Eliot Chen

Toronto

Staff Writer at The Wire China

covering Chinese business and politics @thewirechina | 🇭🇰 | say hi: [email protected]

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Freezing China Out of Setting the Rules for AI

2 weeks ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Eliot Chen

As artificial intelligence continues its rapid development, calls from both within and outside the industry for countries to build a global system of oversight to check its risks are becoming more urgent. A recent move by the U.S. government to blacklist a Chinese research institute could make such cooperation even harder. The Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence was added to the Entity List, March 28, 2025.
Grading Day - The Wire China

1 month ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Eliot Chen

When Craig Allen, then-president of the U.S.-China Business Council, met with the governor of one of China’s poorest agricultural provinces last year, he was surprised by the governor’s economic policy goals.
Intel's Surprising Savior - The Wire China

1 month ago | thewirechina.com | Noah Berman |Eliot Chen |Ella Apostoaie

On Tuesday, Intel started its much anticipated new chapter when Lip-Bu Tan, a longtime chip executive, took the reins as chief executive. Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger unveils the Gaudi 3 accelerator at Intel Vision, April 9, 2024. Credit: IntelFor Intel’s board and investors, Tan represents something of a savior: Intel’s previous CEO Patrick Gelsinger resigned last December after the company posted a $16.6 billion quarterly loss — the biggest in Intel’s history.
To obtain food security, XI turns to the private sector

2 months ago | exbulletin.com | Eliot Chen

Farmers collect potatoes in the county of Lannan, province of Hebei, China. Credit: Zhang Yongxin via Adobe Stock From robot fleas, guests to the Chinese leader Xi Jinpings meeting private entrepreneurs last month represented sectors that are not above all surprised. In other words, with the exception of a group: the Big Food Bosses.
To Achieve Food Security, Xi Turns to the Private Sector

2 months ago | thewirechina.com | Eliot Chen |Ella Apostoaie

Farmers harvest potatoes in Luannan County, Hebei Province, China. Credit: Zhang Yongxin via Adobe Stock From chips to robots, the invitees to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s meeting with private entrepreneurs last month represented sectors that mostly came as no surprise. That is, except for one group: the Big Food bosses.
A Seat at Xi's Table

2 months ago | thewirechina.com | Eliot Chen |Rachel Cheung |Ella Apostoaie

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after listening to a work report, February 8, 2025. Credit: Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images When Chinese leader Xi Jinping sat down with Chinese entrepreneurs on Monday, many observers cast the meeting as Beijing’s attempt to reset its relationship with the business sector.
Tom Cotton On Why China's Threat is Greater Than Most Believe

2 months ago | thewirechina.com | Eliot Chen |Ella Apostoaie

Tom Cotton is the junior United States senator from Arkansas and chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. In recent years, he has become an increasingly outspoken China hawk and a prolific sponsor of legislation to get tough on the country, including a recent bill to revoke China’s permanent normal trade relations status.
DOGE's Latest Target is Seen as a Gift to the CCP

Feb 12, 2025 | thewirechina.com | Eliot Chen |Ella Apostoaie

The Treasury Department has frozen funding disbursements to the National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S.-government funded organization that promotes democracy around the world and is a longtime bugbear for the Chinese Communist Party. The freeze has imperiled several China-related civil society groups, including think tanks and organizations that have long played a role in highlighting labor and human rights issues in China, as well as disseminating independent news about the country.
The Hong Kong Company at the Center of Panama’s China Problem

Feb 9, 2025 | thewirechina.com | Noah Berman |Eliot Chen |Ella Apostoaie

Does China control the Panama Canal? It’s a question that has unexpectedly come to the fore in the early days of President Donald Trump’s new administration. At the heart of the answer lies CK Hutchison, a company with a history dating back some two centuries that is owned by Hong Kong’s richest man, and which operates infrastructure assets around the world — including port terminals at the Atlantic and Pacific ends of the canal, through which of U.S. container traffic transits annually.
The Canada Con - The Wire China

Jan 29, 2025 | thewirechina.com | Eliot Chen |Ella Apostoaie

On a cloudy morning in September 2019, members of Canada’s Liberal Party trickled into the Armenian Community Center in Don Valley North, a district in northern Toronto, to choose their party’s nominee for that fall’s federal election. It was a key vote: Polls had the Liberals up by over 20 points, which meant whoever took the nomination would all but cruise to victory in the fall.