AI and the Red Lines of a Planet under Stress 
Anwar Ibrahim: The Man Who Became the Compromise 
The US is letting a convicted Bolsonaro spy chief stay in Florida. Brazil wants answers. How ‘evil’ was the British Empire? Centuries of theft and destruction
A viral clip renews the headlined question for me. Jameela Jamil, a British actress of Pakistani and Indian descent, caused a public row in the…
Current Affairs
US AI leaders turn to Chinese open-weight models, challenging closed-source safety claims
More American titans of artificial intelligence are describing Chinese open-weight models as better for AI safety and security than closed-source models, challenging the long-standing claim…
World Bank urges developing countries to embrace AI ‘lifeline’ or be left behind
The World Bank on Tuesday called on developing countries to embrace artificial intelligence technology tools to deliver better governance outcomes, warning that they risked being…
VIP, APP, PPT: Are English abbreviations harming China’s cultural confidence?
A Chinese speaker today might describe their day at work as first making a “PPT” (a PowerPoint presentation) and then having to “PS tu” (Photoshop…
Top Huawei chip scientist opens up on strategy, ‘blind arrogance’ and his war-hero mindset
When Liao Heng joined Huawei Technologies’ chip-design unit in 2016, he was sceptical about whether China could ever build world-class semiconductors.
A former child prodigy who…