Launch with China, build at home
Between May 2024 and July 2025, Pakistan's space programme soared to new heights. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal rightly described this shift in Pakistan's space momentum by stating that Pakistan's advancements…
Coming soon to China: the car of the future
Global automakers are positioning for a brave new world of on-demand transport that will require a car of the future - hyper-connected, autonomous, and shared - and China may become…
China does more with less
The sudden rise of DeepSeek has been fascinating and instructive on so many levels. Just like that, it forced US-China headlines away from Trump’s tariffs, triggered a trillion-dollar bloodbath on…
The adventures of Gandapur
We have so many players strutting on the large stage of Pakistan’s politics. And the play is becoming curiouser and curiouser. But the spotlight this week has particularly been on…
Alice’s (mis)adventures
IF stirring controversies is part of the present-day diplomat’s job, then it sits somewhere on top of Alice Wells’ job description at the US Department of State. Since Pakistan shrugged…
Learning from China
Most of us learn proverbs at the primary school stage and many of us would have written essays upon essays on these adages. Readers would recall, for example, “A man…
How online business ventures can help deal with unemployment challenge
Business closures, downsizing, joblessness, recession, industry decline, market saturation, shutdowns, retrenchments, customer defection and staff attrition. This is a sample of oft-repeated words, policies and trends we have heard, read…
Biden’s China tech curbs to keep investors sidelined, fearing more steps
President Joe Biden’s move to prohibit some US technology investments in China is expected to keep investors on the sidelines, concerned that tougher measures are ahead as tensions simmer between…
Biden’s China rhetoric
In an astonishing display of rhetorical hubris, US President Joe Biden recently unleashed a fusillade of criticism aimed squarely at China, dubbing it a “ticking time bomb” during a political…
China invites global investors for rare meeting
China’s financial regulators have invited some of the world’s biggest investors to a rare symposium next week, three sources said, seeking to encourage foreigners to keep investing in the world’s…
