China

China is moving closer to its aim of being a world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030, according to a CSET report due to semiconductors made by American companies.

Who controls Tik Tok?

South China Morning Post
| October 8, 2022

CSET's Emily Weinstein comments on Washington and its allies' fearful concern over China's influence over popular app Tik Tok.

America’s Brain Drain

The Wire China
| October 9, 2022

Research Fellow Emily Weinstein expresses concern for U.S. competitiveness after a new study shows Chinese academics are departing the United States at an accelerating pace.

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Chinese Spies: Is America helpless against PRC espionage?

Hoover Institution
| October 6, 2022

CSET's Anna Puglisi joins the Hoover Institution's podcast Pacific Century to discuss just how widely and successfully Chinese spies have penetrated American business, government, and academia.

A CSET report tracks China's progress in pursuing "general AI."

In an opinion piece for Lawfare, Research Analyst Micah Musser discussed the new regulations that entered into effect in China requiring companies deploying recommendation algorithms to file details about those algorithms with the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Research Analyst Dahlia Peterson spoke on the challenges of accessing information from China.

While cyber theft and espionage deserve considerable attention, CSET's William Hannas discussed additional dangers the United States suffers from against China.

How China plans to engineer its way out of technology ‘strangeholds’

Australian Strategic Policy Institute
| September 26, 2022

A CSET report identifies 35 Chinese technological chokepoints.