Introduction
Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important issue in China-U.S. relations. As frontier models and AI agents advance rapidly, emerging risks such as loss of control, cyberattacks, and threats to critical infrastructure are becoming more pronounced. At the same time, competition between China and the United States over technological capabilities, national security, and global rules continues to deepen. Yet shared concerns over AI-related risks do not necessarily translate into cooperation. How will technological competition, export controls, and national security considerations shape China-U.S. dialogue on AI safety? If concrete agreements remain difficult to reach in the near term, what should be the priority? Faced with emerging AI-related security challenges, where can China and the US find practical areas for cooperation? On issues including cyber threats, malicious use by non-state actors, and risks from frontier models, which mechanisms for risk management and crisis communication are most workable? Can Track II dialogue help build consensus for government-to-government engagement while reducing the risks of misperception and unintended escalation? More fundamentally, as AI becomes increasingly embedded in national security and strategic decision-making, does the traditional concept of strategic stability also need to evolve? In this episode of SinoAI Insights, we are joined by LU Chuanying, Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Political Science and International Relations at Tongji University, and JIANG Tianjiao, Associate Professor at the Fudan Development Institute and Research Fellow at the Center for Global AI Innovative Governance. Together, we discussed U.S.-China competition and AI security governance, dialogue mechanisms, risk management, and the evolving challenges to strategic stability in the age of AI.
Host
·XIAO Qian, Deputy Director, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Guests
·JIANG Tianjiao, Associate Professor, Development Institute of Fudan University; Research Fellow, Center for Global AI Innovative Governance
·LU Chuanying, Professor, Vice Dean, School of Political Science and International Relations, Tongji University
Shownotes
02:40Will AI Become a Key Issue at the Summit?
06:56Calls to Slow Frontier AI Development: Implications and Prospects
13:51What Should Be the Primary Objective of China-U.S. Intergovernmental AI Dialogue?
18:46New Developments in Track II Dialogue
21:17A Priority for Cooperation: Establishing an AI Crisis Communication Mechanism
23:30Can China and the U.S. Share Information on AI-Enabled Cyber Threats?
25:44How Can China and the U.S. Cooperate to Prevent the Malicious Use of AI by Non-State Actors?
31:37Strategic Stability in the AI Age
34:30Understanding a Constructive China-U.S. Relationship of Strategic Stability
35:32Building Trust: From Technical Exchanges to Security Communication Mechanisms
36:13Prospects for China-U.S. Intergovernmental AI Dialogue and the Leaders’ Summit
Team
Executive Producer: XIAO Qian
Producers: WANG Yexu, LIU Yuan
Content Assistant: LIU Zhi
Podcast Editor: ZHENG Ruirui
Graphics Designer: ZHANG Yue
