China’s conflicting signals a threat to investment
US firms in China have faced growing challenges in navigating political and legal contradictions
The Long Read
China’s chatbots will have to toe the Party line
Baidu’s ERNIE Bot will not be a substitute for ChatGPT – but that might be how the Chinese state wants it
Doves, hawks and China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy
Beijing’s image as a force for global peace jars with its assertive and abrasive foreign policy
Party rule adds up to ‘suppression and conflict’
Analysts warn that Xi and the CCP view the ’emergence of a civil society and business class’ as a threat
Hong Kong risks an irreversible brain drain
‘It is no coincidence that this mass exodus comes amid the 2020 enactment of the National Security Law’
Consumer spending is critical to China’s recovery
Beijing needs to fuel domestic consumption to kickstart the world’s second-largest economy
India and US tech deal will combat China’s threat
Washington and New Delhi aim to deepen cooperation in quantum computing, AI and semiconductors
China and the EU on the wrong side of the tracks
Beijing seems unsure of what it wants from Brussels and how to achieve its goals on trade development
China will pay a heavy price for Xi’s blunder
Failed policies are costing lives as Covid-19 runs rampant across the country with the death toll soaring
China-US rivalry raises tension in Southeast Asia
But conflict between the two superpowers over ‘Taiwan is perhaps of greatest concern’ in 2023