China Asia Economy
US bank trouble heralds end of dollar reserve system
NEW YORK – The US banking system is broken. That doesn’t portend more high-profi...
China’s food security at delicate mercy of free trade o...
China’s food imports have increased significantly since the nation joined the Wo...
Digital solutions empower ethnic minority women in Vietnam
By all accounts, Vietnam’s poverty reduction is a staggering achievement. Extrem...
Australia satellite mesh to track China’s subs and hype...
Australia plans to build crucial space capabilities to support its planned nucle...
Xi-Putin meet announces return of China-Russia axis
The heirs to two of the most violent revolutions in modern history shook hands a...
Thailand’s wild, wooly and booming weed experiment
In June 2022, the Thai government took the bold step of decriminalizing the prod...
Baidu’s ChatGPT rival ERNIE Bot an AI letdown
On March 16, Baidu unveiled China’s latest rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT – ERNIE Bot...
Hun Sen’s post-election resignation a near done deal
Prime Minister Hun Sen is ready to step back from frontline politics after a gen...
No, the US hasn’t ‘lost’ Vietnam
The recent purge of several apparently Western-leaning officials in Hanoi has le...
China’s demography not an imminent economic threat
China’s population fell in 2022 and will continue to do so throughout the 21st c...
China to invest in Russian Far East, buy more fuel
China will buy more oil and gas from Russia in the coming decade and will help d...
India’s fine balance in a world of asymmetrical multipo...
In the past decade, global geopolitical transitions have gathered momentum. This...
All eyes on PBOC as US banking woes go global
If Governor Yi Gang’s staff at the People’s Bank of China had been planning a va...
AI warship designer accelerating China’s naval lead
China is set to supercharge its naval shipbuilding program with AI, accelerating...
Black Sea drone downing highlights rising risk of ‘acci...
The extraordinary footage of a Russian jet intercepting a US drone over the Blac...
Economic lessons for India from the pandemic
This year will be one of the most important for the South Asian subcontinent. Ac...