Behind The News

China bets on the face of cheap AI to hook the world

Trump is abandoning US partners in the Indo-Pacific

Border crisis exposes criminal connections 

Will Japan move quickly to build nuclear weapons?

Durian diplomacy creates sweet stink of success

Nvidia deal signals Trump’s shifting priorities

President Xi is gambling on high-tech dominance

Long and winding road to catch China’s EV juggernaut

China and the US plunge into a rare-earth crater

Beijing is left wary of Japan’s ‘China hawk’ Takaichi