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Chinese banks lend $3 billion to QatarEnergy
This week, four Chinese banks gave QatarEnergy a five-year, $3 billion loan for general working-capital needs, according to Bloomberg. The financing is timely for Qatar because the war has severely constrained its ability to turn production capacity into export revenue. China already has huge financial and business stakes with QatarEnergy, including a network of gas purchases, shipbuilding orders, and financing commitments up to 25 years. So the deal is not necessarily surprising, but the timing is interesting.
From ‘Compatriots’ to Coercion: How Cross-Strait Relations Have Changed
Written by Simona A. Grano. The author explores the shifting dynamics of cross-Strait relations, tracing Beijing’s strategy from historical "letters to compatriots" to modern grey-zone coercion. She highlights how China’s unification rhetoric increasingly clashes with Taiwan's democratic identity, creating an environment where political messaging, military posture, and strategic coercion closely align.Continue reading
DSET Participates in the 2026 NATO Days in Ostrava Detailing Asymmetric Defense and Civil Resilience Strategies
Samara Duerr, Policy Analyst at the Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology (DSET), participated as a speaker in the panel “Lessons from Ukraine for Taiwan” on September 18, 2026. The event, co-hosted by Centrum PANT, Sinposis, and Jagello 2000, convened experts to evaluate how Taiwan is adapting asymmetrical defense strategies and civil resilience models derived from the Ukrainian experience. The session was moderated by Kateřina Procházková, an analyst at Sinopsis, and fello
HK Labour Dept. probes fatal accident at Tung Chung construction site
Hong Kong’s Labour Department has opened an investigation into a fatal accident in which a construction worker died after falling from a height. Police received a report just before 1:45pm on Wednesday that a worker fell from over 10 storeys at a construction site on Wui Tung Street in Tung Chung. The man, a 34-year-old
Huawei’s Eric Xu: China May Come to Share U.S. AI Risk Concerns as Its Technology Advances
Huawei’s rotating chairman also predicts global AI hardware shortages may persist until 2029, claims Ascend may have overtaken Nvidia in China in market share, and prioritizes domestic customers.
China's Stealth Support of Iran: A Conversation with Mona Yacoubian
In this episode, Mona Yacoubian joins Bonny Lin to discuss the current state of the war in Iran, the economic ramifications of the war, and Beijing's evolving relationship with Tehran. The conversation explores China's "stealth support" for Iran and the extent of Beijing's influence over Tehran as well as whether China is using that leverage to help bring the conflict to an end.
The Kardashians Take On the Great Wall of China
Pop culture's biggest family continues their China Maxxing moment with a stylistic family photoshoot at China's Wonders of the World.
In Depth: China’s Shrinking Births Push Guangzhou Schools to Cut Contract Teachers
Enrollment declines are reaching first-tier cities, ending jobs for teachers hired during the baby boom
‘Healing’ Chickens vs. Hungry Thieves: Art Students’ Project Ends in Tears
Students at a Chinese fine arts university had aimed to promote sustainability by raising chickens — but then a nighttime raid drew unwanted attention and a ban.
Why Some Startups Win: Colin Hodge on Growth Psychology, Magic Moments, and Founder Inertia
Colin Hodge, bestselling author of Outrageous Startup Growth, will be in Taipei this November to co-host an exclusive event with three-time bestselling author Nir Eyal (Hooked, Indistractable, Beyond Belief).
Hong Kong arrests 9 over fuel smuggling as oil prices surge
Hong Kong arrested nine people in a city-wide operation targeting illicit fuel activities, authorities said on Wednesday, as surging global oil prices continue to put pressure on the import-dependent financial hub. The city lacks its own refineries and imports its entire supply of automotive fuel, with much of it coming from neighbouring mainland China. Prices
TRIPP Reorienting Armenia and Azerbaijan Toward the West
Executive Summary: On August 28, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated at a press conference that Moscow can no longer be regarded as Yerevan’s strategic partner (Armenpress, August 27). His sharp rhetoric toward Russia is hardly unexpected, given that relations between Moscow and both Yerevan and Baku have recently deteriorated again. Yerevan attributes its stance
Russia’s Invasion Spurs PLA Casualty Evacuation Developments
Executive Summary: In mid-September, Chinese news outlets celebrated the 10th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Joint Logistics Support Force’s (JLSF) establishment. State media highlighted how the JLSF has established an integrated joint support capability over the last ten years focused on logistics, medical support, and transportation (CCTV, September 13). It has also expanded
Russia and Pakistan Sign Deal on Rail Connectivity
Executive Summary: On August 31, the Pakistani government announced that Pakistan Railways and Russian Railways Logistics (RZD Logistics) signed a freight forwarding contract establishing a framework for cooperation in international freight transportation. Under the deal, both countries will work toward launching a pilot container freight train route connecting Pakistan with Russia and Central Asia (Express
COP17: Can countries break deadlock on sharing benefits from nature’s digital data?
As world leaders prepare to gather in Armenia for the UN biodiversity conference, discussions over Digital Sequence Information are reaching a tipping point
China's AI Implementation Gap
In this analytical essay, Jeffrey Ding argues that debates about US-China AI competition are overly fixated on innovation capacity and neglect China's weaker diffusion capacity—its ability to spread and adopt AI across the wider economy—leaving Beijing with a significant 'AI implementation gap' that will shape its long-run economic prospects.
AI in Asia Part 2: Taiwan’s AI profits and the cost of growth
Who profits from Taiwan’s AI boom and at what price?
ChinAI #373: The OpenClaw Hype and Overestimating China's Diffusion Advantage
Jeffrey Ding argues that the OpenClaw deployment frenzy in China was a misleading indicator of AI diffusion, and that China may actually face a diffusion deficit relative to the US, especially through cloud adoption. The piece also asks readers for advice on a research ethics puzzle.
An AI long-form drama at RMB 900,000 per episode: why did Mango Super Media's market value jump RMB 13.3bn in five days?
An in-depth look at Later Journey to the West, China's first AIGC long-form drama, and how Mango TV's production pipeline, cost structure and market reaction reveal the promise and limits of AI-generated film and TV.
Beyond Wukong: China's First Fully AI-Generated Series Hits Prime Time
RADII reports on The Later Journey to the West (a.k.a. Beyond Wukong), the first fully AI-generated entertainment to hit mainstream provincial satellite prime time in China — and the debate it has stirred over whether AI can do justice to classic literature.
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