This puts China in a difficult position, as it has to balance between adequately resourcing its own industry and exporting valuable resources elsewhere. The rising power is struggling to reconcile its domestic actions with the professed grand ambition to expand its digital partnerships with the Global South through initiatives like the AI Capacity-Building Action Plan for Good and for All.
onsdag 3. september 2025
Building the Pipeline: Why China Exports AI Infrastructure, Not Semiconductors
Compute, not data, is the new oil. As the world races to develop ever-larger artificial intelligence (AI) models, mastering the technology to design and manufacture advanced, small-node chips has become a key to winning the global technological race. As a testament to this dynamic, the United States government has introduced a range of restrictive measures, ranging from simple tariffs to strict export controls, in an attempt to limit China’s technological ambitions.
This puts China in a difficult position, as it has to balance between adequately resourcing its own industry and exporting valuable resources elsewhere. The rising power is struggling to reconcile its domestic actions with the professed grand ambition to expand its digital partnerships with the Global South through initiatives like the AI Capacity-Building Action Plan for Good and for All.
This puts China in a difficult position, as it has to balance between adequately resourcing its own industry and exporting valuable resources elsewhere. The rising power is struggling to reconcile its domestic actions with the professed grand ambition to expand its digital partnerships with the Global South through initiatives like the AI Capacity-Building Action Plan for Good and for All.
