Bangladesh, Jan. 9 -- Debates over the artificial intelligence rivalry between the United States and China often revolve around headline metrics: whose large language models perform better on benchmarks, who controls the most advanced semiconductor fabrication nodes, and who is attracting the most elite AI researchers. While these questions matter, they are increasingly insufficient for understanding where the real contest is headed. As artificial intelligence moves beyond chatbots and image generators into vehicles, factories, logistics networks and urban infrastructure, the decisive factor is no longer model elegance but deployment at scale. Viewed through this lens, China possesses a powerful and underappreciated advantage – one ...