Is China Winning the A.I. Race?

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<p>President Trump is preparing to make a crucial trip to China this week to meet with its leader, Xi Jinping. A key issue hanging over the meeting is artificial intelligence, and whether the global A.I. race is spinning out of control.</p> <p>Vivian Wang, who covers Chinese politics and society, explains how the country is approaching the technology differently from the United States.</p> <p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/vivian-wang" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Vivian Wang</strong></a>, a correspondent for The New York Times in Beijing, covering Chinese politics and society.</p> <p>Background reading: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/world/asia/china-ai-enthusiasm.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Where are China’s A.I. doomers</a>?</li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world/asia/china-education-ai.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chinese parents are outsourcing the homework grind to A.I.</a></li> </ul> <p>Photo: Qilai Shen for The New York Times</p> <p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>