US Must Win The Battle For AI Supremacy Over China

2025-07-22 03:11:19

(MENAFN- Asia Times) The United States and China are engaged in what is likely the defining contest of the century over artificial intelligence and who controls the most advanced technology. At its core, it is a struggle over which nation's values and vision will shape the world's future.

It is crucial that the United States, not China, emerges as the leading global power. American leadership has helped build a system based on democracy, transparency, the rule of law and respect for individual rights.

While not perfect, it has brought decades of peace, prosperity and expanding freedom. It has enabled open markets, international cooperation and free expression to flourish.

China, ruled by the Communist Party, presents a very different model. It is authoritarian and tightly controlled by the state, with little tolerance for dissent or independent institutions.

Beijing applies economic and political pressure to advance its agenda both at home and abroad. If China gains influence over global institutions and norms, the world could move away from openness and toward centralized control.

This is not a distant or abstract threat. China already uses its growing power to silence critics far beyond its borders. It pressures corporations and governments to avoid challenging its policies. It censors Chinese-language media abroad and targets journalists, scholars and members of the Chinese diaspora.

Inside China, the government monitors citizens, marginalizes ethnic minorities, and suppresses political opposition, especially in regions such as Xinjiang and Tibet.

China is actively exporting this model. Through the Belt and Road Initiative, it offers infrastructure and technology to developing countries, often with conditions that create dependency and allow Beijing to exert political leverage. Many of these nations become reluctant to criticize China on human rights or issues related to Taiwan.

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