@Techmeme@techhub.socialChinese state media: Xi Jinping called for more defense applications using autonomous and AI technologies, as he pushes to build an advanced fighting force (Josh Xiao/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31…
@carl@heath.socialXi Jinping talar om AI som en symfoni av internationellt samarbete. Men vem skriver partituret, vem sätter tempot och vem får spela solo? Om Kinas AI strategi, beroendet av amerikanska teknikbolag, Taiwans kiselsköld och vad Sverige och EU behöver göra.
https://carlheath.se/symfon…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump's state dinner for Xi will not be televised as White House continues to deny CNN full access
Donald Trump just welcomed Xi Jinping back to the White House for a state dinner in honor of the Chinese leader
that will not be televised because the White House continued to deny full access to the event to CNN journalists on Thursday, despite a court order.
“About an hour before Xi’s arrival was scheduled, the White House said CNN could cover the event but only with a p…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deChinas Staatschef Xi fordert Kontrolle und Offenheit bei KI
Im KI-Wettstreit mit den USA fordert Chinas Präsident Xi Jinping mehr Kontrolle und einen offeneren Zugang zu mächtigen KI-Technologien.
https://www.…
@paun@digitalcourage.socialYou can also speak by not speaking.
„What’s most remarkable about [Xi Jinping‘s] itinerary is what it doesn’t include: a stop in New York, where the United Nations’ General Assembly is currently holding its 81st session. […]
Meanwhile, Xi is making a trip across the Pacific Ocean and the entire continental U.S. and not bothering to take an extra jaunt up the coast to attend the United Nations’ most important annual event.
Instead, Vice President Han Zheng will be in New York …
@cdarwin@c.imXi said, “the Thucydides trap can be overcome”,
refering to the phenomenon, defined by the Greek historian, of tensions that arise when an emerging power challenges the dominance of an established power.
Xi invoked the phrase in his meeting with Trump in Beijing in May, asking the US president how he planned to avoid it.
His proposals for lessening tensions
– which also included the invitation of 100,000 young Americans to visit China on student exchanges
– come…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: UK PM Andy Burnham asked Trump to raise Jimmy Lai's case with Xi Jinping, and Trump agreed he should be freed; the UK suggested Britain as Lai's home (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/22/trump-burnham-xi-lai-01087922
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAs Xi Jinping visits Washington, Chinese economists warn that Beijing's heavy focus on AI comes at the expense of addressing a severe broader economic crisis (Li Yuan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/busines
@cdarwin@c.imTreating adversaries better than allies is a recipe for isolation
America’s adversaries, especially those with nuclear weapons, sometimes seem to be treated more kindly by Donald Trump than the country’s oldest friends.
Such U.S. unreliability risks encouraging nuclear proliferation by pushing countries to look out for themselves.
Last week underscored the dynamic:
Trump rolled out the red carpet in Washington for Chinese President Xi Jinping
while continuing …
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump could barely keep his eyes open during a press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday.
The president looked completely out of it at multiple points during Xi’s speech
—eyes heavy and fluttering, body hunched forward.
This is the second time this month that the 80-year-old president has appeared drowsy during an important televised meeting,
the most recent one being the 9/11 memorial event at the Pentagon marking 25 yea…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCNN and CBS are set to resume pool duties today; a note to TV pool subscribers stressed the networks could modify their plans (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/business/media/trump-white-house-tv-pool-ban.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump rolls out red carpets for Xi Jinping, though he has portrayed China as a global menace (Peter Nicholas/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rolls-red-carpets-xi-jinping-though-portrayed-china-global-menac-rcna599250
http://www.memeorandum.com/260924/p155#a260924p155
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US stood alone in dismissing AI safety concerns at the UN, leaving nations to set nonbinding rules without buy-in from the home of the biggest AI companies (Ashley Gold/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/25/2026/white-house-is-isolate…
@SteveFoerster@social.vivaldi.netWelcome to China, where "national security" actually means "Xi Jinping insecurity".
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/11/g-s1-142832/hong-kong-court-sentences-vigil-organizers
@cdarwin@c.im“The U.S. Lead Over China in AI Is All But Gone.”
“China Is AI-Maxxing.”
“China Just Erased America’s AI Lead.”
Those assessments of the artificial intelligence rivalry appeared in U.S. publications recently,
and Xi Jinping will be pleased to have them in the air as he arrives in Washington this week for a state visit.
