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China’s low-cost AI offers competitive edge

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Reuters

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Tech giants in the world’s second largest economy are rapidly rolling out new machine learning models at a fraction of the price of US rivals. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain how this cheaper offering may give Beijing more soft power globally. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.2

I think it's about making the economy more competitive, right? I don't think it's about,

0:44.6

you know, having that one breakthrough that will sort of transform the balance of power

0:49.6

between the U.S. and China. I think this is, you know, like Karen hinted, this is a very long race and any

0:57.3

advantage that you can gain over the other, whether it's, you know, economic or technological

1:02.8

or military, and I think all those are linked. You know, it helps. Every country in the developed

1:09.7

world is trying to forge ahead in the AI arms race.

1:13.6

But China makes a particularly interesting case study.

1:17.6

Its tech giants, Huawei and Alibaba and others, are investing heavily,

1:22.6

but at a much smaller scale than their US counterparts.

1:25.6

Just to run through some of those figures, China is expected

1:29.3

to spend around $100 billion on AI Cappex in 2025 versus the roughly 350 billion in

1:36.5

CAPEX, the big hyper-scalers in the US like Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet are going to spend.

1:43.6

Even Open AI has recently committed to spending a trillion dollars on infrastructure,

1:48.6

deals and partnerships.

1:50.1

So there is actually a lot of competition in China as well.

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