Tech & Innovation
Flying Blind: Why the Global South Needs Proximate-Risk AI for Food Security
A food crisis rarely arrives with a bang. It slips in quietly—through smaller bags of rice, thinner meals, and prices that change faster than...
China’s AI future is being shaped by its young generation
The annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) is in full swing in Shanghai. At the opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote...
Xi Jinping’s 2026 World AI Conference Speech: What It Means for China and the Future of AI
China hosts the 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai from July 17 to 20, Chinese officials...
Can China Lead a New Global AI Order and Challenge US Dominance?
Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled Beijing's most ambitious vision yet for the future of artificial intelligence (AI), presenting China as the architect of...
What Is CXMT and Why Is It China’s Leading DRAM Chipmaker?
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is preparing to raise at least 57.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) through an initial public offering (IPO) on Shanghai's STAR...
WAIC 2026: China’s AI Governance Model vs. the West
The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Meeting on (Global AI Governance) will be held in Shanghai, China from July 17 to...
Starved of Silicon: China Built Its Own
For four years, Washington has attempted to build a sophisticated industrial wall. This blockade aimed to stop China from getting the computer chips needed...
Why Do National AI Strategies Stall in Southeast Asia?
Three Southeast Asian governments entered the AI race at almost the same time. Indonesia published its Strategi Nasional Kecerdasan Artifisial in 2020. Malaysia followed with its...
Three Sovereignties, One AI: State, Corporate, and Indigenous Techno-Sovereignty
Sovereign AI has become a national priority, replacing the old dream of a borderless internet with state-backed control over computing hardware. The digital economy...
Can China’s New GLM-5.2 AI Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic?
Chinese artificial intelligence developers have rapidly narrowed the technological gap with U.S. rivals over the past two years. While companies such as OpenAI and...