Chinese AI Agents go Beyond Instructions—with Far Less Scrutiny | China in Focus
Just like their U.S. counterparts, some Chinese AI agents have acted beyond their instructions—lying to win contracts, hiding failures, and even trying to prevent...
Coral Reefs May Not Grow Fast Enough To Keep Pace With Rising Seas
AsianScientist (Sept. 30, 2026) –Coral reefs are well known as beautiful, diverse, ocean ecosystems. It might then come as a surprise to learn that they...
Jack Smith’s Team Obtained More Than 4,700 Donor Checks in Trump Probe, Grassley Says
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 22, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times Former special...
Taiwan plans US$850 million ammunition spend to prepare for potential PLA blockade
Taiwan’s military plans to spend more than NT$27 billion (US$850 million) to quadruple critical ammunition stocks to 120 days’ supply, strengthening its ability to...
China warns officials, fires kindergarten principal over ‘mops in cooking pots’ scandal
Local Chinese authorities have issued warnings and demerits to 11 officials and dismissed the entire kitchen staff at a kindergarten following a teacher’s revelation...
Can pay-as-you-earn funding fix Southeast Asia’s higher education debt problem?
A Singapore-based education financing programme is testing whether income-linked funding can widen access to higher education without an unmanageable debt burden, a model analysts...
Chinese AI Agents Act Beyond Instructions; Taiwan: U.S. F-16V Fighter Jets Ready for Delivery
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US-China trade truce remains ‘fragile’ after Xi-Trump summit, analysts say
The two-month extension of the US-China trade truce remains fragile despite last week’s summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, with modest economic...
Raising Hong Kong’s birth rate is an economic imperative
Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and latest policy address have put demographic sustainability on the public agenda. Among the measures announced are an extension...