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For years the semiconductor race was measured by who could build the smallest transistor. Faced with Western export controls, China is pursuing a different strategy: redesigning chips, software and entire AI systems to reduce…
China
Donald Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping is not a peace conference or a grand bargain. It is…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Beijing's new intelligent agent policy is not a narrow AI rulebook. It is a blueprint for a governed…
China
China’s rise was not the triumph of capitalism over socialism. It was the construction of a hybrid system…
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Economics
China’s sovereign market is outperforming because it sits inside a different inflation cycle, a different policy regime and a different ownership structure from the…
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China is not insulated from the Iran war. Disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, constrained shipping access,…
Economics
For more than forty years, the Chinese economy has sustained growth, industrial upgrading, and social stability under a system Western…
Defence
Sanae Takaichi’s decision to describe a Taiwan contingency as a “survival-threatening situation” has pushed Japan–China tensions into legal and economic territory. Beijing answered with export controls, travel pressure, and a post-1945 order narrative anchored…
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China is not preparing to fight for Iran. It is doing something more consequential: managing the Iran file…
Commentry
A widely shared analysis claims China has “missed its chance” and is locked into economic decline. Even accepting…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
China is not racing the West to build smarter artificial intelligence. It is racing to embed AI into…
Diplomacy
Britain and China do not disagree because of tone or diplomacy. They disagree because they are educated into different histories. Britain teaches continuity and…
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Technology
Drone warfare did not begin in Ukraine. It began in Nagorno Karabakh and evolved into industrial attrition powered by civilian…
Medicine
Artificial intelligence has not solved drug discovery. It has exposed where pharmaceutical development really fails. As decision-making replaces invention as…
Economics
A leading strand of financial commentary argues the world has lost its way and fallen back into mercantilism. An Austrian economist disagrees. The real source of global imbalance is not trade ideology but decades…
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Law
The US boarding of a Panama flagged tanker carrying Venezuelan oil tests a fundamental question of international law. Can sanctions be enforced at sea…
Technology
Western headlines claim China is bypassing chip export controls. A close reading of Chinese and Taiwanese sources tells…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Trillions in market value and hundreds of billions in infrastructure spending rest on one assumption: scarcity. China’s open…
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Donald Trump has reopened the door for Nvidia’s H200 sales to approved customers in China. Beijing’s response is…
World
Hong Kong’s deadliest tower fire in decades is being sold in Western coverage as a tale of bad contractors and…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
China’s artificial intelligence giants are not only dodging United States export controls. They are also navigating Beijing’s clampdown on Nvidia.…