Commentary
The tech world and U.S.–China competition were shocked when a relatively unknown Chinese tech company recently released an open-source model that quickly surpassed larger U.S. competitors both in quality and resource efficiency.
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen in San Anselmo, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Christopher Balding
Author
Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
