The Lead Goose: China’s AI Embrace

In the latest episode in our series on belief, we're looking at the CCP's faith in Artificial Intelligence. China has embraced AI like no other nation, laying out a plan for AI that would see 70 percent adoption across six sectors - including governance – within the next two years. This aggressive approach is driven by commercial imperatives, the desire to shape international standards, and the hope that AI will solve the Party's biggest worry: social stability. To explore China's AI dreams, Louisa and Graeme are joined by China Media Project's Alex Colville, who also writes the China Chatbot newsletter on Lingua Sinica, and Daria Impiombato, a senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies. Image: Goose, c/- Andy Hazel, 2025 Transcripts are available at

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This episode is 52:58 long.

This episode was published on Nov 4, 2025.

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