Asia Pacific
China will watch Philippine-US exercises closely
The Philippine and US armies began nearly three weeks of joint drills yesterday
PhilippinesForeign investment into China will remain dampened
Beijing has issued rules to strengthen a law against foreign sanctions even as it tries to court foreign investment
ChinaChina’s actions will hobble East Asian trilateralism
Recent actions by China are set to undermine recent promises of enhanced East Asian cooperation
East AsiaCyber breaches of global telecoms will be persistent
After targeting US telecom firms, Chinese cyber groups have now been implicated in a breach of an Asian telecom provider
InternationalChina’s Middle East role will rise on region's terms
Already the region's main trade partner, Beijing has benefitted from rising anti-US sentiment in the Middle East
ChinaChina’s open-source AI push fuels its global ambitions
Since DeepSeek AI's global success, Chinese firms are increasingly embracing open-source AI
InternationalNorth Korea will ramp up AI-powered hacks
Pyongyang’s intelligence services have formed a new hacking group to develop offensive hacking programmes
InternationalDebt payment will squeeze productive spending globally
The Global Debt Report from the OECD highlights repayment challenges to 2027, and at higher rates than before 2024
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