China Trends #10
Comment l’intelligence artificielle transformera la Chine

Viviana Zhu était Research Fellow à l'Institut Montaigne jusqu'en janvier 2023. Avant cela, elle était coordinatrice du programme Asie à l’European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

François Godement est Expert Résident principal et Conseiller spécial – Asie et États-Unis à l’Institut Montaigne. Il était également Nonresident Senior Fellow du Carnegie Endowment for International Peace et assistait le ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères français en tant que consultant externe jusqu'à l'été 2024. François Godement était précédemment directeur du programme Asie de l’ECFR, professeur des universités à l’INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) puis à Sciences Po Paris. Il a fondé le Centre Asie de l’IFRI et le think tank Asia Centre. En 1995, il a co-fondé le comité européen du Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). François Godement est diplômé de l’École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm, où il s’est spécialisé en histoire, avant d’étudier à l’université Harvard.

An associate researcher with Institut Montaigne’s Asia Programme, Pierre Sel is also a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vienna. As a political science researcher, he closely follows developments of digital technologies, having also worked on A.I., quantum technologies, fintech and cloud computing. While working for the CEA-Leti as deputy representative based at the French Embassy in Beijing (2020-2022), he wrote weekly briefings and in-depth memo covering governments plans and industry developments (focusing on sensors, automotive, photonics, as well as AI chips). The position also included regular coordination with partner countries as well as industry representatives. Regular monitoring and briefing were also an essential component of his work as the co-founder of EastIsRed, an advisory company focusing on China-related developments.

Rebecca Arcesati is an Analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). Her research focuses on China’s digital and technology policies and how they impact Europe. She covers digital infrastructure and the global expansion of Chinese tech firms, data and emerging tech governance issues, as well as EU-China relations in the technology and innovation spaces.

Prior to joining MERICS, Rebecca was involved in a project helping Italian tech startups scale up in China and worked on gender equality with the United Nations in Beijing. She holds an LL.M. in China Studies with a focus on Politics and International Relations from Peking University, where she was a Yenching Scholar. She also received an MA in International Studies from the University of Turin, with a specialization in China’s foreign policy and political economy. Rebecca studied Chinese language in Beijing and Dalian and holds a BA in Language Mediation and Cross-Cultural Communication.