Spotlight
AI-Driven Exports: How Technology Is Powering China's Global Economic Surge
China’s factories are sending record volumes of semiconductors, computing equipment and automobiles into global markets, turning the worldwide race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in...
Oct 15, 2026
Bank of America Fine Signals Growing Regulatory Friction in US-China Capital Flows
A sweeping U.S. enforcement action against Bank of America is sharpening attention on Chinese money-laundering networks and raising questions about how banks will handle legitimate cross-border busi...
Oct 14, 2026
US Controls Accelerate Buildout of China's Independent AI Chip Ecosystem
Nvidia’s long-standing dominance of China’s artificial-intelligence chip market is weakening as Huawei and a widening field of domestic suppliers gain ground, offering some of the clearest evidence ...
Oct 14, 2026
China Tightens Auto Regulations: Safety and Testing Take Priority Over Speed
China is moving to slow the breakneck pace at which its automakers introduce new technologies, proposing tougher testing and disclosure requirements after warning that competition to launch vehicles...
Oct 11, 2026
The AI Phone Wars: How Chinese Giants Are Redefining Mobile Computing
China’s smartphone makers are pitching artificial intelligence as the next big change in how people use their phones. The competition is real, but it is not simply a contest for a single “AI phone” ...
Oct 10, 2026
China's Massive Data-Centre Buildout: Powering the AI Race in Inner Mongolia
Across the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, warehouses filled with computers are rising beside wind farms, coal-fired power stations and high-voltage transmission lines. They form part of China’s effor...
Oct 9, 2026
Hong Kong Lobbies HSBC to Reconsider Singapore Focus Amid AI Race
Hong Kong is actively lobbying HSBC to reconsider its strategic focus on Singapore, signaling a regional tug-of-war for technological dominance amid the escalating global race for artificial intelli...
Oct 8, 2026
Hong Kong's Massive IPO Haul Signals Robust Investor Confidence in Asian Tech
Hong Kong’s initial public offering market has raised a record amount for the first nine months of the year, as Chinese companies seek international funding for businesses ranging from artificial in...
Oct 6, 2026
Beyond Benchmarks: Why Industrial Engineering is the Real Race in AI
The race for artificial intelligence leadership is moving beyond chatbots and benchmark scores into a harder contest: securing electricity, manufacturing sophisticated components and keeping vast co...
Oct 4, 2026
AI Fuels Chinese Manufacturing Recovery, But Economic Divide Persists
China’s factories returned to growth in September, powered in part by surging demand for the equipment behind the global artificial intelligence boom. But the recovery also exposed a widening divide...
Oct 1, 2026