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May 23 , 2017
  • Reuters：Google AI beats Chinese master in ancient game of Go
    Reuters reports: "A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday, a major feather in the cap for the firm's AI ambitions as it looks to woo Beijing to gain re-entry into the country...Wooing Beijing may be less simple. The game streamed live on Google-owned YouTube, while executives from the DeepMind unit that developed the program sent out updates live on Twitter (TWTR.N). Both are blocked by China, as is Google search. Google pulled its search engine from China seven years ago after it refused to self-censor internet searches, a requirement of Beijing. Since then it has been inaccessible behind the country's nationwide firewall. The ceremonial game - the second time AlphaGo has gone head-to-head with a master Go player in a public showdown - represents a major bridge-building exercise for Google in China, following a charm offensive in recent years. It has announced plans to bring some services back to the country, including its app store Google Play. In March it also said Chinese users would be able to access the Translate mobile app, marking its most recent success launching a previously banned service. Like AlphaGo, Translate also uses DeepMind's artificial intelligence software. Beijing is pushing to become a major player in artificial intelligence. Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc (BIDU.O), launched an AI lab in March with China's state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission."
  • The New York Times：After Report on Killings of C.I.A. Sources, China Asserts Right to Defend Itself
    The New York Times reports: "The Chinese government has the obligation to defend its national security and the legal authority to protect China's interests, a government spokeswoman said on Monday, the first official response to a New York Times report on the dismantling of C.I.A. espionage operations in China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying, speaking during a regularly scheduled news conference in Beijing, did not confirm or deny The Times's report that for two years starting in 2010, more than a dozen C.I.A. sources were killed or imprisoned, crippling United States intelligence gathering in China. 'I am not aware of the details of that report,' Ms. Hua said, according to an official transcript. 'But I can tell you that China's national security organ is investigating and handling organizations, personnel and activities that endanger China's national security and interests and fully perform its duty with the authorization by law.' 'I do not want to say more about the normal performance of duty by the national security organ,' she added...Global Times, a stridently nationalist newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party, criticized the article but also said China should be praised for its counterespionage efforts. 'If C.I.A. spying operations in China were crippled, the U.S. has nothing to be proud of,' it said in an editorial, which was carried in both its English- and Chinese-language editions. 'But the N.Y.T. report portrayed the people that spied for the U.S. as innocents, but the Chinese national security forces as merciless.' It added that the events reported should be considered 'a sweeping victory' for China."
  • Foreign Affairs：Can the U.S. Pivot Back to Asia?
    Foreign Affairs comments: "China's sweeping Belt and Road Initiative, which involves reviving the ancient Silk Road linking Asia to Europe, has become the most visible symbol of China's rising ambitions. Ever since the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the plug on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) earlier this year, abandoning its chance to set the rules of international commerce, China has seized the opportunity to prove it can assume the mantle of global economic leadership...To push back on Belt and Road, Washington must ramp up trade, investment, and infrastructure building across Asia. Doing so will enable the United States to create jobs at home by increasing exports to a region that is home to five of the United States' top ten trade partners. This would also provide the needed foundation for deeper diplomatic and security ties...The United States must also aggressively promote U.S. investment in Asia. As the largest cumulative source of foreign direct investment in the region comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the United States is already offering both quantity and quality when it comes to creating jobs, transferring cutting-edge technology, and strengthening the skills of local workers...As part of its efforts to promote investment, the administration must increase its support for U.S. firms competing in infrastructure and connectivity...There is no doubt that China is now deftly leveraging its resources to build multilateral institutions and initiatives with significant global support. The Trump administration cannot sit on its hands. It must, of course, approach Belt and Road carefully but also engage with it and start putting its own pieces on the global economic board—or risk relegating the United States to the sidelines."
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