As Singapore and Malaysia expand their AI cloud capacity, the Megaspeed investigation puts cross-border GPU rental under scrutiny. When computing time is resold, who verifies the end user and who bears the loss if access is suspended?
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.
China and India are expanding their roles in satellite networks, launch services and computing in orbit. This four-part Altair Media Asia series examines how industrial ambitions translate into dependable services—and who secures the customers, carries the risk and captures the value.
China is often viewed through geopolitics and economic competition. This portrait explores the deeper foundations of Chinese society, revealing how history, civilisation and statecraft continue to shape one of the world’s most influential nations.
Greater China explores four societies shaped by a shared civilisation but different historical paths. Through culture, institutions, technology and statecraft, the series examines how one of the world’s oldest civilisations continues to influence four distinct models of modern development.
A new U.S. sanctions proposal could place China’s largest banks under significant pressure, marking a shift from targeting Russia’s economy to targeting the financial networks supporting it. The development raises broader questions about energy, finance and the future architecture of the global financial system.
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.
European companies and Chinese companies often compete in the same markets. Yet they frequently operate within very different economic architectures. Understanding those differences helps explain why debates about subsidies, trade and industrial policy have become increasingly central to relations between Europe and China.
