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The Tech Company Caught Up in Global Power Politics - Jonathan Gibson - The Dispatch 13%
By Jonathan Gibson33% https:52% thedispatch.com31% #47% schema47% person47% b100914db1b184291e08bcc42f3c910533%
7/10/2026, 6:44:00 AM
Keywords: Big Tech, China, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, National Security, Technology, U S China Relations
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The Tech Company Caught Up in Global Power Politics
Meta’s latest AI setback reflects an intensifying technological competition between the U.S. and China.
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People visit the Meta booth at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, China, on November 6, 2023.
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Efforts by the U.S. and China to hold their cutting-edge technology close are nothing new.
In 2018, under the first Trump administration, Congress passed the Export Control Reform Act to expand American control over certain “emerging” technologies and prevent them from falling into Beijing’s hands.
Jonathan Gibson is a reporter at The Dispatch, currently based in Washington, D.C., and covering artificial intelligence.
Before joining The Dispatch, he lived in London, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in politics and international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
When he’s not writing about AI and national security, he is probably teaching/playing table tennis, climbing, or reading.
He is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.
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