China

AI Geopolitics Beyond the US-China Rivalry

The race for AI dominance is often framed as a US-China competition, but this overlooks the role of the Global South in AI geopolitics.

March 7, 2025
A photograph of a world map on a digital display, representing AI geopolitics and the role of the Global South.

Strategic Reorientation on AI Competition with China

While the US and UK share some priorities and values, there are significant differences in their approaches to AI competition with China.

February 6, 2025
Two basketball players pivot around one another to line up a shot. It represents a strategic reorientation on AI competition with China.

Aspen Cyber Summit 2020

DECEMBER 1-3, 2020 – The Cyber Summit takes a global view, and the 2020 event proved to be a distinctive opportunity to convene voices from around the world to look back at an unprecedented year and toward the road ahead.

December 7, 2020

China, Technology, and the Coronavirus

China was the first country in the world to experience effects from COVID-19. How did the country make it through?

March 31, 2020

CHINA: Innovation Under the Shadow of COVID-19

MARCH 27, 2020 – We hear from experts on China’s technology capability, how it was deployed, and what civic technology is in the works around the world.

March 27, 2020

Trade and Trade-Offs for the US and China

Aspen Security Forum scholar Michelle Weitbrock explains the cultural costs of doing business with China.

July 12, 2019
The Great Hall of the People, located in Tiananmen Square.

How the Feminist Movement is Challenging Authoritarianism

2019 Aspen Ideas Festival speaker Leta Hong Fincher on the oppression of women abroad and in the US, and the role gender equality plays in a healthy democracy.

June 11, 2019
A group of protestors with signs and a megaphone.

Morris Series Lecture on Leadership and Innovation: Learning from China

The panel spans the first impacts of the 2008 economic crash through today. We examine the ways in which the U.S. has responded to China’s extraordinary rise since 2008 and seek to clarify the many myths the U.S. has about China.

February 27, 2019

Highlights from the 2018 Aspen Security Forum

Present and prior leaders in security and defense discuss modern emerging threats and foreign relations. Conversations center around Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran.

August 17, 2018
Aspen Security Forum 2018

FBI Director Christopher Wray Wants to Talk About More than Russia

The FBI director discussed the growing counterintelligence threat posed by China and more at the Aspen Security Forum.

July 20, 2018