Foreign experts: 'China AI threat' is a Western fabrication

Radhika Desai, a professor in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba in Canada, and Glenn Diesen, a professor of international relations at the University of South-Eastern Norway, gave exclusive interviews to China News Network's "News Lounge" program on the so-called "China AI threat" narrative on Sunday at the Tongzhou Global Development Forum hosted by Renmin University of China.

Desai believes that in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), China is leading the world. She said the release of the DeepSeek-R1 model in 2025 proved that China can develop AI at a very low cost, using very little energy and very few chips.

Addressing the so-called "China AI threat" narrative, Desai said that when certain US tech giants lost their leading position in the stock market, they began to concoct this narrative, hoping Western governments would help them counter the so-called "China threat."

Diesen said that the so-called "China AI threat" is merely a narrative fabricated by the US out of fear of falling behind China.

Diesen noted that AI is transforming everything. He said China is now one of the two leaders in AI development, and the conditions for mutually beneficial cooperation are already in place. Tensions arise because all countries fear falling behind. The US is no exception.