China
The latest on trade decisions, technology restrictions, military posture — none of it stays contained to China for long, and every neighbor’s strategy has to account for it.
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Oct- 2026 -6 OctoberTech & AI
California reseller smuggled $300M in Nvidia chips to China via Southeast Asia
Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer Inc., allegedly routed export-controlled GPUs through Malaysia and Singapore using false end-user documents, exposing a structural gap in US enforcement.
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Sep- 2026 -25 SeptemberCompass
Japan lost half its Chinese tourists. Here’s how it’s rewiring inbound retail
With mainland Chinese arrivals down 60% to 418,000 in August, US visitors now outspend every other market, forcing Japanese retailers to build digital retention tools instead of chasing volume.
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22 SeptemberSociety
Cambodia’s scam crackdown leaves the money trail untouched
US lawmakers estimate scam profits reached 60 percent of Cambodia's GDP, but frozen assets and compound raids leave politically connected beneficiaries largely unexamined.
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20 SeptemberSociety
A Chinese family blamed an AI chatbot for their burial date disaster
When Doubao first recommended April 19, then retracted it as inauspicious, a relative's traffic accident followed. Now a Zhejiang court is testing whether chatbot advice on cultural decisions carries legal…
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19 SeptemberEarth
Nepal’s young face climate dread after glacier collapse kills 1,446
A 21-year-old forestry student couldn't focus on exams as the August 26 disaster displaced 33,000 people, triggering psychological crisis among a generation learning their futures aren't separate from the mountain's…
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19 SeptemberPower
Trump arms tariff weapon against China’s Russian energy imports days before Xi arrives
A new US law signed September 18 lets Trump impose up to 100 percent tariffs on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas—China and India absorb 85 percent…
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15 SeptemberTech & AI
China wrote the rulebook for AI brain data. The US has nothing.
A mandatory EEG dataset standard taking effect September 2027 gives Chinese BCI developers a compliance roadmap while Western firms face undefined requirements for the same technology.
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15 SeptemberTech & AI
China’s security chief warns AI threatens party rule. Washington calls it a hoax.
On the same day Chen Yixin published his warning, Beijing released AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0, embedding security oversight into technical standards—a divergence that forces Western tech firms to choose…
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14 SeptemberTech & AI
Trump meets Xi with no US safety rules for AI racing ahead
Eleven days before the White House summit, the U.S. government has explicitly declined to impose mandatory pauses or licensing on frontier AI development, leaving safety decisions to Anthropic, OpenAI, and…
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13 SeptemberTech & AI
Z.ai’s $5 billion raise can’t stop its stock from collapsing
The Beijing AI developer disclosed a HK$15.7 billion share placement and 20.14 billion yuan convertible bond on September 13, even as its shares have plunged 73% from June highs, raising…
