Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration’s crackdown on Anthropic’s leading artificial intelligence models is looking like a gift to the country’s top adversary in the AI race: China…
LIANYUNGANG, CHINA – JUNE 28: An employee works on the carbon fiber production line at the Lianyungang base of CNBM subsidiary Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. on June 28, 2026 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Wang Jianmin | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s manufacturing activity expanded faster than expected in June,…
File photo: The Japanese national flag flies in front of the container pier in the Tokyo port. Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty Images China on Monday blacklisted four Japanese government defense research institutes and imposed tighter export restrictions on dozens of other Japanese entities, escalating a months-long campaign to limit Tokyo’s access to Chinese-origin…
Renminbi and US dollar banknotes are captured in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, China, on March 1, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Every June, policymakers, regulators, bankers, investors, and financial executives gather in Shanghai for the Lujiazui Forum, China‘s premier financial policy conference. If Davos is where global…
Purchasing concert tickets has long been a high-stakes affair, with popular events often selling out within minutes. Increasingly, however, fans are competing against automated ticket-buying programs, commonly referred to as bots, that can snap up seats in seconds before reselling them at higher prices. This has distorted access not only to concert tickets but also to everyday…
The Airwallex logo appears on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on December 8, 2025. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Airwallex has raised $320 million in a Series H funding round, valuing the global payments company at $11 billion, a 38% leap from just six months ago, as…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. India is seen as a laggard in the global AI race, but having the world’s second-largest workforce and relatively low labor costs has led…
An exhibitor demonstrates a Unitree Robotics G1 humanoid robot at the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, May 29, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley has sharply raised its outlook for China’s humanoid robotics market, saying the industry’s shift from demonstration to commercial deployment has proved faster than expected. The…
Citizens gather to purchase and scratch instant lottery tickets at a lottery ticket booth on June 21, 2026 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer spending slowdown persisted in June, with growth during one of the country’s largest online shopping festivals weakening sharply from…
A food delivery driver drives past the headquarter of China’s travel agency Trip.com Group in Shanghai on January 15, 2026. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images Beijing has stepped up corporate regulatory enforcement this year, though analysts say it’s unlikely to pursue a repeat of the 2021 crackdown that wiped out more than $1…
