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Artificial intelligence
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China is leading in holistic AI development. Can the US catch up?
The country that will emerge victorious may not have the best models, but rather the applications which best meet people’s everyday needs.
11 Feb 2026 - 8:30PM
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Mainland China
As I see it
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Outside its few red lines, China is the ultimate win-win country
11 Feb 2026 - 9:30AM
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US-China trade war
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New US-led minerals bloc renews pressure on Asia to pick sides
11 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
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Scams and swindles
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Cambodia is in a frontline battle against transnational scam syndicates
Targeted due to geography, Cambodia is on the front foot now, dismantling scam compounds, rescuing victims and prosecuting criminals.
10 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
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In a November 12 raid, the Cambodian authorities rounded up thousands at an online fraud compound in Bavet City, the largest city in the southeastern province of Svay Rieng, which shares a border with Vietnam. Photo: Handout
My Take
My Take
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TikTok deal good for Chinese owners but terrible for users in the United States
The social media platform, now majority owned by Americans, will herald a new era of state control and corporate manipulation of US citizens.
8 Feb 2026 - 10:15PM
Banking & finance
Macroscope
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Trump-Takaichi meddling in finance spells more turbulence ahead
The two leaders’ moves into economics despite their lack of knowledge threaten to further destabilise global finance and inflate debt levels.
7 Feb 2026 - 4:30PM
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India
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Why the new US-India trade agreement is a big deal
The warming of New Delhi’s ties with Washington has implications for Russia, China and the global dynamics of trade and geopolitical power.
7 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
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US President Donald Trump meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington on February 13, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Diplomacy
As I see it
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Starmer faces a hysterical backlash over new Chinese embassy
The worst features of UK politics and media, with help from ‘yellow-ribbon’ BN(O)ers, have been on full display over the ‘mega’ embassy plan.
6 Feb 2026 - 8:30PM
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
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Apec’s quiet cooperation still matters in a noisy, divided world
Year-round, multiple intensive working meetings keep the forum an ‘engine room’ of cooperation, reflecting its commitment to multilateralism.
6 Feb 2026 - 4:30PM
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World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos
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How Trump’s Davos spotlight was upstaged by middle powers breaking away
While they continue to flatter Trump, politicians and businesses are also pursuing new deals and trading partners, diversifying supply chains and exploring ways to reduce dependence on the US.
6 Feb 2026 - 7:51AM
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United States
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Tariff by tariff, Trump is building a trade wall around the US
Amid the precarity of Trump’s limited economic success at home, trade wars abroad have only sped up the transition to a multipolar world.
6 Feb 2026 - 11:58PM
US President Donald Trump leaves the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong economy
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The world must act on space debris. Hong Kong can play a leading role
As China’s superconnector, the city can advance space sustainability by offering its legal, regulatory, academic and financial expertise.
5 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
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United States
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Chilling effect of US outbound investment rules will extend beyond China
Outbound investment rules introduced last year are expanding and hardening into law, chilling US investment across Asia’s tech ecosystems.
4 Feb 2026 - 9:55PM
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United States
As I see it
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Epstein files reveal the underbelly of Western elites
If such are the people who run the world of business and politics, we are all doomed.
4 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
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Diplomacy
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American allies are finally hedging against American risk
As US policy becomes more self-centred and unpredictable, traditional allies realise their best bet lies with diplomatic diversification.
3 Feb 2026 - 8:30PM
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China's space programme
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As China opens up its space sector, Hong Kong should reach for the stars
With deep capital markets and globally aligned legal practices, the city can support a competitive Chinese space programme that shapes global standards.
3 Feb 2026 - 9:30AM
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Climate change
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Why China and Europe should care about Central Asia’s water crisis
Central Asian rivers shape Eurasian trade flows, affect global food markets and contribute to geopolitical instability across the region.
3 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
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Artificial intelligence
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How ‘ghost workers’ stand at the crossroads of AI development
The future of artificial intelligence depends not only on algorithms but on who controls and benefits from the labour that machines rely on.
2 Feb 2026 - 8:30PM
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An employee works at a tech start-up in Bengaluru, India, on February 3, 2025. Photo: AFP
China economy
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US-China rivalry: great powers that don’t make things won’t be great for long
As globalisation falters, it is countries that focus on building productive capacity, not financial excess, that will come out on top.
2 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
United States
My Take
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How to prevent war with China: return Taiwan to the mainland
Beijing has a far more legitimate claim over Taiwan than the US and Israel have over any strip of land in the western hemisphere and Palestine.
1 Feb 2026 - 9:00PM
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US-China relations
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Beijing must be clear-eyed about its national interests abroad
As the US disrupts international norms, China should reconsider its place in the world system to protect its overseas investments.
1 Feb 2026 - 8:30PM
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Trade
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The India-EU trade pact is a rebuke of US economic coercion
Beyond trade liberalisation, the partnership will weaken Washington’s ability to use tariffs as leverage and dictate the rules of global economic engagement.
1 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM
From the left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raise their joined hands at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 27. Photo: Handout via dpa
Japan
Macroscope
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Could Japan stop being the ballast of the bond market?
A lower house election victory would give flight to Prime Minister Takaichi’s fiscal expansionism – and introduce upheaval far beyond Japan.
31 Jan 2026 - 5:41PM
Banking & finance
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Central banks are propelling a 21st century global gold rush
The world must choose between believing in the authority of central banks to decide the worth of fiat currencies or trusting in gold as a store of value.
31 Jan 2026 - 11:37AM
European Union
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When in doubt, EU leaders dig an even bigger hole
Brussels presses on with its self-defeating policy of isolating Russia, even as the US makes clear its transatlantic ally is effectively on its own for its security.
31 Jan 2026 - 5:30AM
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