https://www.scmp.com/rss/524832/feed Zhang Zhipeng is a research fellow at Fudan University specialising in the philosophy of technology, AI geopolitics and comparative Chinese-Western cultural studies. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Zhang Zhipeng Zhang Zhipeng The US-Israeli strikes on Iran and ensuing conflagration offer a window into how the US-led order works. For all its contributions, it functions like an air conditioner – cooling the American centre by pumping hot air into the periphery. Aggressive interest rate hikes export inflation to emerging markets. Proxy wars outsource geopolitical risk to distant theatres. The United States stays cool while the Global South absorbs the brunt of the heat. But the vents are closing: developing nations are... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3348447/global-south-nations-are-insulating-themselves-heat-us-actions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3348447/global-south-nations-are-insulating-themselves-heat-us-actions?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:30:08 +0000 Zhang Zhipeng Zhang Zhipeng US President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order for the “Genesis Mission”, a national campaign to use artificial intelligence (AI) to boost scientific breakthroughs. In the opening section, the mission is explicitly described as “comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project”. The comparison is compelling, but also misleading. At first glance, the order evokes the image of America in the 1940s, muscular and confident, mobilising the whole nation to end World War II.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3337800/likening-trumps-ai-mission-manhattan-project-sadly-mistaken?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3337800/likening-trumps-ai-mission-manhattan-project-sadly-mistaken?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 Zhang Zhipeng Zhang Zhipeng The global artificial intelligence community’s attention was recently focused on DeepSeek’s latest open-source model, Math-V2, the first open-source AI model to score a gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. But while California might hone in on the test scores, Jakarta and Nairobi are looking at something else entirely. For the Global South, the critical question is more likely to be whether that reasoning capability can optimise fertiliser distribution in a... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3335420/global-south-chinese-ai-principles-resonate-deeply?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3335420/global-south-chinese-ai-principles-resonate-deeply?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:30:19 +0000