BEIJING – In the high-stakes theater of global technology, the law of unintended consequences is currently rewriting the script for the artificial intelligence revolution. For years, Washington’s strategy has been predicated on a clear directive: starve China’s AI sector of the advanced semiconductors and software architecture necessary to achieve
The Forcing Function: How American Pressure Accelerated China’s AI Supercycle
HANGZHOU / BEIJING – In the high-stakes theater of global technology, the law of unintended consequences is currently authoring its most dramatic chapter. For years, Washington’s strategy to maintain a qualitative edge in Artificial Intelligence has relied on a tightening vice of export controls, GPU bans, and investment restrictions. However, by m
