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Of course what is Schrödinger's China is the idea that an otherwise adversarial China would simply accept some international ruleset decreed by the US and enforce it on their own territory, without demanding anything in return.

E.g. they might say something like "We absolutely agree that international regulation of AI is needed and we're willing to co-sponser an initiative with the US. One of the most pressing matters we see is the spread of despicable misinformation through unregulated models regarding certain events in China's history, the treatment of certain minorities or the status of certain provinces..."