Geopolitics & Policy
Geopolitics & Policy news — Sunday 04 October 2026
23 stories from 3 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Digital Asset Regulations in the Asia-Pacific
The risks of fragmentation
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Search continues for missing Bermuda to Boston flight as crews plan to comb seabed
South China Morning Post Tech
US Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The US Coast Guard said authorities searched more than 7,081km (4,400…
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Supporting Asia’s Energy Transition
The role of alternative financing
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US Air Force removes all bombers from UK airbase targeted by suspected terror attack
South China Morning Post Tech
The US Air Force has removed its bombers stationed at a US-run military airbase in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. The bombers were redeployed back to their home…
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Logan Wright on China’s Financial Decay
The Wire China
The economist explains why China’s export-led growth strategy is at a dead end and what it would take to turn its economy around. The post Logan Wright on China’s Financial Decay appeared first on The Wire China .
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Chips, China And Trade Secrets: How an Arrest In Brussels Could Tie Them Together
The Wire China
Belgian prosecutors are investigating whether a state-backed Chinese firm stole trade secrets from the country’s leading chipmaker before it collapsed. The post Chips, China And Trade Secrets: How an Arrest In Brussels Could Tie Them…
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Made of Memory
The Wire China
China’s exports are leaning heavily on a handful of hi-tech, pricey products. The post Made of Memory appeared first on The Wire China .
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YMTC, the Company that Would Not Die
The Wire China
Plus an alleged Sino-Belgian semiconductor caper, and Logan Wright on China’s financial decay. The post YMTC, the Company that Would Not Die appeared first on The Wire China .
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The Survivor
The Wire China
Sanctions and export controls failed to contain the rise of Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. Now the national champion is riding the AI boom to a record IPO. The post The Survivor appeared first on The Wire China .
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Serb separatist Dodik declares victory in Bosnia vote as ethnic tensions, EU hopes collide
South China Morning Post Tech
Bosnian Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik has declared victory for his party in an election in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday that was shaped by economic pressures, the prospect of the Balkan nation joining the European Union and…
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Netanyahu orders security review of international flights to Israel after Flydubai attack
South China Morning Post Tech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel on Sunday, after an attempt by an Omani co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound plane from Dubai. Netanyahu “has instructed the head of the…
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Iran tells US there is no military solution to Middle East war
South China Morning Post Tech
Iran’s top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States’ war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse. A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to…
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Hundreds of schools to close on Monday as education protests rock France
South China Morning Post Tech
Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed on Monday because of a wave of student protests that has shaken the country, the education minister said. Lessons will be “totally or partly suspended” in some “400-500” high…
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Dozens detained at a rally in Moscow held by Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, party says
South China Morning Post Tech
Police in Moscow detained about 60 people at a rally on Sunday held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party said. The party said in a statement that the detentions happened as the rally was ending and that its Moscow branch…
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Brazilians head to polls in high-stakes, polarised election
South China Morning Post Tech
Brazil’s presidential election will go to a run-off on October 25 between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who has promised the Trump administration access to Brazil’s rare earths to cut US reliance on…
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Ukraine believes Russia shared jet-drone technology with North Korea, says Zelensky
South China Morning Post Tech
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he believed Russia may have shared jet-drone technology with its long-standing ally North Korea. In recent weeks, Russia has sharply increased its use of jet-drones against Ukraine…
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UK Green Party adopts ‘Zionism is racism’ policy, drawing backlash from Israel
South China Morning Post Tech
The UK’s left-wing Green party voted Sunday to define Zionism as racism at the party’s annual conference, drawing sharp backlash from three British Jewish groups, the ruling Labour Party and Israel’s government. Members of the Green Party…
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How the ‘G2’ effect of Trump-Xi summit is reverberating through Asia
South China Morning Post Tech
For American and Chinese people interested in the outcome of the latest summit between China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, their conclusions could not be more different if they turn to the media and pundits for…
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Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as Germany’s Merz visits, pledges aid
South China Morning Post Tech
Russia struck a bridge in Kyiv on Sunday soon after Germany’s chancellor arrived in Ukraine’s capital on a surprise visit to demonstrate European support in the face of an upsurge in attacks. Air raid sirens blared across Kyiv, urging…
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China’s hospital ships project a different kind of naval power in Africa
South China Morning Post Tech
When the Auspicious Ark entered Dakar, Senegal, on September 25, the scene looked closer to a public health mission than a naval deployment. Senegalese people and members of the Chinese community were waiting at the port as the vessel…
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Trump, burger, Hormuz: meet the Iranian team behind billboard war on US
South China Morning Post Tech
Huge billboards on the walls of Tehran mocking US President Donald Trump and depicting American drones under the boot of an Iranian soldier are providing a chronicle of Iran’s war with the United States and Israel. Khaneh-ye Tarrahan, or…
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Cornell University boss breaks silence over rape case uproar
South China Morning Post Tech
Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff said he was “deeply disturbed” by a student’s 2024 rape allegation that has drawn national outrage. “My heart aches when I think of what she experienced,” Kotlikoff said in a video message…
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Trump shares Senator Tom Cotton’s phone number in daylight saving time clash
South China Morning Post Tech
US President Donald Trump shared online the supposed phone number of a Republican US senator on Saturday in an escalating dispute over making daylight saving time permanent. In a social media post, the president urged people to call a…