Ghosts of 1997 and 2008 stir as Iran spooks markets
TOKYO — Asia is seeing ghosts again. One apparition amid tight credit markets dates to the 2007-2008 global…
Beyond hope and hype: five certainties in the AI storm
The just-published Anthropic paper by Massenkoff and McCrory is a genuinely careful, well-intentioned and much-needed piece of work.…
IMF rebukes China’s model with its own credibility in tatters
As the International Monetary Fund takes China to task, the world’s “lender of last resort” is grappling with…
A stable and smart BRICS route to de-dollarization
By any honest reading of history, the international monetary system was never neutral. It was a political settlement,…
Markets losing faith in Prabowo’s grasp of economic reality
As economic bookmarks go, Indonesia’s stock market enduring its worst rout since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis is as ominous…
Why China’s AI models will have greater global appeal
While most American artificial intelligence (AI) firms focus on building ever-larger, proprietary models locked in corporate clouds, China…
Greenland crisis is Asia’s crisis, too
Asia should pay close attention to what markets are signaling on the Greenland crisis. Distance offers no protection…
Alibaba: the AI kingmaker – Asia Times
A doctor anywhere likely loves using AI as a second opinion on her lawyers’ legal advice, to prepare…
Anatomy of an economic suicide: Venezuela under Maduro
This report is not a political manifesto; it is an economic autopsy. It’s about the arithmetic of ruin.…
China escalates Nexperia dispute as Malaysia shift looms
Beijing has criticized the Netherlands for failing to help Wingtech Technology regain control of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker,…
Japan’s Rapidus set to rival TSMC and Samsung for chip supremacy
Rapidus, Japan’s effort to create a domestic chip-making alternative to TSMC and Samsung Foundry, is becoming a broad-based…
China’s Hainan Free Trade Port heralds new era of openness
An iPhone that costs about $100 less might not sound like a trade policy story, but in China’s…