Walter Russell Mead appears on Yahoo Finance to discuss his recent Wall Street Journal column on China’s efforts to rebuild its economy around artificial intelligence. He says China has a history of identifying strategic industries and creating favorable policy environments to accelerate its development. According to Mead, Beijing is applying that same approach to AI, and China will use AI to spur new economic growth and global competitiveness.
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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22, 2025. (Getty Images)