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Jorge Costa Oliveira In the coming years, we should witness the emergence of numerous artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed for specific tasks or areas – IT/programming, healthcare,
The forthcoming talks in Madrid between Chinese and United States negotiators over the TikTok issue highlight the importance of mutual respect and equal consultation in resolving the
Brian W. Stone,Boise State University When OpenAI released “study mode” in July 2025, the company touted ChatGPT’s educational benefits. “When ChatGPT is prompted to teach or
Karrin Vasby Anderson,Colorado University In an authoritarian state, leaders use unconstitutional practices to consolidate power: rejecting democratic rules, delegitimizing opponents, tolerating political violence, and curtailing civil
Shuli Ren, Bloomberg You’ve got five more years — maybe less. In a fast-changing world turbocharged by President Donald Trump’s executive orders and AI, people need to
Jorge Costa Oliveira In the current Trump 2.0 administration, beyond the usual fiscal and budgetary measures, economic stimulus packages, and regulatory agencies in sectors such as finance,
The commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War has provided the
Shuli Ren, Bloomberg In the post-pandemic era, one of the ABCs of investing has been “anywhere but China.” Global investors have been steering clear as Beijing struggles
It is not alarmist to say that global governance stands at a critical juncture, and that reform of the postwar international system is imperative to make it
Jorge Costa Oliveira The highly regarded Pew Research Center recently released a concise analysis of projections for some of the major changes in the world’s population
Shuli Ren, Bloomberg China is in the midst a stock boom. The blue-chip CSI 300 Index is up 9% so far this month, while the tech-heavy ChiNext
Instigated by US Ambassador to Panama Kevin Cabrera, on Tuesday some Panamanian lawmakers joined the “Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China” (IPAC). As its name suggests, the alliance is
It is good to hear US President Donald Trump say that he welcomes Chinese students to study in the United States. “I hear so many stories
Shuli Ren, Bloomberg Next time your teenagers have a craving for the ultra-spicy Buldak ramen or the fierce-looking Labubu toy, don’t scratch your head and question their taste. Rather, consider
Jorge Costa Oliveira There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will revolutionize industries, supercharge scientific research, and make many aspects of life and work more efficient.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. The catastrophic war in human history rewrote the geopolitical landscape of the 20th century,
Roy Scranton, University of Notre Dame No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when economist and cleric Thomas Malthus published An Essay on the Principles
Shuli Ren, Bloomberg Chamath Palihapitiya, the one-time king of SPACs, is back. And as usual, the co-host of the All-In podcast is not sugar coating his words.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, holds talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam
Barry Hatton, MDT/AP The second Oval Office meeting in six months between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was strikingly different from their February encounter.
Jorge Costa Oliveira In Today, environmental degradation is still far from an ecocide of that scale, although much remains to be done to preserve biodiversity and prevent the destruction of
The Chinese proverb, “Three feet of ice does not form in a single day”, aptly describes the origins of the Ukraine crisis. This very crisis is the
Shuli Ren, Bloomberg The trickle will soon be a flood. Wall Street banks are starting to cover firms that are not publicly traded. JPMorgan Chase &
Like many such encounters, the Aug. 15, 2025, Alaska red-carpet rollout for Russian President Vladimir Putin is classic Donald Trump: diplomacy as pageantry, emerging seemingly out of
Hong Kong is confronted with two gravity-defying puzzles this year. Investors are asking why the city’s interest rates are so low, and yet the housing market is
Presenting himself as an outsider challenging the political establishment, Trump set out to “drain the swamp” . In Trump’s first administration (2017–2021), there was no swamp-draining whatsoever.
Confucius said: “Isn’t it a pleasure to have friends come from afar?” That is certainly a sentiment the Chinese government agrees with. To boost inbound travel, the government
President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates on U.S. imports from dozens of countries took effect yesterday, the latest step in his ongoing reshaping of global trade. Yet many questions
As China’s fiscal conditions worsen, a scandal at the Shaolin Temple has ignited a debate over who owns the monastic institution’s cultural heritage and how to commercialize
“Had I known it would be so frustrating, I wouldn’t have entered the homestay business,” complained Jiang Ping, the owner of Big Roots Guesthouse in Wusu, a
International trade law is governed by global multilateral agreements under the WTO and a multitude of regional multilateral agreements (EU, USMCA, Mercosur, AFTA, CPTPP, CIS, AfCFTA, TiSA) and bilateral
The 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference that concluded in Shanghai on Monday not only showcased the latest AI technology, but more importantly shed light on some major questions
I recently interviewed investor and author Daniel Rasmussen for The Long View podcast, where he commented that “value hasn’t worked in the U.S., but it’s worked fine
With global stocks hitting record highs and meme trades making a comeback, investors are naturally asking if it’s time to take profit. Some institutional managers are going a
Under Presidents Obama and Biden, commutations of sentence far outnumbered pardons – 1,715 to 212 under Obama, 4,165 to 80 under Biden – and both administrations followed formal guidelines laid
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