Geopolitics
The Illusion of Cooperation: AI Talks and the West's Persistent Strategy to Contain the Global South
Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rose, led by AI companies, on news of renewed US-China cooperation on AI safety and ahead of the Xi-Trump summit. This fleeting market optimism is a sad testament to how the Global South, even its titans like China, remains shackled to the whims and 'cooperation' of a fickle West that has historically used technology as a tool of imperial control.