{"slug": "chinese-tech-firms-snub-to-us-congress-advisers-highlights-beijings-growing-ai", "title": "Chinese tech firms’ ‘snub’ to US Congress advisers highlights Beijing’s growing AI caution", "summary": "China's biggest technology companies refused to meet a visiting U.S. congressional delegation from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission during a recent fact-finding trip to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, the first such visit in seven years. Analysts said the snub reflects Beijing's increasingly selective approach to AI diplomacy, narrowing channels for mutual understanding even as both powers pursue dialogue on AI safety.", "body_md": "# Chinese tech firms’ ‘snub’ to US Congress advisers highlights Beijing’s growing AI caution\n\nThe refusal to meet a visiting delegation during a recent fact-finding trip signals China’s new approach to tech diplomacy, observers say\n\nChina’s biggest technology companies gave a US congressional delegation the cold shoulder during a recent visit.\n\nAnalysts said this decision – which denied the visitors a rare insider’s view of one of the world’s fastest-moving artificial intelligence ecosystems – reflected Beijing’s increasingly selective approach to AI diplomacy.\n\nIt also highlights a paradox: while the two powers continue to pursue dialogue on AI safety, many of the channels that once helped them understand each other are steadily narrowing.\n\nThe bipartisan delegation from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission travelled to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai earlier this month for the first visit of its kind in seven years.\n\nThe fact-finding mission was intended to help shape the commission’s annual report to Congress, which provides lawmakers with an analysis of China’s military, economic and technological developments.\n\nDuring the trip, commissioners met Chinese government officials, think tankers, diplomats and business representatives to discuss artificial intelligence, advanced technology, biotechnology, economic security and regional issues.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-tech-firms-snub-to-us-congress-advisers-highlights-beijings-growing-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3361893/chinese-tech-firms-snub-us-congress-advisers-highlights-beijings-growing-ai-caution?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-07-26 11:00:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-26 11:06:49.576180+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["US-China Economic and Security Review Commission", "Beijing", "Hangzhou", "Shanghai", "U.S. Congress"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-tech-firms-snub-to-us-congress-advisers-highlights-beijings-growing-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-tech-firms-snub-to-us-congress-advisers-highlights-beijings-growing-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-tech-firms-snub-to-us-congress-advisers-highlights-beijings-growing-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinese-tech-firms-snub-to-us-congress-advisers-highlights-beijings-growing-ai.jsonld"}}