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<\/a>This image was generated using Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\nEndless names of forums and acronyms can become tiresome, to the point that their significance is lost. But today, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) forum opens in Shanghai \u2013 hosted annually by the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC), previous guests have included Elon Musk.<\/p>\n
This year, for the first time since the conference began in 2018, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), appeared in person and gave a keynote speech. He has announced measures which promote the PRC\u2019s use of AI as a force for good \u2013 some of which are sure to entice new and emerging partners.<\/p>\n
At the same time, others continue to point out areas where Beijing could do more to exert its influence to achieve peace.<\/p>\n
Last week, I wrote<\/a> how during a meeting with Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the PRC, his counterpart Espen Barth Eide applied<\/a> pressure for the PRC to use its influence with the Kremlin to convince Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, to enter into negotiations over a peace deal with Ukraine.<\/p>\n