Is Hong Kong Dying? Or is it Rebirthing in Silicon? Why the “Pearl of the Orient” is becoming the “Brain of the Robot Belt” Reports of the city’s demise are exaggerated. For a glimpse of the AI future, watch the 13-minute train. TO THE casual observer, Hong Kong’s recent narrative has been one of slow, … Read more
Daily Intelligence Briefing Top 10 China AI/Robotics News Saturday, 31 January 2026 1. DeepSeek Secures Conditional Approval for Nvidia H200 Chips Source: Taipei Times / Reuters In a pivotal move for China’s AI infrastructure, regulatory authorities have granted conditional approval for DeepSeek to acquire Nvidia’s advanced H200 processors, signaling a pragmatic shift in Beijing’s tech … Read more
Thailand Car Market Share 2025: Chinese Brands Breach the Japanese Fortress The new fleet: Chinese automakers are securing their own logistics to flood Southeast Asian markets. For decades, Thailand’s automotive landscape was predictable: a fortress of Japanese dominance. But 2025 will be remembered as the year the walls didn’t just crack—they were breached. Amidst a … Read more
Technology & Demographics The Automaton Dividend The population of China has begun to shrink. But does it matter? By Jimmy Xiao • January 30, 2026 IF DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY, then the recent headlines from Beijing read like a eulogy. China’s population has fallen for two consecutive years, shedding millions of citizens in a statistical retreat … Read more
7.5 Billion Capital Influx! The Race for Robotic Dexterous Hands Heats Up 2025 saw the explosive growth of humanoid robots ignite a key technological race—robotic dexterous hands. As the core component enabling fine manipulation in humanoid robots, dexterous hands have not only become a focal point for capital investment but are also experiencing an industrial … Read more
Why Australia’s free market is becoming the ultimate laboratory for Chinese manufacturing. If you want to see the future of the global car market, do not look to the protected fiefdoms of Europe or the tariff-walled fortresses of North America. Look, instead, to the bottom of the world. In 2025, a quiet but seismic shift … Read more
How the Robot Belt is fitting Silicon Valley For decades, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was a festival of pixels. We marveled at televisions that grew wider and phones that grew smarter. But walking the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, the static hum of screens has been replaced by the rhythmic … Read more