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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Aug- 2026 -14 AugustTech & AI
A Chinese chipmaker nobody knows just became worth more than Intel
CXMT's $540.5 billion valuation rests on a 6.73% free float, making the ranking misleading—but the $8.6 billion capital behind it is real.
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14 AugustPower
Trump’s 100% drone tariff targets China, reshapes allied supply chains
A Section 232 order signed August 13 imposes tiered duties on unmanned aircraft, with allies gaining lower rates only if hardware and software originate in approved countries.
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13 AugustCompass
Thailand is quietly winning the race for Chinese tourists from Japan
With 5.1 million Chinese arrivals projected for 2026, Thailand has overtaken Japan in the first half—a shift driven by airlift capacity, safety perceptions, and political friction between China and Tokyo.
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12 AugustPower
China brings Indonesia into waters Taiwan claims as its own
The PLA's first joint naval drill east of Taiwan with an Indonesian frigate tests whether repeated foreign participation can normalize Beijing's contested presence.
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12 AugustEarth
Beijing shut down as Typhoon Dolphin’s rainfall shattered August records
Record daily totals of 209.5 mm in Wugang and 150+ mm in the capital exposed gaps in China's flood defences, forcing mass evacuations and transport collapse despite years of sponge-city…
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12 AugustTech & AI
China just unwound Meta’s $2 billion AI deal after it closed
The NDRC ordered Manus to reverse its acquisition on August 11, establishing Beijing's power to retroactively unwind cross-border tech deals regardless of offshore incorporation—a capability foreign acquirers assumed did not…
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11 AugustEarth
A sanctioned Russian tanker is poisoning Oman’s newest whale reserve
The Caroline Bezengi grounded near the Hallaniyat Islands in mid-2026, releasing an oil slick now covering up to 800 square kilometres—exposing how Western sanctions redirect crude into aging, uninsured shadow-fleet…
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10 AugustEarth
China’s worst typhoon this year is only half the disaster
Typhoon Dolphin's 151 km/h winds forced over a million evacuations, but forecasters warn the real threat is 500 mm of rain falling on saturated ground across Zhejiang province through August…
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10 AugustEarth
China’s strongest storm stalls inland, threatening basin-scale flooding
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall near Yuhuan with 151 km/h winds on August 9, but forecasters warn the real danger is torrential rain that could linger through August 12, raising flood…
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6 AugustEarth
Malaysia’s durian boom is collapsing under its own weight
Prices for premium Musang King fruit have halved in a year as growers race to adapt to heat, flooding, and oversupply that China's market appetite created.
