Sep 14, 2026 – 8.00pmWhile Silicon Valley’s tech titans agonise over whether the development of artificial intelligence is moving too fast, China’s government is worried it may fall too far behind in its race against the US for technological superiority.US restrictions on Nvidia’s most advanced graphics processing units have left Chinese technology companies scrambling for the computing power needed to train and run increasingly sophisticated AI models, exposing one of Beijing’s biggest vulnerabilities in a contest it regards as central to its economic and strategic future.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles