Chinas Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and Open AI Strategy: A Conversation with Ngor Luong @csis
Chinas Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and Open AI Strategy: A Conversation with Ngor Luong  @csis
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Ngor Luong joins us to discuss the rapid rise of Chinese startup Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model, China’s open AI strategy, and the implications for U.S.-China competition. Drawing on her recent paper, Two Loops: How China's Open AI Strategy Reinforces Its Industrial Dominance, she examines China's rapidly expanding open AI ecosystem, unpacks the "two loops" framework behind China's AI development strategy, and assesses the implications of the growing global diffusion of Chinese AI models. 



Ngor Luong is Senior Policy Analyst on the Technology and Innovation team at the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. She joined this podcast in her personal capacity and not on behalf of the Commission. 
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China's Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and Open AI Strategy: A Conversation with Ngor Luong

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