China’s AI Shock 3.0

China’s $300 billion for AI could turn Americans into AI traitors and destroy what’s left of the U.S. economy.
China’s AI Shock 3.0
A poster of Unitree Robotics humanoid robot is seen at its Asia's first embodied intelligence experience store in Shanghai, China, on May 31, 2026. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images
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China is trying to outcompete the United States in artificial intelligence (AI) with a nearly $300 billion buildout of U.S. technology. China could win the race within the next two years if the United States fails to better control the semiconductor and large language model (LLM) tech used by AI.

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Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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