The Kremlin is again asking Kim Jong Un for troops, perhaps as many as thirty thousand. This time, the North Korean regime could secure much more in return

The Chinese DRAM manufacturer’s share price soars by 500 per cent on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, reaching a market capitalisation of $540 billion. For Beijing, this is proof of its growing technological autonomy and its ability to compete with the United States. Europe looks on from the sidelines

Is it down to electric vehicles? Trump’s tariffs? Brussels’ ‘green madness’? There is no single cause, and turning back is unthinkable. But the future of Europe is at stake. A strategy is needed

Beijing has responded to the new package of European sanctions against Chinese companies involved in Russia’s war economy by blocking exports to fourteen EU firms. Among these, for the first time, are Lafert SpA and Garnet srl, two Italian companies that rely on Chinese rare earths. The impact could be very severe

Russian spy satellites and Chinese geolocation satellites at Tehran’s disposal

What options does the Pope now have regarding China? This is a serious matter; we’re not in Ecône, after all. At stake are the lives of the faithful and even of the bishops forced to swear allegiance to Xi Jinping

According to the Financial Times, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has asked Alibaba, ByteDance and Zhipu whether and how they can restrict the transfer of training data abroad and prevent foreign users from downloading model weights. A wall protecting its secrets