data actually a weaknes

Through the first five episodes, Iqiyis The Knockout is thus far the best Chinese modern drama of the 2020s.Open in app or onlineImJordan Schneider, host of the ChinaTalk Podcast, China tech analyst at The Rhodium Group, and a fellow at CNAS.The views expressed in this newsletter are my own.Friday

Also: balloon AI export controls, China's focus on 'near space', and advice for aspiring weapons nerds Open in app or onlineBalloonTalk 2.0: What Are These Objects.US-China Relations and The Balloon Industrial ComplexAlso: balloon AI export controls, China's focus on 'near space', and advice for asp

Stories about Chinese womanhood, cyberpunk urban worlds, and the truth of intergenerational memory.Open in app or onlineChina's Best New Novels According to China's GoodreadsStories about Chinese womanhood, cyberpunk urban worlds, and the truth of intergenerational memory.Irene ZhangFeb 14PreviewSav