On August 13, 2026, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced that Indonesia aims to begin mass production of home grown electric cars no later than 2028, with a national target of 2 million EVs and 13...
China's top two chip foundries, SMIC and Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor, reported triple digit net profit growth in Q2 2026 — SMIC profit surged 261.7% to $479.2M on record revenue of $3.006B, while Hua Hong p...
"The Great Transshipment Scam" is the name of a White House report released on August 13, 2026, accusing Chinese exporters of systematically routing goods through more than 40 third countries to evade U.S.
The U.S. Navy is sending the USS George Washington to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose crew of roughly 5,000 has spent more than 250 consecutive days at sea — a modern era record — s...
Jin Shanmu, a Beijing neurosurgery resident with no formal math training, used a 16 hour autonomous run of GPT 5.6 Sol on ChatGPT Work to prove Crouzeix's conjecture, a problem open since 2004.
A visitor at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou found six distinct caption errors in a Long March exhibition, including 'Red Army' written as 'red car' and Zhou Enlai as 'Zhou Enmi'.
On August 14, 2026, the White House released 'The Great Transshipment Scam' report, accusing more than 40 countries of helping Chinese exporters evade US tariffs via a 'Shadow Transshipment Network,' costing...
Dr. Jin Shanmu, a neurosurgery resident at Peking Union Medical College Hospital with no formal advanced math training, used an autonomous 16 hour run of GPT 5.6 Sol to produce a proof of Crouzeix's conjectu...
On August 12, 2026, South Korea launched the Seven Major SEED (Strategic Emerging Engines for Disruptive Innovation) initiative — a national strategy to counter a projected 1.52% growth rate by staking claim...
On 10 August 2026, Vietnam held a steel-cutting ceremony at the Song Thu Shipyard in Da Nang to begin constructing its largest and most advanced domestically built warship — a multipurpose anti-submarine fri...
On August 12, 2026, South Korea announced a 'post AI' strategy identifying seven next generation industries — including small modular reactors, nuclear fusion, quantum technology, and space — to serve as gro...
Affluent Chinese buyers are shifting from foreign luxury brands like Lamborghini and Tesla to domestic high end EVs because homegrown models now offer superior technology, safety, and driving dynamics at a c...