Chinese diplomat and long-serving ambassador to the United States (2013–2021)
Chinese companies have closed much of the gap with U.S. firms in frontier AI models this year, producing competitive systems such as Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, DeepSeek’s R1/V4 and Z.ai’s GLM series. U.S. export controls have limited Chinese access to advanced chips, but Chinese research, investment and model engineering have nevertheless produced narrow and fragile parity with U.S. models.
Oil markets face renewed volatility as Iran-aligned attacks tighten supply routes. China has leveraged a large strategic reserve to weather disruption, while Saudi Arabia faces pipeline outages, prompting regional and global safeguards.