World
For thirty years the argument was when China would overtake America; in 2026 the question is whether it has already passed its peak. A rising power is patient; one that suspects time is against it becomes impatient. Four camps of experts and the blind spot of each, an independent diagnosis, and a forecast for 2026-2036.
World
On 16 July in Shanghai it was announced: more than 70 documents worth over $15 billion. Not one has a published breakdown, and neither a journalist nor a member of parliament can check what the figure is made of. The package mixes contracts with memorandums of intent. Different obligations entirely.
World
A century ago textbooks condescendingly called Asia the sleeping East. Today half of what you are holding was invented or made there. Step back two thousand years and the picture reverses: paper, gunpowder and the very numerals you count with came from there. The lag was the exception, not the rule.
