East Asia
by impact geography: 70
Issues 3
- IssueChina's debt-financed growth model runs into limits that only consumption can relieve1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueConsumption moving from basic goods to luxury goods and services1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSome cities are already shrinking in low fertility countries1 trends · 0 signals
Trends 2
- TrendChina's deflation trap4 signals
- TrendRecord trade surplus without corresponding corporate earnings0 signals
Signals 65
- SignalAlibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max, Its Largest and Most Capable Flagship Model to Date
- SignalAnalysis: China's CO2 climbs 2% in early 2026 due to 'wasted' wind and solar
- SignalCBDC Expansion — 146 Countries Exploring, China's e-CNY Reclassified as Deposit Liability
- SignalChina Issues First Systematic Revision of IC Layout-Design Protection Regulation Since 2001
- SignalChina Launches First National Security Investigation in Foreign Trade, Targeting Imported Office Equipment
- SignalChina completes first in-orbit test of a 400V space power system
- SignalChina completes world's largest 582-tonne fusion magnet
- SignalChina releases 15th Five-Year Plan national climate action plan with first-ever non-CO2 GHG target
- SignalChina works through a partial balance sheet reset with debt at all-time highs
- SignalChina would need domestic demand to rise more than six points of GDP
- SignalChina's Dongfang Suanxin unveils first 3D near-memory computing AI chip
- SignalChina's Implementation Opinions on intelligent agents become enforceable
- SignalChinese home prices falling for four and a half years and still accelerating
- SignalClimate Bonds Initiative proposes 'RX' resilience-transformation agenda for Japan
- SignalDemocracy Needs Friction To Function (Japan Team Mirai AI chatbot election)
- SignalEU forging "hedging alliance" with Indo-Pacific middle powers; Macron's April 2026 Tokyo-Seoul tour
- SignalEduClaw-Bench: A Long-Horizon Benchmark for Pedagogical LLM Agents with Simulated Learners
- SignalEduZone: A Framework for Evaluating LLM Safety for K-12 Students and Teachers
- SignalEuropean Commission Proposes Plan to Reduce Dependence on Foreign Technology / Military AI governance under strain: the US-China dialogue
- SignalGeopolitics Reshaping Semiconductor Supply Chain Risk in 2026 / US-China Chip War
- SignalGoverning Luminaries: The Global Cyber War Hits Home
- SignalGreenpeace Taiwan Report Finds Tainan Faces Greatest Climate Governance Pressure
- SignalHitachi, MOL, and JAL Sign MOU for Japan's First Direct Ocean Capture Pilot on Kume Island
- SignalJapan's 2026 Defense White Paper Warns of New Ways of Warfare Driven by Drones and AI
- SignalKAIST develops 'Stable-GipflowNet' AI red-teaming framework detecting 134 attack types
- SignalKorea and Chile agree to modernize FTA, restart joint trade committee after decade
- SignalKorea and US tech giants commit to a $950 billion AI and chip alliance
- SignalKorea launches AI Data Center Alliance to industrialize AIDC supply chains
- SignalKorea launches IRA-style production tax credit covering chips, batteries and AI robots
- SignalKorea plans 20-trillion-won sovereign wealth fund to invest directly in AI and semiconductors
- SignalKorea pursues 'AI for All' strategy targeting one AI agent per citizen
- SignalKorea's 'San Francisco AI Declaration' anchors a cluster of major AI chip supply-chain deals
- SignalKorea's National Assembly passes special counsel bill to investigate election commission
- SignalKorea's ruling party advances bill stripping prosecutors of direct investigative power
- SignalKorean Scientists Created an "Artificial Sun" That Ran for 102 Seconds / Helion secures world's first regulatory licenses for fusion power plant
- SignalKorean chip stocks plunge amid global AI investment doubts
- SignalMcKinsey Global Institute: US-China Decoupling Cut 2025 Global Trade Growth by 10%
- SignalMilitary AI governance under strain: the US–China dialogue
- SignalMore than a quarter of listed Chinese firms unprofitable, a 25-year high
- SignalMyanmar re-emerges as arena of China-India geopolitical competition amid dueling state visits
- SignalNuclear Fusion Breakthroughs Continue: KSTAR 102s, SPARC, EAST Density-Free Regime
- SignalSK Hynix and Sandisk Unveil First High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) Standard at FMS 2026
- SignalSamsung Launches Humanoid Robot Division With Robot-Brain AI Already Tested in Factories
- SignalSamsung Unveils V10 BV-NAND and zHBM Memory Architectures at FMS 2026
- SignalScientists in Japan Instantly Detect Quantum "W States" — Breakthrough for Quantum Internet
- SignalSemiconductor Supply Chain Fragmentation: TSMC, Nexperia Split, Tungsten Bottleneck
- SignalSeoul embeds pedestrian signals in the pavement
- SignalSolomon Islands Signs US Shiprider Security Deal, Reaffirms Neutrality Amid China Ties
- SignalSouth Korea Basic AI Act enters into force January 2026
- SignalSouth Korea Fast-Tracks Semiconductor and AI Megaprojects Amid Power Infrastructure Gap
- SignalSouth Korea Unveils $6.5B Strategy to Boost AI, Semiconductor and Strategic Technologies
- SignalSouth Korea to test tokenized government bonds with CBDC in 2027
- SignalSouth Korea, AMD sign MOU for AI Center of Excellence
- SignalSouth Korea, Argentina Sign Critical Minerals MOU Covering Full Lithium Value Chain
- SignalTSMC Q1 2026 Record Revenue Amid Semiconductor Supply Chain Risk
- SignalTSMC Semiconductor Supply Chain Under Strait of Hormuz Blockade Risk
- SignalTSMC posts record Q1 2026; Strait of Hormuz blockade threatens chip supply chain
- SignalTaiwan Investigates 17 Chinese Tech Companies Over Illegal Recruitment of High-Tech Talent
- SignalTariff Volatility Pushes Global Supply Chains into Regional Reset in 2026
- SignalThe World's First Dual-Core Quantum Computer Just Went Commercial
- SignalUCLA-Ewha Team Converts Mixed Plastic Waste Directly Into High-Purity Hydrogen
- SignalUS Treasury sanctions multinational network supporting Iran's Mahan Air and IRGC
- SignalUS-Japan $1 Billion Tech Alliance: AI, Quantum, Fusion, Biotechnology
- SignalWhen AI Becomes Routine: A Decade of Public AI Mediation in Korean Go Commentary
- SignalXinhua: APEC Meetings in Chengdu Promoted AI Development and Cooperation