Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for Monday: governments reached directly into their economies — Korea summoned its chip champions to invest, China...
June 29, 2026Asia-Pacific is the main stage of US-China rivalry – over trade, tariffs, technology, Taiwan and the sea lanes that carry global commerce. The Rio Times covers the trade fights, alliances and great-power maneuvering across the region, and how each turn reshapes the terms of trade for the Global South, Latin America included.
Asia Intelligence Brief for Monday: governments reached directly into their economies — Korea summoned its chip champions to invest, China...
June 29, 2026
The most strategic industry on earth is being deliberately fragmented. As Italy joined Pax Silica in Washington this week, China's...
June 26, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for Friday: the region hardened its defences for a divided world — Japan steeled monetary policy as...
June 26, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for Thursday: after a week reacting to one chip shock, the region turned inward — China released...
June 25, 2026
On one June day China unveiled an energy-sovereignty plan and recast itself as the world's opportunity, the sharpest sign yet...
June 25, 2026
A few Chinese refineries turn rare earths into the magnets inside electric cars, wind turbines, AI servers and weapons, handing...
June 24, 2026
Alibaba sued the Pentagon June 23 to escape a 188-firm Chinese-military blacklist, calling its inclusion baseless—with a June 30 ban...
June 24, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: Japan's market fell a second day as its own chip stocks wobbled and took their...
June 24, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: the chip rally that led Asia for months broke hard, with Korea's Kospi crashing 10%...
June 23, 2026