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What Do Chinese Analysts Say About the Thaw With India?

What Do Chinese Analysts Say About the Thaw With India?

Domestic discourse in China frames the relationship as a calculated balancing act to prevent India from aligning firmly with the U.S. – even while Beijing maintains its aggressive stance on security i...

Jan 10, 2026 5 min read
AI changing the face, surging the profits of crypto scams

AI changing the face, surging the profits of crypto scams

In 2025, cryptocurrency scams received at least US$14 billion on-chain, a significant increase from the $9.9 billion we first reported in 2024, which reached $12 billion at our recalculation as of thi...

Jan 14, 2026 5 min read
A Chinese path to peace on the Korean Peninsula

A Chinese path to peace on the Korean Peninsula

South Korea and China have designated each other as their first summit counterparts of 2026. Media outlets in both countries have interpreted the meeting as a foregone conclusion that the decade-long ...

Jan 14, 2026 5 min read
Japan at rising risk of collapsing the yen

Japan at rising risk of collapsing the yen

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index hit another all-time high on Wednesday, up 6.5% since the start of the year and up 76.5% from the April 2025 low that followed US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Da...

Jan 15, 2026 5 min read
Greenland grab: Trump’s grasping imperial fantasy

Greenland grab: Trump’s grasping imperial fantasy

US President Donald Trump’s renewed campaign to acquire Greenland—complete with threats of military force, tariffs against Denmark, and now reports of cash payments to Greenlanders—represents yet anot...

Jan 15, 2026 5 min read
Why one-off tech controls won’t stop China’s moonshot

Why one-off tech controls won’t stop China’s moonshot

The White House’s AI Action Plan, along with tighter export controls on advanced chips and AI equipment, underscores that technology policy has become a key geopolitical issue. Controls can slow compe...

Jan 15, 2026 5 min read
Japan, Philippines refine security pact with eye on China

Japan, Philippines refine security pact with eye on China

MANILA – The foreign ministers of security allies the Philippines and Japan on Thursday agreed to further refine provisions of a military pact to allow smoother exchanges of troops and equipment as Ch...

Jan 15, 2026 5 min read