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Sep 21, 2026 12:29 PM

Opinion: Don’t Slow AI Down, Govern It Better
A strong safety framework can preserve innovation while keeping increasingly capable AI systems under human control
Sep 18, 2026 10:25 AM

Commentary: AI Risks Repeating the Industrial Revolution’s Longest Mistake
The First Industrial Revolution generated vast wealth while workers’ living standards stagnated for decades. AI could trigger a modern ‘Engels’ Pause’ unless companies and governments act now to share its gains
Sep 18, 2026 00:13 AM

Commentary: Europe’s China Dilemma — Too Many Goods, Too Few Minerals
Brussels is caught between curbing Chinese manufactured imports and securing critical raw materials, shifting the next trade battlefield upstream
Sep 17, 2026 20:15 PM

Reporter’s Notebook: For Taiwan’s AI Billionaires, Singapore Is the New Hedge
As chip wealth swells and cross-strait risks loom, Taiwan’s richest families are using Singapore for trusts, family offices and long-term asset security
Sep 17, 2026 10:44 AM

Commentary: To Revive Consumption, China Must Defend Both the Yuan and Incomes
As global central banks tighten, Beijing’s path to economic recovery lies in a dual mandate: stabilizing the currency and repairing fractured consumer income expectations
Sep 16, 2026 16:52 PM

Commentary: China Moves to Rein In Late Payments to Small Firms
Small suppliers are being crushed by delayed bills, extended payment terms and government arrears. Ending the practice will require more than another policy notice
Sep 15, 2026 20:22 PM

Commentary: China’s Property Market Is Finally Nearing the Bottom
Demographic shifts and deep price cuts suggest the real estate free fall is ending, but a new finished-home sales mandate means a swift rebound remains unlikely
Sep 14, 2026 16:02 PM

Opinion: China’s Preemptive Recapitalization Secures Financial Stability
A planned issuance of special treasury bonds to recapitalize state-owned financial institutions offers a forward-looking buffer against economic shocks
Sep 14, 2026 15:08 PM

Commentary: Europe’s Far Right Moves From the Fringe to Power
As Sweden votes, nationalist parties are reshaping governments, squeezing the center and turning anti-immigration politics into a continental force
Sep 11, 2026 15:38 PM

Commentary: China’s Inflation Rebound Puts Energy Costs and Policy Choices in Focus
August data show faster gains in consumer and factory-gate prices as higher oil, coal and industrial-metal costs work through supply chains
Sep 11, 2026 12:34 PM

Commentary: China’s Track Superstar Exposes the Flaws in Its State Sports Machine
Star hurdler Liu Xiang’s decade-long limbo reveals the urgent need to reform how China compensates and transitions its retiring athletes
Sep 11, 2026 11:42 AM

Commentary: Why NATO Must Recalibrate Its Assessment of Chinese Strategic Intent
As the alliance doubles down on its threat narrative following recent missile tests, a balanced assessment comparing Beijing's actual conduct with its unconditional no-first-use policy reveals crucial avenues for preventing global nuclear escalation
Sep 08, 2026 21:35 PM

Commentary: From K-Shaped Divergence to an I-Shaped Economy
As high-tech growth becomes less connected to jobs, incomes and domestic consumption, policymakers face a more fundamental challenge: restoring the links that sustain social mobility and confidence
Sep 07, 2026 18:51 PM

Opinion: How China Can Adapt Education to a Changing Demographic Reality
The priority should be to allocate resources more effectively, shifting from ensuring that children can attend school to making sure they receive a good education
Sep 07, 2026 14:54 PM

Commentary: China’s Gen Z Is Redefining the Cost of a Layoff
For globally ambitious companies, mistreating young recruits can now bring scrutiny from foreign clients, jeopardizing contracts, reputations and IPO plans
Sep 07, 2026 14:33 PM

Commentary: Zombie Automakers Are Fueling China’s Export Chaos
Beijing is trying to police how its automakers compete overseas, but the root of the problem is a domestic price war fueled by local protectionism
Sep 04, 2026 14:53 PM

Commentary: Why Hong Kong Matters to the Yuan’s Next Global Role
The dollar’s dual role as both global payment medium and America’s financing vehicle is becoming more difficult to sustain. China’s expanding trade and capital position creates an opening for Hong Kong to develop the offshore yuan infrastructure global importers, governments and investors will need
Sep 02, 2026 15:07 PM

Commentary: For China’s Local Governments, AI Won’t Replace Real Estate
Local officials are pouring billions into computing centers in hopes of reviving economic growth, but the rush threatens to create massive overcapacity and new fiscal risks
Sep 01, 2026 16:21 PM

Commentary: The Asymmetric Fracture of Global AI
Washington and Beijing are building rival technology blocs. But while hardware supply chains can be ring-fenced through policy, a porous software layer guarantees that a clean break is both technically and strategically impossible
Aug 31, 2026 16:39 PM

Commentary: The End of the Presale Era and China’s Housing Divide
Beijing’s push for a new real estate development model has triggered a stark divergence, rewarding quality and certainty while punishing speculative sprawl