#China

Huawei's CANN is open source under a license barring software for non-Ascend chips. Inside China's second CUDA, and the two links still outside it: pre-training compute and 5nm capacity.

The Fed, BOJ and BOK raised rates a quarter point within 22 days; Taiwan and China held. What each said, plus the impact on Korean borrowers and the won.

China is restricting AI researchers and startup founders from traveling abroad as the U.S.-China AI performance gap narrows to just 2.7%. What Beijing's talent lockdown means for the global AI race.

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun is set to skip the Shangri-La Dialogue for the second consecutive year. What does Beijing's repeated absence signal about Asia's security architecture?

China is fusing AI with electronic warfare physics to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum. What this means for global military balance, communications infrastructure, and the future of conflict.

Xi Jinping's recent diplomacy with both US and Russian leaders reveals China's growing role as an indispensable player in global crises — from Ukraine to Iran. What does this mean for the international order?

Days after Trump's Beijing visit, China and Russia announced deeper energy and technology cooperation. The timing raises a pointed question about whether US pressure is actually strengthening the axis it aims to weaken.

Days after a landmark US-China summit, Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing. Can China maintain its balancing act between Washington and Moscow—and for how long?

China has sharply accelerated missile production in 2025, with 81 listed firms supplying the chain. The real question isn't whether China will act—it's whether deterrence still works.

Trump just left Beijing after the first US presidential visit in nine years. Putin arrives Wednesday. Pakistan's PM follows. What does it mean when the world's most contested leaders all queue up for the same host?

Beijing's expanded export controls now include an extraterritorial clause—products made anywhere in the world using Chinese rare earths could be subject to Chinese approval. The rules of global supply chains just changed.

Chinese researchers have developed a dual-atom catalyst that converts nitrate-polluted wastewater into ammonia at nearly triple the efficiency of conventional methods, with major implications for food security and green chemistry.