
VOA Mandarin: How will China help developing countries promote AI?
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FILE - A worker checks the display panel showing a computer chip and the Chinese words for "independence" at a booth during the World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 5, 2023. Artificial intelligence competition between China and the United States is at a possible turning point.
After China’s DeepSeek gained global recognition, some argue that the U.S.-China rivalry in AI may be upended. In addition, the Chinese Communist Party is actively offering to help developing countries strengthen their AI capacity building. Observers said that China is selling its AI software to targeted regions, which can challenge U.S. AI and serve as a strategy for Chinese companies to get more business overseas.

An advertisement for "RedNote," a Chinese social media app, is seen as people walk by the Nasdaq headquarters in Times Square, Jan. 27, 2025 in New York City. People walk past advertising for Chinese social networking and e-commerce app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, at a shopping center in Beijing, Jan. 15, 2025. A social media influencer films a video for his new Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, after leaving TikTok, in Times Square in New York City, Jan. 16, 2025.

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