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[l] at 2/14/25 2:46am
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Will the dog that didn’t bark become the dragon that roared? David Goldman explains how Chinese tech stocks have surged despite ongoing US tariffs and tech controls. This rally, largely driven by the “DeepSeek effect,” [] The post Will the dog that didn’t bark become the dragon that roared? appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Global Risk-Reward Monitor]

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[l] at 2/14/25 12:33am
Politicoreported last week that some EU countries might seize Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea on the pretext of complying with international piracy and environmental laws. They might also pass new national laws to legitimize this too. Finland’s seizure of one such ship last December on the pretext that it was involved in cutting [] The post Why EU may seize Russias shadow fleet in the Baltic appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: World, Baltic Sea, Block 2, Europe-Ukraine, NATO Article 5, Russia, Russia Shadow Fleet, Trump-Putin Talks, Ukraine Peace, Ukraine war, United States]

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[l] at 2/13/25 11:36pm
Hypersonic weapons promise game-changing war-fighting capabilities, but unresolved technological flaws, operational vulnerabilities and strategic risks may outweigh their potential advantage for the US military. This month, the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report saying that despite the USs intensified efforts to develop hypersonic weapons, significant questions persist about their operational performance in real-world [] The post US losing crucial hypersonic race to China and Russia appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Military, Block 2, China Hypersonics, nuclear war, Russian Hypersonics, US Air Defense, US Defense, US Hypersonics, US Missile Defense]

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[l] at 2/13/25 10:49pm
America has a weapon that scares the daylights out of Xi Jinping. Nukes? F35s? Attack submarines? No. Tariffs? Trade and technology sanctions? No. It’s Public Law 117-263 — passed by Congress on December 23, 2022, known also the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. Section 6501, in particular, is Xi’s kryptonite or worse. The title says it [] The post The US weapon Chinas communists fear the most appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Opinion, China, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Corruption, New York Times, Public Law 117-263, Xi Jinping]

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[l] at 2/13/25 10:24pm
MANILA The Philippines kicked off its midterm election cycle in turmoil, with the Ferdinand Marcos Jr administration engaged in a two-front assault targeting his former ally-turned-enemy the Dutertes on one hand and their perceived backers in Beijing on the other. Setting the stage for a raucous campaign, nearly two-thirds of the Philippine House of [] The post China fueling a political explosion in the Philippines appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Southeast Asia, Block 2, China, China Influence Operations, China-Philippines Tensions, Chinese espionage, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Philippine Midterm Elections, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Sara Duterte, South China Sea]

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[l] at 2/13/25 8:37pm
European defense ministers left their meeting in Brussels on February 12 in shock after the new US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, told them they could no longer rely on the US to guarantee their security. Hegseth said he was there “to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from [] The post US makes clear Europes security isnt a Trump priority appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: World, Block 2, China, Donald Trump, NATO, NATO Article 5, Pete Hegseth, Quad, The Conversation, Ukraine war, US-China rivalry]

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[l] at 2/13/25 4:41pm
DeepSeeks successful launch of a low-cost chatbot has sent shockwaves through the American IT community, sparking growing calls to ban Chinese AI tools in the United States. New York and Virginia said this week that they had decided to ban the use of DeepSeek on government devices. Texas had announced the same move on January [] The post Trump skeptical of calls for a complete DeepSeek ban appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: China, Block 1, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Donald Trump, Export controls, Howard Lutnick, knowledge distillation, United States]

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[l] at 2/13/25 9:48am
As artificial intelligence technologies develop at accelerated rates, the methods of governing companies and platforms continue to raise ethical and legal concerns. In Canada, many view proposed laws to regulate AI offerings as attacks on free speech and as overreaching government control on tech companies. This backlash has come from free speech advocates, right-wing figures [] The post From chatbot to sexbot: lessons from Korea’s AI hate-speech fiasco appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Northeast Asia, Artificial Intelligence, chatbot, Iruda, South Korea, Technology, The Conversation]

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[l] at 2/13/25 2:56am
February 12, 2025, will go down in history as the day when the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine officially began to end. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth started everything off by declaring that: Ukraine won’t join NATO; the US doesn’t believe that Ukraine can restore its pre-2014 borders; the US won’t deploy troops to the conflict [] The post When Trump talks to Putin about Ukraine appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Ukraine War, Block 2, NATO, New START, Pete Hegseth, Trump-Putin Talks, Ukraine DMZ, Ukraine Peace Deal, Ukraine Peace Negotiations, Ukraine war, Volodymyr Zelensky]

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[l] at 2/13/25 1:52am
TOKYO — In 2024, Japan Inc’s foreign direct investment into the US hit a record high of US$77.3 billion amid efforts to hedge against slowing Chinese growth and deflation. But America hasn’t seen anything yet as Japan seeks to shield itself from an even bigger economic wildcard: Donald Trump’s trade war wrath as the US [] The post Japan goes for broke with $1 trillion Trump bet appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Northeast Asia, Bank of Japan, Block 1, Honda, Ishiba-Trump Meeting, Japan Inc, Masayoshi Son, Shigeru Ishiba, SoftBank, Toyota, Trump Tariffs, US Steel-Nippon Steel, US-Japan Relations, US-Japan trade]

