The number of megacities (≥10 million people) has quadrupled from 8 in 1975 to 33 in 2025, and the UN projects Dhaka (52.1M) will overtake Jakarta (51.8M) as the world's most populous city by 2050.
As of June 2026, new generation information technology patents (AI, internet, cloud computing, and big data) accounted for 16.5% of China's total valid invention patents — roughly one in every six.
DJI's global agricultural drone fleet exceeded 700,000 units by June 2026, a more than fivefold increase in five years, with the technology expanding from spraying and seeding to autonomous patrolling and tr...
Malaysia is introducing sweeping restrictions on high risk hiking, including bans on 'compressed hikes' and day climbs on dangerous routes in Perak and Selangor, mandatory pre hike health screening, and prop...
On July 28, 2026, the FCC added foreign made 'advanced robotic devices'—humanoids, quadrupeds, and other mobile robots—to its Covered List, banning new imports and requiring FCC equipment authorization for s...
On July 29, 2026, Hong Kong's Research Grants Council (RGC) announced a record HK$478 million to fund 12 university research projects, with artificial intelligence appearing in more than a third of the succe...
Indonesia's Law No. 4 of 2026 grants legal immunity to buyers of Danantara's Patriot and Merah Putih bonds, shielding them from criminal and tax prosecution — a move critics say risks money laundering while...
India is preparing a standalone law that would create distinct criminal offences for creating or distributing deepfakes and conducting 'digital arrest' impersonation scams, closing gaps in the current legal...
Chinese beauty brands are embedding AI across the entire product lifecycle — from scanning social media for trends, to virtually screening ingredients and formulations, to manufacturing and real time consume...
China's dominance in the global EV industry gives Beijing a major asymmetric advantage in its tech rivalry with the US — across critical mineral processing, battery manufacturing, and the data/AI ecosystem t...
Zhongji Innolight (3308.HK) raised HK$53.41 billion (US$6.8 billion) in Hong Kong's biggest IPO of 2026, but shares closed 2.04% below the HK$980 offer price on its July 30 debut, while its Shenzhen listed s...
Here is the tension in a nutshell: