China Uses Xi's Airport Reception as Propaganda Win

Chinese state media and social media platforms celebrated President Xi Jinping's rare personal airport reception by US President Donald Trump as a propaganda victory, with posts framing the gesture as proof of American respect for Chinese power. The visit comes as China aggressively promotes its artificial intelligence sector globally, including launching the Waico initiative with 29 countries and proposing an "Open AI Zone" for emerging economies at the BRICS summit. Chinese tech firm Moonshot recently released the Kimi K3 model, which it claims matches Western AI capabilities at lower cost. Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for slowing AI development, warning systems could spin out of control within a year, though Trump rejected the proposal. US and Chinese officials have established an operational AI dialogue focused on national security threats, with further talks planned ahead of November's APEC summit in Shenzhen.