I'm just exhausted, and I mean exhausted as in, I do not have it in me anymore, to presume interpretations like these are made in good faith, since for months we have been dealing with a barrage of comments that somehow always seem to justify, and often even praise, whatever, and I mean absolutely everything that China does.

This combines with the fact that it requires actual effort not to think China spreads propaganda regarding AI at this point, I'd rather err on the safe side.

You are writing this with the assumption that I'm chalking up alleged China actions or that I'm being their shill. I don't, in fact it's the severity of this adverserial competition and why I want the liberal world to win this race that has got me peeling back the layers with nuance. China is a legit adversary, with top electrical and software engineers. The chip layer in the AI industry is a constant and America is ahead in it, so it is in the best interest of all the global tech community and especially America to have its winners in it like Nvidia be ubiquitous and abundant. Unlike software, which is dynamic and has potential to do harm, that what should be regulated.

Just look at the actual track record of China and the United States. Domestically, they're both somewhat oppressive, but one benefit China has is that the government controls the billionaires, and in the US, the billionaires control the government. Internationally, though, there is no comparison at all. The US seeks to exploit and dominate other nations: look at Venezuela and the theft of their resources, the attack on Iran, all so the US could control the world's supply of oil and stay rich on the backs of all other nations having to buy oil that they control. China, on the other hand, does business with the world. They build infrastructure in other nations, they HELP them: the US just takes their resources and pays a fraction of their real value. China doesn't go around invading other nations: the US places military bases all over the world and calls other nations aggressors for not liking it. The US has been at war for most of its 250 year existence. Time for someone else to take the lead.