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US-China AI talks expected to center on selective technology controls
The policy debate, ahead of Xi Jinping’s Sept. 24 Washington visit, focuses on tightening safeguards for the most sensitive technologies while preserving broader US scientific openness.
Artificial intelligence is expected to top the agenda as President Xi Jinping prepares for a planned Sept. 24 visit to Washington, his first state-level trip to the US in more than a decade, according to commentary by SCMP Economy.
The piece says both the US and China are preparing for their first formal dialogue on AI, with Washington framing the talks around tighter controls on sensitive technologies, but arguing that approach risks treating all engagement as equally dangerous.
It argues the core policy challenge is “smart openness,” protecting what matters while not undermining openness that has long been a US scientific strength, and notes that technologies are not all equally sensitive.
The article further distinguishes military-relevant applications from basic research and suggests that the risk profile varies by institution, citing examples such as defense-adjacent quantum sensing versus theoretical science study, and researchers concealing ties to defense laboratories versus Chinese graduate work in areas like theoretical chemistry.