China tech leadership – Charm

AI, Influence, and Power: How China is Reshaping Central Europe’s Digital Future

How China is Reshaping Central Europe’s Digital Future – The Diplomat

Cs news4 months ago08 mins

On a bright morning in Prague or Budapest, you could be forgiven for missing the quiet but pervasive shift underway. It is not a political coup or a military confrontation, but something subtler: the steady expansion of China’s artificial intelligence (AI) influence across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). DeepSeek, Alibaba’s Qwen, and other Chinese AI…

Can Trump’s Tariffs Slow Down China’s Push to Lead High-tech Supply Chains? – The Diplomat

Cs news8 months ago014 mins

President-elect Donald Trump has criticized the CHIPS and Science Act, describing it as providing billions of dollars to wealthy companies. He argued that a better strategy would be to impose a series of tariff to force companies to produce chips domestically. In addition, he proposed imposing a 60 percent tariff on Chinese products specifically and…