https://s3h.com/tags/us-china-relations/ Recent content in US-China Relations on S3H.com Hugo en-us Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://s3h.com/chinas-ai-playbook-open-models-abroad-tighter-chip-controls-at-home/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://s3h.com/chinas-ai-playbook-open-models-abroad-tighter-chip-controls-at-home/ <p>Three China-related stories broke within a few hours of one another, and read together they sketch a strategy rather than three isolated events. Moonshot AI&rsquo;s Kimi K3 has arrived as what one prominent AI commentator called the arrival of frontier open-weight models — a Chinese lab producing a model competitive with the leading closed labs and releasing its weights openly. At the same time, sources indicate China is weighing tighter export controls on AI and chip technology, and is consulting its leading domestic AI companies as it considers the move. And separately, sources say the US and China plan to hold formal AI talks in September, timed to coincide with President Xi&rsquo;s visit to the US — described as a concrete outcome of the Trump-Xi summit held in May.</p>