Before the world’s most advanced chips can exist, someone must create the material beneath them. SK Siltron operates at this invisible foundation of semiconductor manufacturing, where extraordinary precision, industrial economics and strategic supply chains shape the future of computing.
China is expanding its satellite internet infrastructure through Guowang and Qianfan. Turning deployment into a dependable service requires customers, ground infrastructure and clear operating responsibilities. The first part of Asia’s Orbital Economy examines when industrial scale becomes sustained commercial value.
Samsung and SK hynix are generating extraordinary profits, yet investors are questioning the durability of the AI spending boom. Ahead of their October earnings updates, South Korea’s chipmakers face a harder test: turning industrial indispensability into lasting financial resilience.
China wants more capital to finance AI, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing — but also less speculation and stronger market discipline. Through Wu Qing, Altair Media examines whether “patient capital” can be designed without weakening the market’s ability to price risk.
Macau is far more than a casino economy. Centuries of encounter between Chinese society and Portuguese institutions created a distinctive culture whose architecture, food, language and traditions still shape this small territory at the edge of southern China.
Temasek is state-owned, but it is not a ministry. Through Dilhan Pillay, Altair Media examines how Singapore combines public ownership, commercial discipline and patient capital to invest across AI, infrastructure, energy and long-term economic transitions.
Japan does not lack capital. Its challenge is making that capital move. Through Hiromi Yamaji and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Altair Media examines how governance reform, higher interest rates and changing corporate behaviour are reshaping the way Japanese capital is allocated.
China’s rise challenges one of the most enduring assumptions of the modern era: that economic development inevitably follows a Western path. As China’s influence expands through infrastructure, technology and institutions, a deeper question is emerging. Can there be more than one path to modernity?
Why does Europe increasingly describe competition with China as unfair? The answer extends beyond tariffs, subsidies or trade disputes. At its core lies a deeper question: what happens when two fundamentally different economic systems compete within the same global marketplace?
Many observers focus on China’s government or its companies. Yet understanding modern China requires examining the institution that connects them. The Communist Party functions not only as a political organisation, but also as a coordinating mechanism that links state institutions, economic development and long-term national priorities.
