Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
Welcome to The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm the Xun.
Nothing says peace quite like building a technology block.
Pax silica.
is said to be Washington's flagship effort on AI and economic security,
which was unveiled at its inaugural summit on December the 11th, bringing together the U.S.,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, the U.K., Australia, Israel,
Singapore, the UAE, and the Netherlands, with others also in the room.
What does PAC's silica mean?
Well, Pax is Latin for peace, while silica refers to silicon.
Put together, it sounds like a gift for global coordination or cooperation,
a positive some partnership, as the US puts it, which is not about isolating others.
But is that really the case?
Is it just another chip off the old block, I mean containing China?
And how is China expected to respond?
to answer these questions.
I'm pleased to be joined from Beijing by Lu Xiang,
research fellow of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.