China Asia Economy
Japan enacts chip export controls at US behest
Japan’s new restrictions on exports of advanced semiconductor production equipme...
Will AI make carbon emissions tradable?
Trading carbon emissions is the El Dorado of climate-change management, a new ma...
Will Hun Manet reset ties with the West?
Phnom Penh might finally mend relations with the West as it undergoes a once-in-...
Why US is lagging behind China in AI race
China is rapidly closing in on the United States’ lead in artificial intelligenc...
Why ISIS doesn’t always publicize its attacks
Islamic State (ISIS) has never shied away from bravado. Claiming attacks and an ...
Fateful demise of the Taiwan-China ’92 Consensus
The major political parties in Taiwan have now selected their presidential candi...
Abe’s legacy lives on in Japan’s foreign and security p...
On July 8, 2023, marked the first anniversary of the assassination of former Jap...
Putin’s Black Sea grain gambit is a win for Turkey
Russia’s recent decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiat...
China: When micro becomes macro
Investment strategy: Buy or sell Ukrainian bonds? David Woo raises concerns abo...
Why capitalism is leaving the US, in search of profit
Early US capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of...
China’s spaceplane program making hypersonic strides
China has just tested a new type of air-launched spaceplane design in its ultra-...
Why Russia withdrew from the Ukraine grain deal
The Russia-Ukraine grain deal that has been critical to keeping global food pric...
Ukraine may be running out of people
A former top US military intelligence officer writes in a limited-circulation re...
Reviving private investment key to China’s growth: econ...
Liu Yuanchun, president of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, was...
Gold’s divergence from Treasury Inflation-Protected Sec...
Gold and TIPS have a similar portfolio function...
Guns for hire: a season for mercenaries
After a band of mercenaries tried to oust the government in Maldives back in 198...