The Chinese government is a technocracy with a deep backbench. About 40 percent of the Communist Party’s new Central Committee has some kind of technical background, ranging in fields from aerospace to artificial intelligence. It is remarkable what happens to decision-making when you are charged with the well-being of over one billion souls—assuming you take

Getty Images When China first announced a new visa targeting foreign professionals in science and technology in August it largely went unnoticed. But the K visa, which went into effect on Wednesday, was thrust into the public spotlight last week, when an Indian outlet referred to it as “China’s H-1B” – a reference to the

Russia’s Arctic LNG  2 project has reached record production levels since its launch in December 2023, supported by exports to China, even as winter ice threatens to halt shipments along the Northern Sea Route and the G7 prepares new sanctions targeting Moscow, Bloomberg reported on October 1. In September, the facility achieved an average daily output of 17.9 million cubic meters—about 14% higher than its previous