Inside China's mind on AI

AxiosSeptember 24, 2026en

China is waging a much different war for AI supremacy than the U.S. Why it matters: China is obsessed with state control and adoption. Chinese officials are laser-focused on deep, widespread AI domestic use they can monitor and steer at every level of their economy. By contrast, America is obsessed with developing superior AI faster. Period. The U.S. thinking: The nation first to true super-intelligence wins everything. China and the U.S. agree on three AI certainties: The country with the most powerful AI holds power, sets global standards, and wins the coming decades economically and militarily. From there, the two nations are on different roads. China's 15th Five-Year Plan , released in M

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