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DECODING: A Himalayan pass reopens, and India quietly walks back toward Beijing
Six years after being shut at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic , the Nathu La pass, on the border between India and China…
INVESTIGATION: A leaky Hong Kong server exposes an AI-powered Chinese spy ring
An open directory on a Hong Kong server contained, at the moment of its discovery, 2,431 files and 80 subdirectories : victims' source code,…
INVESTIGATION: Beijing turns rare earths into a snitch line, and Washington answers with chips
On July 1, 2026 , China's Ministry of Commerce brought Announcement No. 26 of 2026 into force, a public reporting mechanism for violations of…
ANALYSIS: Washington eases the chip leash on China, under strict conditions
A case-by-case review , not a blanket ban and not an open door: that is the exact posture Washington adopted on July 27, 2026…
DECODING: China's factory profits slow sharply in June, despite a solid headline
18.7% versus 15.1% : two figures published the same week by China's National Bureau of Statistics , and only one of them tells the…
OPINION: A knife outside an embassy, and Beijing turns it into a lesson
A knife, an embassy , and four months of silence: that is what the spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Lin Jian…
ANALYSIS: Tokyo logs four China-Russia naval and air moves in two days
Four press releases in two days: that is the pace at which the Joint Staff of Japan's Ministry of Defense published, on July 27…
DECODING: Kyiv says 30,000 more North Korean troops, Seoul says not yet
Thirty thousand additional North Korean soldiers: that is the number Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky put on the table on Saturday, July 25, 2026, claiming…
ANALYSIS: Seoul writes the law that will govern its nuclear submarines
South Korea's Defense Ministry will present a "special nuclear submarine law" bill explicitly stating there will be "no development or manufacture of nuclear weapons"…