The Trump administration (which has argued that scraping an infinite amount of copyright-protected data for training AI models should be considered fair use) is accusing China of “industrial-scale” theft of intellectual property from American AI companies and is threatening to crack down on actors accused of doing the jacking.

China’s role as an unofficial mediator in the latest war in the Middle East is drawing attention across the world as it seeks to project the image of being a responsible global power while U.S. actions are straining its long-standing alliances.