China’s new AI diplomacy

India cannot afford to remain merely a consumer of either American or Chinese AI ecosystems

G Venkat Raman

Updated At : 02:25 AM Jul 24, 2026 IST

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), held annually in Shanghai, has long been China's premier showcase for advances in artificial intelligence. Held under the theme 'Intelligent Partners, Co-create the Future', this year's gathering marked a strategic shift. A day before the conference's formal inauguration, representatives from 29 countries signed an agreement in Shanghai establishing the World AI Cooperation Organisation (WAICO), signalling China's ambition to move beyond developing AI technologies to shaping the institutions that will govern their global use.

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come out every day over the last 145 years. THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time. The newspaper is run by a five-member Trust, which is chaired by Shri N N Vohra, former Governor of J&K State (2008-2018); as well as Justice S S Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court; Shri Gurbachan Jagat, former Governor of Manipur; Lt Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

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China’s new AI diplomacy

India cannot afford to remain merely a consumer of either American or Chinese AI ecosystems

G Venkat Raman

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