The Kremlin leader is focused solely on his war against Ukraine, and in Kyrgyzstan, during his meeting with Xi Jinping, Putin sees his influence in Central Asia evaporate 

The Gao brothers channelled the trauma of the Cultural Revolution into their artistic journey; in the early 2000s they experienced a period of rare freedom and openness, but fifty years after the death of the Great Helmsman, they have fallen victim to Chinese repression for a second time. The sentencing of Gao Zhen, who was arrested in China upon his return from the United States 

“Xi Jinping’s statements leave no room for doubt: Beijing aims to lead a new technological order based primarily on open AI – albeit with limitations – as an alternative to and in competition with the American model. The Cxmt operation forms part of this objective,” says Antonio Cesarano, chief investment adviser at Sella Sgr