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TikTok and the threat to cultural hegemony
China: Israel must renounce its obsession with the use of force and immediately cease military operations in Gaza
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Lao foreign minister: Laos and China are socialist comrades and brothers
China, Russia and Iran condemn unlawful unilateral sanctions
Statement: Say no to Trump’s tariffs and anti-China policy
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CPC congratulates Brazil’s Workers’ Party on its 45th founding anniversary
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In China, profit does not rule, social objectives do

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Book launch: People's China at 75 - The Flag Stays Red

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$Ali Al-Assam speaks at our webinar 'DeepSeek and the challenge to US technological hegemony'. Full stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNleNCUKJ2c&ab_channel=FriendsofSocialistChina In January, the Chinese tech startup DeepSeek stunned the world with the release of its R1 artificial intelligence model, which outperforms its major US-based competitors, at a fraction of the cost of development, requiring orders of magnitude less energy, and not relying on the latest and greatest semiconductors. The model is fully open source, and has been made available for free worldwide. The release of DeepSeek R1 led to an unprecedented drop in share price for several US tech giants, most notably chip-maker Nvidia, which has been attracting enormous investment on the premise that the future of AI relies on faster and better semiconductors. Just a few weeks earlier, the Chinese mobile app RedNote (Xiaohongshu / Little Red Book) unexpectedly gained a substantial user base in the US in the days running up to the Biden administration's TikTok ban (which has since been suspended by Trump). The sudden appearance of millions of US users on RedNote led to an unprecedented cultural exchange between particularly young people in China and the US – in spite of the best efforts of the US government to prevent such exchanges. In this rapidly-changing technology landscape, our webinar addressed questions such as: - Is the release of DeepSeek's R1 model a "Sputnik moment", as it has been described? - Are we witnessing the decline of US technological hegemony? - Why has DeepSeek had such a profound impact on the US tech market? - Has Biden's "chip war" with China been a failure? - Can AI be a public good, or is it destined simply to generate profits for Big Tech? - Is China's socialist market economy outperforming Western neoliberalism? - In what way is China's approach to AI different to that of the US? - What is China's Global AI Initiative? - How are Chinese technologies such as RedNote and DeepSeek impacting perceptions of China? Speakers: - Michael Roberts (Marxist economist and blogger) - Li Jingjing (Journalist and broadcaster, CGTN) - Ben Norton (China-based broadcaster and geopolitical analyst) - KJ Noh (journalist, political analyst and peace activist) - Alan Freeman (Economist, co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group) - Gary Wilson (Author, War and Lenin in the 21st Century) - Ali Al-Assam (Managing Director of the NewsSocial Cooperative) - Radhika Desai (Convenor, International Manifesto Group)$

Ali Al-Assam: DeepSeek and the prospects for digital sovereignty

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$Michael Roberts speaks at our webinar 'DeepSeek and the challenge to US technological hegemony'. Full stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNleNCUKJ2c&ab_channel=FriendsofSocialistChina In January, the Chinese tech startup DeepSeek stunned the world with the release of its R1 artificial intelligence model, which outperforms its major US-based competitors, at a fraction of the cost of development, requiring orders of magnitude less energy, and not relying on the latest and greatest semiconductors. The model is fully open source, and has been made available for free worldwide. The release of DeepSeek R1 led to an unprecedented drop in share price for several US tech giants, most notably chip-maker Nvidia, which has been attracting enormous investment on the premise that the future of AI relies on faster and better semiconductors. Just a few weeks earlier, the Chinese mobile app RedNote (Xiaohongshu / Little Red Book) unexpectedly gained a substantial user base in the US in the days running up to the Biden administration's TikTok ban (which has since been suspended by Trump). The sudden appearance of millions of US users on RedNote led to an unprecedented cultural exchange between particularly young people in China and the US – in spite of the best efforts of the US government to prevent such exchanges. In this rapidly-changing technology landscape, our webinar addressed questions such as: - Is the release of DeepSeek's R1 model a "Sputnik moment", as it has been described? - Are we witnessing the decline of US technological hegemony? - Why has DeepSeek had such a profound impact on the US tech market? - Has Biden's "chip war" with China been a failure? - Can AI be a public good, or is it destined simply to generate profits for Big Tech? - Is China's socialist market economy outperforming Western neoliberalism? - In what way is China's approach to AI different to that of the US? - What is China's Global AI Initiative? - How are Chinese technologies such as RedNote and DeepSeek impacting perceptions of China? Speakers: - Michael Roberts (Marxist economist and blogger) - Li Jingjing (Journalist and broadcaster, CGTN) - Ben Norton (China-based broadcaster and geopolitical analyst) - KJ Noh (journalist, political analyst and peace activist) - Alan Freeman (Economist, co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group) - Gary Wilson (Author, War and Lenin in the 21st Century) - Ali Al-Assam (Managing Director of the NewsSocial Cooperative) - Radhika Desai (Convenor, International Manifesto Group)$

