https://www.scmp.com/rss/525548/feed Marshall Li is a geopolitical and technology analyst at The Asia Group. He studied political economy and history at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Cambridge, and was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Marshall Li,Zhengfei Zhang Marshall Li,Zhengfei Zhang The next US-China talk on artificial intelligence should begin with a simple question: do the two governments actually understand how rapidly AI’s capabilities are improving? Before deciding what to do about the technology, Washington and Beijing need a common way to measure its progress. Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are expected to meet in Shenzhen soon, and AI is set to remain high on their agenda. Their continued exchanges on this transformative technology are a... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3373279/us-and-china-must-join-hands-measure-rising-ai-tide https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3373279/us-and-china-must-join-hands-measure-rising-ai-tide Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:30:05 +0000 Marshall Li Marshall Li In Beijing, strategic elites have started to see world politics as sliding from the Spring and Autumn period to the Warring States era. However, if China believes the old order is falling apart, its future will depend less on economic power and more on presenting a reliable political vision. For much of the past decade, the dominant framework for understanding China-US relations has been the Thucydides Trap. Since Graham Allison popularised the term, the relationship has been cast as an... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3349637/global-warring-states-era-begins-china-must-plan-future https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3349637/global-warring-states-era-begins-china-must-plan-future Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:30:08 +0000