{"id":137535,"date":"2026-01-10T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/?p=137535"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:05:00","slug":"china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header post-header--conveyor\">\n<div class=\"post-header__text\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<p class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) &#8211; China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the sector, the country&#8217;s leading artificial intelligence researchers said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">China&#8217;s so-called &#8216;AI tiger&#8217; startups MiniMax and Zhipu AI\u00a0<a class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/china-ai-firm-minimax-set-surge-hong-kong-debut-2026-01-09\/\" data-testid=\"Link\">had strong debuts<\/a>\u00a0on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this week, reflecting growing confidence in the sector as Beijing fast-tracks AI and chip listings to bolster domestic alternatives to advanced U.S. technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-is-closing-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say-2026-01-10\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#68cf8a;border-color:#54a66f;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:8px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;border-color:#96deae;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-sign-out\" style=\"font-size:20px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i>  <small style=\"padding-bottom:8px;color:#FFFFFF\">Click here for full article at Reuters<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) &#8211; 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