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.…
Dual paradox coiled inside China’s $1 trillion trade surplus
China just notched a historic milestone: a trade surplus exceeding US$1 trillion in 2025, with exports up 5.4…
Why Bangladesh just fired the man who saved its economy
Just as fragile investor confidence was beginning to return to Bangladesh after months of political upheaval, the abrupt…
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…
China economic rebalancing to test Koreans before benefiting them
China is paradoxical. Two incredibly different narratives can be correct at the same time: its economy is slowing…
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 or China: Whose bubbles will loom larger in 2026?
TOKYO — US President Donald Trump’s unusual fixation on criticizing the Federal Reserve is alarming policymakers and investors…
China’s Nvidia snub reveals the price of US chip controls
In the push and pull of contemporary US-China relations, few moves reveal more about shifting power balances than…
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…
The economic coercion risk in ASEAN’s growing dependence on China
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. The geoeconomic shock from the…
Nobel laureate urges China to deepen space collaboration
China must hardwire long-term scientific endurance into its national strategy if it intends to shape the future of…
China’s bet on self-reliance won’t fix an unbalanced economy
Every few years since 1953, the Chinese government has unveiled a new master strategy for its economy: the…