By Priti Sharma
Mumbai-based editor covering Asian markets, the rupee, the yuan, central banks and regional supply chains.
Decentralized energy gains ground as Asia's grids face mounting strain
Decentralized energy systems are emerging as a key response to grid vulnerabilities exposed by war, climate disasters, and surging demand. U
AI's weekly churn: from 100,000-GPU training runs to task-based pricing
A frontier model trained on 100,000 GPUs, AI outages, and a shift to task-based pricing signal a new phase. Asia's chipmakers and drug devel
Why flying cars remain grounded: a critique of tech optimism
J. Storrs Hall's book blames regulation and groupthink for missing flying cars, but the evidence on cold fusion suggests otherwise. The real
US and Japan race to secure chip minerals as China tightens export controls
The US and Japan are pouring billions into new sources of gallium, germanium, and indium to reduce reliance on China. Yet bureaucratic delay
US-China rivalry shifts from decoupling to leverage game
Chinese firms reportedly accessed Nvidia's GB300 chips through data centers in Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan. Washington's export controls f
US and Japan face twin debt crises as bond markets tighten
Japan's government debt tops 250% of GDP, and benchmark yields have hit 3% for the first time in decades. Meanwhile, US 30-year Treasury yie
China's Africa farm loans skip food processing, storage
Chinese lenders financed 41 agricultural loans worth about US$2.26 billion across Africa between 2000 and 2024. Most funding went to farm sc
The Whisper Number: Wall Street's Unofficial Earnings Benchmark
Whisper numbers—unofficial earnings estimates—often drive stock moves more than published consensus. Yet they come with no documentation, ra
Trump's tariffs give China an opening in the Global South
Washington's escalating tariffs are pushing allies and Global South states to diversify their economic ties. China is positioning itself as
US-Venezuela oil deal tightens China's energy security squeeze
Washington's new oil deal with Caracas gives the US control over vast Venezuelan reserves, cutting into China's supply of discounted crude.
Minsk-Karachi rail link signals Eurasia's quiet geopolitical rewiring
Pakistan, Russia, and Belarus are advancing a test freight railway from Minsk to Karachi via Iran, a new branch of the INSTC. The project fa
Nepal's glacial disaster signals a new era of climate risk across Asia
On August 26, a glacier collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed a deadly debris flow along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers. Hundr