Michael Roberts: China's successes in AI are possible because of its state-led economy

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$Ben Norton of @GeopoliticalEconomyReport speaks at our webinar 'DeepSeek and the challenge to US technological hegemony'. Full stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNleNCUKJ2c&ab_channel=FriendsofSocialistChina In January, the Chinese tech startup DeepSeek stunned the world with the release of its R1 artificial intelligence model, which outperforms its major US-based competitors, at a fraction of the cost of development, requiring orders of magnitude less energy, and not relying on the latest and greatest semiconductors. The model is fully open source, and has been made available for free worldwide. The release of DeepSeek R1 led to an unprecedented drop in share price for several US tech giants, most notably chip-maker Nvidia, which has been attracting enormous investment on the premise that the future of AI relies on faster and better semiconductors. Just a few weeks earlier, the Chinese mobile app RedNote (Xiaohongshu / Little Red Book) unexpectedly gained a substantial user base in the US in the days running up to the Biden administration's TikTok ban (which has since been suspended by Trump). The sudden appearance of millions of US users on RedNote led to an unprecedented cultural exchange between particularly young people in China and the US – in spite of the best efforts of the US government to prevent such exchanges. In this rapidly-changing technology landscape, our webinar addressed questions such as: - Is the release of DeepSeek's R1 model a "Sputnik moment", as it has been described? - Are we witnessing the decline of US technological hegemony? - Why has DeepSeek had such a profound impact on the US tech market? - Has Biden's "chip war" with China been a failure? - Can AI be a public good, or is it destined simply to generate profits for Big Tech? - Is China's socialist market economy outperforming Western neoliberalism? - In what way is China's approach to AI different to that of the US? - What is China's Global AI Initiative? - How are Chinese technologies such as RedNote and DeepSeek impacting perceptions of China? Speakers: - Michael Roberts (Marxist economist and blogger) - Li Jingjing (Journalist and broadcaster, CGTN) - Ben Norton (China-based broadcaster and geopolitical analyst) - KJ Noh (journalist, political analyst and peace activist) - Alan Freeman (Economist, co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group) - Gary Wilson (Author, War and Lenin in the 21st Century) - Ali Al-Assam (Managing Director of the NewsSocial Cooperative) - Radhika Desai (Convenor, International Manifesto Group)$

Ben Norton: DeepSeek R1 disrupts the imperialist global division of labour

YouTube Video UCg830gPCU4oA9N_D25bFD4Q_MXtWaopXDwA

$KJ Noh of @BreakThroughNews speaks at our webinar 'DeepSeek and the challenge to US technological hegemony'. Full stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNleNCUKJ2c&ab_channel=FriendsofSocialistChina In January, the Chinese tech startup DeepSeek stunned the world with the release of its R1 artificial intelligence model, which outperforms its major US-based competitors, at a fraction of the cost of development, requiring orders of magnitude less energy, and not relying on the latest and greatest semiconductors. The model is fully open source, and has been made available for free worldwide. The release of DeepSeek R1 led to an unprecedented drop in share price for several US tech giants, most notably chip-maker Nvidia, which has been attracting enormous investment on the premise that the future of AI relies on faster and better semiconductors. Just a few weeks earlier, the Chinese mobile app RedNote (Xiaohongshu / Little Red Book) unexpectedly gained a substantial user base in the US in the days running up to the Biden administration's TikTok ban (which has since been suspended by Trump). The sudden appearance of millions of US users on RedNote led to an unprecedented cultural exchange between particularly young people in China and the US – in spite of the best efforts of the US government to prevent such exchanges. In this rapidly-changing technology landscape, our webinar addressed questions such as: - Is the release of DeepSeek's R1 model a "Sputnik moment", as it has been described? - Are we witnessing the decline of US technological hegemony? - Why has DeepSeek had such a profound impact on the US tech market? - Has Biden's "chip war" with China been a failure? - Can AI be a public good, or is it destined simply to generate profits for Big Tech? - Is China's socialist market economy outperforming Western neoliberalism? - In what way is China's approach to AI different to that of the US? - What is China's Global AI Initiative? - How are Chinese technologies such as RedNote and DeepSeek impacting perceptions of China? Speakers: - Michael Roberts (Marxist economist and blogger) - Li Jingjing (Journalist and broadcaster, CGTN) - Ben Norton (China-based broadcaster and geopolitical analyst) - KJ Noh (journalist, political analyst and peace activist) - Alan Freeman (Economist, co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group) - Gary Wilson (Author, War and Lenin in the 21st Century) - Ali Al-Assam (Managing Director of the NewsSocial Cooperative) - Radhika Desai (Convenor, International Manifesto Group)$

KJ Noh: While China uses AI to benefit humanity, the US uses it to wage war

YouTube Video UCg830gPCU4oA9N_D25bFD4Q_M732MdX40Gk

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