Does Beijing need AI talent in ‘public opinion war’ over South China Sea?

A leading South China Sea analyst has urged Chinese think tanks to recruit AI talent for the “public opinion war” over the disputed waters. Wu Shicun, the founding president of China’s National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said Chinese humanities and social science research had traditionally operated in a “lone-wolf” fashion and lacked interdisciplinary diversity. “The situation in the South China Sea is likely to evolve into a complex, multilayered competition … Cognitive and public...