TOKYO: Japan, South Korea and China agreed Saturday (Mar 22) that peace on the Korean Peninsula was a shared responsibility, Seoul’s foreign minister said, in a meeting of the three countries’ top diplomats in which they pledged to promote cooperation. The talks followed a rare trilateral summit in May lastContinue Reading
BEIJING BOOSTS AI STARTUP MANUS Also on the Chinese AI front, homegrown startup Manus on Thursday registered its China-facing AI assistant and was featured for the first time in a state media broadcast, highlighting Beijing’s strategy of boosting domestic AI firms that have received overseas recognition. Since China’s DeepSeek shocked Silicon ValleyContinue Reading
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is squarely in the middle of the latest geopolitical conflict thanks to his port assets in Panama. Following threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over the Panama Canal from Chinese control, Li decided to sell his controlled assets at this strategic keyContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told China and South Korea’s top diplomats on Friday (Mar 21) that the three countries should engage in “pragmatic” diplomacy and dialogue, including on “issues of concern”. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will hold talks with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts in TokyoContinue Reading
On March 13, OpenAI released a proposal for the U.S. AI Action Plan. The report asserts that while the United States currently holds a leading position in the field of artificial intelligence, the success of China-based DeepSeek indicates that this advantage is not as significant as it appears and isContinue Reading
If the U.S. government reduces or even shuts down Voice of America (VOA), China’s authoritarian regime will be the biggest winner. This is not merely a budgetary issue; it is a major decision that concerns global press freedom and the fundamental values of American democracy. As someone who grew upContinue Reading
‘MINIMAL PRESSURE’ Analysts have said Washington has pursued a path of incremental sanctions, avoiding imposition of measures on big Chinese banks that assist in transactions, a move that could provoke Beijing to retaliate economically. “The strategy appears to target China as a means to pressure Iran, applying only minimal pressureContinue Reading
She sits in on his business meetings, defends him on X, and travels to give talks about how she raised him, the richest man in the world—but who is Elon Musk’s mother? Today on the show, we learn all about the model, influencer, and author, Maye Musk, while dissecting herContinue Reading
Late last year, when several thousand Okinawans protested the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl by an American soldier stationed in their island prefecture, the People’s Daily, a major Chinese state media outlet, spun the story. Okinawans, it reported, were demanding a complete revision of the Japan-U.S. Status of ForcesContinue Reading
In the early months of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has wasted no time asserting his combative “America First” vision of international politics – one that discards alliances, dismantles institutions, and replaces diplomacy with coercion. A good representation of this shift is the near-total dismantling of the U.S.Continue Reading
