At America’s Expense, Chinese Influence is on the Rise in Thailand

Drones could save Thai farmers fortunes in fertiliser and water management as a “super El Nino” withers harvests – while also mapping flood risks and safely scouring vast industrial sites, from oil rigs to solar farms, for damage. Yet across Southeast Asia, Thailand is still heavily reliant on Chinese hardware to bring the technology into its economy, creating a price gap that prevents the benefits of drone technology from being shared equally. Thailand is pushing hard on tech adoption to help..

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in China, Jessica Zhang chose to look for work in Japan. She is now studying Japanese at a language school in Kyoto on a student visa while working as a supermarket cashier. She plans to improve her Japanese to an upper-intermediate level, which many employers expect, before applying for a full-time job and switching to a work visa. “I’m working by the hour now, and the pay is quite good by Chinese standards, though prices for daily necessities in Japan.

Cameroon Reports First 17-Ton Coffee Shipment to China Under Zero-Tariff Deal Business in Cameroon

China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is betting that a relentless data centre buildout will keep artificial intelligence computing power in short supply for the next two years. The bullish forecast comes as scrutiny over former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang threatens to intensify Washington’s curbs on Chinese access to advanced American processors – a shift that could accelerate China’s reliance on domestic foundries. “By the middle to the second half of 2028 …...