Skip to content
China Factor
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Analysis
  • China-US Tension
  • Geopolitics
  • Between The Lines
  • Deep Dive
  • About

AI

China is forging ahead as Trump plays catch-up

March 16, 2026February 6, 2026 by Kerry Brown

Beijing will continue to stand up to Washington even though the economy shows signs of turbulence

Categories Analysis Tags AI, Bluster, East Asia Forum, News, President Xi Jinping, Social Media, The Long Read Leave a comment

Bubble trouble is brewing in China’s robot land

December 2, 2025December 1, 2025 by China Factor Staff

Industrial hype hits an economy mired in a manufacturing slump, rising unemployment, and anemic growth

Categories Talking Point Tags 'Evergranda Moment', AI, News, Robotic Stocks, Sluggish Demand Leave a comment

Washington is in a ‘scientific arms race’ with Beijing

March 18, 2025March 17, 2025 by China Factor Staff

US is failing to defend its ‘intellectual property’ and slipping behind in ‘investing in new research’

Categories Talking Point Tags AI, China, News, Robotics, Trump Administration, United States Leave a comment

DeepSeek’s ‘hidden code’ is fueling AI data fears 

February 7, 2025February 6, 2025 by China Factor Staff

Allegations of links to state-owned China Mobile spark concerns about the software startup

Categories Talking Point Tags AI, China, China Mobile, National Security, News, United States Leave a comment

March of the robots highlights China’s research rise

October 14, 2024September 12, 2024 by Adam Hancock

Heavy state investment in the past two decades has been the key to developing ‘critical technology’

Categories Big Tech Tags AI, China, Drones, News, President Xi Jinping, State Investment, United States Leave a comment

Comrade AI is there to serve China’s Communist Party

October 18, 2024August 23, 2024 by Shaoyu Yuan

At the heart of Beijing’s artificial intelligence strategy is to use the technology to tighten ideological control

Categories Deep Dive Tags AI, China, Communist Party, News, Party Control, The Conversation, United States Leave a comment

Chips fueled by AI will reshape global security

March 18, 2024March 15, 2024 by Kirk Chang Alina Vaduva

‘Its potential to redefine geopolitics could exceed our ability to both predict and plan for the changes’

Categories Commentary Tags AI, China, Chips, News, Tech Rivalry, The Conversation, United States Leave a comment

Enter the dragon and President Biden’s China conundrum

January 10, 2022December 30, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

In 2022, US President Joe Biden will wrestle with a chain of complex challenges from global rival China

Categories Viewpoint Tags AI, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, Joe Biden, Military Risks, News, Space, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Top Stories

  • Reflections on the face-off between China and the US
  • Global race is on to meet the Climate Clock deadline
  • China’s ghost in the machine is haunting ASML 
  • Alleged tech theft and the rise of China’s CXMT 
  • Evolution, not revolution, is China’s energy goal
© 2026 China Factor • Built with GeneratePress