
According to a Chinese local government and multiple corporate accounts, the Montana Republican travelled from Wednesday to Saturday to China’s tech hub Hangzhou and the southern city of Guangzhou.
Those reports showed that the Trump envoy visited a top Chinese university and several technology firms.
Daines’ trip coincided with an intensifying tech war that has become a core front in the US-China strategic rivalry. As artificial intelligence and space exploration emerge as critical battlegrounds, Washington continues to tighten restrictions on bilateral academic ties.

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