EEconomy Read More Japan’s smaller businesses exit China on economic, political risksJuly 13, 2026 Business trends Overall tally of Japanese firms in country down about 10% from 2012 peak Staffing services provider…
EEconomy Read More Why factories in southern China are feeling the squeeze despite pickup in ordersJuly 12, 2026 As China prepares to release its second-quarter and first-half economic data this week – with markets generally expecting…
AArtificial intelligence Read More There are few things more life-affirming than a dancing robot going haywire – The Irish TimesJuly 12, 2026 For all the complaints I have about social media, with its ceaseless extrusion of trash into cultural and…
EEconomy Read More Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending themJuly 12, 2026 Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by…
AArtificial intelligence Read More OpenAI and Anthropic warn China is using tens of thousands of fake accounts to copy their AI modelsJuly 12, 2026 As much as U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Paramount Leader Xi Jinping work to ease historical tensions…
SSpace Read More New black box helps track crashed nuclear spacecraft to prevent leaksJuly 12, 2026 If a rocket carrying a nuclear reactor explodes on its way to deep space, how do you find…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Beyond Claude Code: the Chinese AI tools poised to benefit after back-door alertJuly 11, 2026 Beijing’s recent cybersecurity warning against American artificial intelligence lab Anthropic is expected to accelerate a shift among Chinese…
SScience Read More China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe Has Rendezvoused With Earth’s Quasi-MoonJuly 11, 2026 The China National Space Administration’s asteroid probe Tianwen-2 successfully reached the asteroid Kamo’oalewa, which orbits the Sun in…
SSpace Read More China unveils members of state-backed commercial space consortiumJuly 11, 2026 HELSINKI — A Chinese government body has published a national commercial space consortium membership list, offering a rare…
EEconomy Read More China’s economy likely cooled in second quarter: analystsJuly 11, 2026 China’s economic growth likely slowed in the second quarter of the year, according to an AFP survey, though…
AArtificial intelligence Read More AI’s $15 Trillion Opportunity Is Just Getting StartedJuly 10, 2026 Quick Read NVIDIA guided $91 billion for Q2 FY27 (excluding China) after Q1 Data Center revenue surged 92%…
BBusiness Read More Blood on the carpet as Volkswagen tries to head off existential threat – The Irish TimesJuly 10, 2026 The metaphorical blood began seeping into Volkswagen’s corporate carpet just after 4.30pm on Thursday. With two hours’ delay,…