US public investments in ag research declined as China’s boomed

For many decades, the United States led the world in public funding for agriculture research. But federal and state investments peaked in 2002 and have…

US may sanction China’s Moonshot for distilling Anthropic’s Fable

Washington is threatening to impose sanctions on Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies for building their models by distilling outputs from American AI systems, saying it…

Local logistics firm’s Taiwan branch says it will not ship ‘prohibited books’ to Hong Kong – report

The Taiwanese subsidiary of a Hong Kong logistics firm has reportedly told clients it will not ship “prohibited books” to the city to comply with…

US debt alarms worst since 2007

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Myanmar’s ‘no single government’ line is doing the junta’s work

Myanmar coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s arrival in Vientiane, Laos, on July 3, his first state visit to an ASEAN member since crowning…

Houthis ‘Gate of Tears’ threat deepens global inflation grief

On Monday (July 20), the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced they would impose a “maritime embargo” on Saudi Arabia, in what could mark a…

High Court judge to be reprimanded again for plagiarism as Judiciary flags ‘substantial’ copying

A High Court judge with a history of plagiarism will be reprimanded for yet another incident in which he copied large parts of a party’s…

Iran’s Hormuz choice: trust pays, coercion doesn’t

History suggests geography can be a nation’s greatest economic asset or its greatest geopolitical liability. Whenever maritime arteries have been disrupted — whether by war,…

AI needs US-China cooperation. Elon Musk can help

Despite his controversies and contradictions, Elon Musk may prove an unlikely force in moderating US-China rivalry and the AI risks it amplifies. In June, following…

Australia protests China’s ‘destabilising’ missile test

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Wednesday she raised concern over Beijing’s test of a nuclear-capable missile in the South Pacific, calling the launch “destabilising”…

Scam losses in Asian regions up to $114 bn in 2025: UN

Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to $114.1 billion last year, a UN report said…

Xi’s national team rides again to save swooning tech stocks

TOKYO — Chinese stocks just had a remarkable week, with stellar news from startup Moonshot AI delivering a DeepSeek-like jolt to a fragile market. Its…

Airbus, Kawasaki team up to send Eurodrone sub-hunting

Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus D&S) to collaborate on long-endurance unmanned aerial…

South Korea’s far right is on the rise – with MAGA’s backing

South Korea is often regarded as an example of a young and vibrant democracy. Merely two years ago, mass protests thwarted a self-coup attempted by…

18-year-old convicted of sedition over ‘seditious words’ after nat. sec police stage toilet stakeout

A Hong Kong court has convicted an 18-year-old man of sedition after he scrawled “seditious words” in a commercial building bathroom on three occasions. Leung…

Police officers conduct searches on 7th anniversary of 2019 Yuen Long mob attack

Police officers searched people at Yuen Long MTR station on Tuesday evening, seven years since white-clad men stormed the concourse and indiscriminately attacked passers-by and…

How Australia resisted PRC economic coercion: lessons for others

The People’s Republic of China has used its statecraft to weaponize its trade with other countries on several occasions in recent years. Such behavior usually…

British woman who reported rape in Hong Kong gets 6 years jail for blackmail, perverting justice

A British tourist has been jailed for six years for blackmail and perverting the course of justice, after initially reporting a man in 2024 for…

Why the Americans are unlikely to outpace Chinese innovations

When management pundits in the Harvard Business Review first asked whether China could innovate, most saw a nation condemned to mere imitation of the West. From “China…