Silicon China on the rise but expansions may cause dilemmas

China’s lead in AI will likely occasion more clashes between Chinese firms and foreign regulators, write Marion Laboure, Haiyang Zhang, and Juergen Braunstein.

In the future, if not already, the Silicon Valleys of artificial intelligence (AI) will be in China. The tech firms Xiaomi, Baidu, Didi Chuxing, Meituan, and Toutiao are all headquartered in Beijing. Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, is based in Hangzhou.