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[l] at 2/12/25 10:41pm
US tariffs – both threatened and imposed – on trade partners including China, Canada, Mexico and the EU quickly set off waves of retaliatory measures. The latest commodities in the sights of President Donald Trump are steel and aluminum – with tariffs of 25% announced for all imports. But not only do these taxes disrupt well-established trade [] The post The silver linings in Trumps trade war storm clouds appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Trade, Block 2, Brexit, Canada, China, CPTPP, European Union, Mexico, The Conversation, Trump Tariffs, Trump Trade War, US Protectionism, US Steel Tariffs, US-China trade war]

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[l] at 2/12/25 10:21pm
Every year, China’s minister of foreign affairs embarks on what has now become a customary odyssey across Africa. The tradition began in the late 1980s and sees Beijing’s top diplomat visit several African nations to reaffirm ties. The most recent visit, by Foreign Minister Wang Yi, took place in mid-January 2025 and included stops in [] The post Chinese media in a good news, soft power push into Africa appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: China, BBC, Belt and Road Initiative, Block 3, CGTN, CGTN Africa, China-Africa, StarTimes, The Conversation, Wang Yi, Xinhua]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:34pm
As the deadline approaches for the end of phase one of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the likelihood of the agreement making it to the scheduled second phase on March 1 looks increasingly remote. Middle East expert, Scott Lucas, addresses the key questions. What are the chances of the ceasefire holding into phase [] The post Will Gaza ceasefire hold? Will Trumps takeover happen? appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Block 3, Elon Musk, Gaza Ceasefire, Gaza Takeover, Gaza to Riviera, Gaza War, Hamas, Palestinians, The Conversation]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:05pm
Over the past couple of years, the seemingly steady rightward drift of Elon Musk has culminated in actions and statements that have sparked broad controversy. Musk – visionary CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and founder of X Corp – is a man on a mission to get humanity to Mars. He is also the wealthiest person [] The post Does Teslas slump owe to Musks behavior? appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Opinion, AfD Party, Elon Musk, EVs, Musk Nazi Salute, Nazi Musk, SpaceX, Tesla, The Conversation, Trump 2.0]

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[l] at 2/12/25 1:06pm
Readers in a hurry may wish to put this article aside for later. It is an important long-form exploration, not a quick read. Editors We are in the early days of a seismic shift in the global AI industry. DeepSeek, a previously little-known Chinese artificial intelligence company, has produced a “game changing”“ large language [] The post DeepSeek: China’s open-source AI caused a geopolitical earthquake appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Block 2, China-US, Chips wars, DeepSeek, Industrial policy, open-source AI, Tech Wars]

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[l] at 2/12/25 2:13am
Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Albert Khorev told TASS over the weekend that his country supports Pakistan and Afghanistan’s respective counter-terrorism efforts. He then added that it encourages both of them to resolve their border tensions through bilateral or multilateral means. This suggests a desire to mediate between them. China has already tried to do so but has struggled to [] The post Russia better than China for making Afghan-Pakistan peace appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Opinion, Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, India, ISIS-K, Pakistan, Russia, Taliban, Terrorism, TTP]

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[l] at 2/12/25 1:44am
Vietnam’s economic rise has been one of the biggest success stories of the past decade. Its position as a key manufacturing hub and a favored alternative to China in global supply chains has brought remarkable growth and foreign investment. But with Washington increasingly scrutinizing trade imbalances and President Donald Trump back in the White House, [] The post How Vietnam can parry and dodge Trumps tariffs appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Opinion, ASEAN, Trump Tariffs, Trump Trade Wars, US-Vietnam trade, Vietnam, Vietnam Exports]

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[l] at 2/11/25 11:46pm
CHIANG MAI US President Donald Trump’s move to freeze American foreign aid programs will impact civil war-wracked Myanmar, where multi-million-dollar USAID programs have supported health, rights, democracy, governance and independent media programs along the Thai-Myanmar border. While the funding halt is part and parcel of the broad Trumpian assault on USAID, it has exposed [] The post Trumps retreat leaves Myanmar wholly to China appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: Southeast Asia, Arakan Army, ASEAN, Belt and Road Initiative, Block 2, China-Myanmar, Donald Trump, Kachin Independence Army, MNDAA, Myanmar, Myanmar Civil War, TNLA, USAID, UWSA]

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[l] at 2/11/25 11:30pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a guarded message of congratulations to Donald Trump on inauguration day but then held a long direct call with his “dear friend,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping. From Putin’s perspective, this makes sense. Russia gets billions of dollars from energy sales to China and technology from Beijing, but from Washington, until [] The post Putins diminishing returns and Russias shrinking world appeared first on Asia Times.

[Category: World, Block 4, BRICS, Donald Trump, NATO, Russia, Russia Economy, Russia Oil Exports, Russia-China relations, Russian Energy, Syria Civil War, The Conversation, Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin]

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