Tag: politics

• Why is China smashing its tech industry?

  August 1, 2021

  Those who pay attention to business news have probably noted an interesting and curious phenomenon over the past few months: China is smashing its internet companies. It started — or… more ›

• China’s Sputnik Moment?

  August 1, 2021

  In 2016, AlphaGo, a computer program developed by machine learning experts in London, beat the world’s top players of the classical Chinese board game Go. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-07-29/chinas-sputnik-moment more ›

• 10 key policies in Brussels’ plan to slash emissions

  July 18, 2021

  This article is part of POLITICO’s Fit For 55 series. The hard work of cutting Europe’s emissions to net-zero starts now. The European Commission proposed a legislative package Wednesday that aims to take… more ›

• What Are We Going to Wear?

  July 2, 2021

  The world of retail runs on predicting the future. What you buy in July was decided on in November. Trendspotting used to happen largely in person — retailers had eyes… more ›

• The role of the arts and humanities in thinking about artificial intelligence (AI)

  June 20, 2021

  What is the contribution that the arts and humanities can make to our engagement with the increasingly pervasive technology of artificial intelligence? My aim in this short article is to… more ›

• It is time to end pushbacks and to abolish Frontex

  June 20, 2021

  An informal migrant camp in Serbia. Photo by Abdul Saboor The European Union’s border regime has been rapidly expanding in the past years, especially since the so-called “refugee crisis” of… more ›

• ‘Cultural appropriation is a two-way thing’: Yinka Shonibare on Picasso, masks and the fashion for black artists

  June 15, 2021

  “After Matisse showed Picasso African art for the first time,” he says, “it changed the history of modern art.” This is no hyperbole. It immediately led Picasso to repaint Les Demoiselles… more ›

• Do Better Better #7: The New Externalities

  June 13, 2021

  Questions might include — what’s changed over the past decade, and why? What about over the past year? Who are the industry leaders by revenue, profit, and growth? Are they… more ›

• The Tyranny Of Time

  June 13, 2021

  On a damp and cloudy afternoon on February 15, 1894, a man walked through Greenwich Park in East London. His name was Martial Bourdin — French, 26 years of age,… more ›

• China’s livestream queen makes nice with Beijing

  June 13, 2021

  Huang Wei tried to break into China’s showbiz in the mid-2000s. It didn’t work out. Fifteen years later, Huang, now 36, is a household name. Now known as Viya, Huang… more ›