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.
-
Jul- 2026 -20 JulyCapital
Asia-Pacific will train half the world’s new pilots by 2045
Boeing's 20-year workforce forecast projects 1.2 million aviation jobs across the region, reshaping where pilot and technician expertise is produced and trained.
-
18 JulyCapital
Philippines has the laws. It needs the ports and power plants.
With $170 billion in infrastructure spending and tax breaks stretching 40 years, Manila is racing Vietnam and Malaysia to convert legislative reform into functioning factories before boardrooms lock in capacity…
-
17 JulyCapital
A Texas freighter startup just bet big on China’s cargo boom
Mammoth Freighters opens its first Asia-Pacific 777 conversion hub in Qingdao this September with partner STAECO, positioning itself inside surging regional air cargo demand while navigating China's separate regulatory approval…
-
17 JulyTech & AI
US chip controls turned Japan into Nvidia’s showcase. China is closing the gap.
Japan's ¥387.3 billion Noetra AI factory will deploy 27,500 Nvidia GPUs by June 2028, but China's LineShine supercomputer just reclaimed the TOP500 top spot using entirely domestic chips.
-
17 JulyTech & AI
China’s helium ban just squeezed the world’s chip fabs
Beijing's export freeze on July 10 follows Qatar's damaged Ras Laffan hub, cutting global supply by over five million cubic metres monthly and pushing spot prices above $100 per litre…
-
17 JulyCapital
China’s biggest airlines just lost $1.33 billion in one quarter
State backing and Russian airspace advantages could not shield China Southern, Air China, and China Eastern from a fuel-price shock that erased their first-quarter gains in just 90 days.
-
16 JulyTech & AI
Asia’s AI agents are ransomware now. Security hasn’t caught up.
On July 1, Sysdig disclosed JADEPUFFER, the first autonomous AI ransomware attack, which encrypted 1,342 configuration records and destroyed the decryption key, while 44% of Asia-Pacific companies hit by ransomware…
-
16 JulySociety
Hong Kong’s independent booksellers are disappearing into the law
Five arrests on July 15 mark the third bookstore raid this year under Article 23, closing the last spaces where Hong Kong readers could access banned ideas.
-
15 JulyCapital
China’s empty tower finally rises as Beijing abandons property
After 18 years stalled, the Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin resumed construction via court liquidation, signalling Beijing's shift away from propping up real estate toward manufacturing and exports.
-
15 JulyTech & AI
Nvidia just cut half its Asian customers off the GPU list
The Financial Times reported July 14 that Nvidia removed more than half its previously approved Asian customers after intensified compliance screening, threatening Southeast Asia's neo-cloud providers that depend on advanced…
