# China rebuts US efforts to use Cold War tactics to win AI race | East Asia Tonight, 14 Sep 2026

https://mins.news/en/video/57818

- CNA, 2026-09-14 14:15 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B3Qm-gC9Pk

> Washington and Beijing are in an intensifying contest for AI leadership, as debate returns over whether powerful systems should be slowed for safety. AI stocks also fall amid fears the technology could escape human control. In Okinawa, a governor backing the US military presence and Tokyo’s plan to relocate a key American base wins by a landslide.

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