Nvidia halts H200 production as China backs Huawei AI chips
Nvidia has reportedly halted production of its H200 artificial-intelligence (AI) chips intended for China amid rising political tensions…
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.…
Superintelligence is already here and now
People argue back and forth about when artificial superintelligence will arrive. The truth is that it’s already here.…
China building a different AI future than the West
The headlines are predictable by now. The United States restricts chip exports. Chinese labs release competitive models. Pundits…
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…
Lee’s AI-fueled Kospi boom masks reform evasion
By one metric, Lee Jae Myung’s eight months as South Korean president have been a smashing success, with the stock…
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 one-off tech controls won’t stop China’s moonshot
The White House’s AI Action Plan, along with tighter export controls on advanced chips and AI equipment, underscores…
China’s huge trade surplus brings limited boost to forex reserves
China’s trade surplus surged to a record in 2025, even as United States President Donald Trump launched a…
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.…
US debt surge leaves China, Japan holding the bag in 2026
TOKYO — A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. This, with…