Under Mr. Xi’s leadership, China has made huge strides in developing the most consequential technology of our times.
What will be less discu…
@bici@mastodon.social#Xi Jinping has called for extensive cooperation with #Washington to avoid the “Thucydides trap” that could put the US and China on a military collision course amid rising tensions over artificial intelligence, trade and Taiwan.
I don't think #trump knows his history. Nor has he ever read one classic text.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAt the World AI Conference, Xi Jinping touts open-source AI, pledges to help the Global South build AI capabilities, and calls unequal AI access an "injustice" (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump gives Xi Jinping rare airport welcome as summit visit begins (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/23/trump-greets-xi-jinping-airport-rare-gesture-summit-starts/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260923/p160#a260923p160
@cdarwin@c.imJournalists from CNN and MS Now belatedly regain access to White House after judge ruling
US news outlets MS Now and CNN have once again been granted access to the White House, Reuters has just reported.
The reinstated access was granted just hours after a federal judge ordered Trump to lift the ban.
CNN has also just confirmed that they have been allowed back inside the White House, with reporter Betsy Klein being allowed to reenter on Thursday.
She was previous…
@cdarwin@c.imNews outlets banned from White House seek emergency hearing
after being denied entry despite judge's order
Lawyers for the news outlets Trump banned from the White House have requested an emergency hearing
after several journalists were turned away from the building Thursday morning,
in apparent defiance of a federal judge’s order to restore their access.
“This morning journalists from each of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO attempted to enter the White House and …
@fazalmajid@vivaldi.net@… @… they've been ordered by Xi Jinping to prioritize Chinese manufacturers. Not sure if Lenovo's for-export PCs qualify.
@cdarwin@c.imTrump administration calls banned journalists' White House access
'a privilege, not a right,'
and brands coverage a security risk
In a new legal filing in the case over a trio of new outlets barred entry to the White House,
the Trump administration’s Department of Justice repeatedly defended the tyrant's ban by saying journalists were not entitled to access to the building.
“Access to the White House is a privilege, not a right,” the filing stated…
@Techmeme@techhub.social @memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump courts Xi with pomp as China seeks greater global influence (Michael Birnbaum/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/24/trump-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-want-each-others-help-world-issues/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260924/p42#a260924p42
@fazalmajid@vivaldi.netSome commentators hyperventilate about China's huge new embassy, but did you know until last year UK Power Networks, the operator for the electric grid in London and most of Southeast England, was owned by a Hong-Kong company? Xi Jinping thus had the means to plunge the UK's most critical areas into darkness at the stroke of a pen. You can't make incompetence like that up.
Fortunately, it's been acquired by French company Engie, so the French had to come and rescue the …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhat Trump doesn't seem to realize about Xi Jinping (Max Boot/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/21/xi-jinping-china-trump-has-pivoted-hawk-dove/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260921/p78#a260921p78
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHere's the latest. -- President Xi Jinping, on his first visit to Washington in a decade ... (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/24/us/trump-xi-summit-meeting-us-china
http://www.memeorandum.com/260924/p147#a260924p147
@cdarwin@c.imAn American scientist who has studied underground nuclear tests
has been detained in China for more than 18 months on spying charges,
according to his supporters and a US lawmaker.
💥Youlin Chen, a seismologist, has been “wrongfully detained” since November 2024,
US Senator Edward Markey said in a statement Tuesday.
Donald Trump raised Chen’s detention and asked for his freedom during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in May,
according to …
@deabigt@universeodon.comGot to comment when seeing Vote Red with claiming to be anti communist. Especially when they are old enough to remember the often-quoted phrase “Better dead than red.” Combined with DJT’s fondness for Putin, it fuels speculation about all the red hats. Putin and Xi Jinping must be loving it.
@Simone21@mastodon.socialEs ist so essentiell, dass Europa die Ukraine unterstützt, und zwar spürbar.
Und sich unabhängig macht von den USA.
Und seine eigenen Werte wieder reaktiviert und lebt.
Und sich nicht einschüchtern lässt, weder von Tech-Konzernen, noch von Putin oder Trump oder Xi Jinping oder wie sie noch so alle heissen.
#Frieden #Ukraine #Menschenrechte #WerteLeben #jetztHandeln #neueWege #gemeinsam
