🌍 Peter’s Perspective Bi-weekly news blog

Grounded in the same four pillars as my book West meets East, this page brings you the stories shaping mainland China, Singapore and Taiwan. If you don’t speak Mandarin, but want a clear insider-informed view that complements Western perspectives – you’re in the right place. Every two weeks I scan trusted East Asian sources like SCMP, Caixin, Straits Times, Xinhua and Taipei Times but also Reuters to bring you the top 20 stories you need to know. Just like in my book, each edition is organized around four key themes: 

PEOPLE & CULTURE: From martial arts revivals and sports to Asia’s most creative cultural exports.
LEADERSHIP & ECONOMY Trade shifts, five-year plans and tech-powered policy transformations.
TECH & INNOVATION: Semiconductors, AI, and university spin-offs that are redefining global innovation.
CLIMATE , ENERGY & FOOD: From battery breakthroughs to sustainable change.

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🌏 August 8 – 21, 2025

  • Is Asian storytelling going fully global—from Ne Zha 2’s English dub to Singapore’s city-wide festivals?
  • Are targeted Chinese consumer subsidies and Singapore’s upgraded outlook enough to steady regional growth?
  • Can cleaner supply chains, stricter solar discipline, and big Taiwan climate spends turn ambition into measurable impact?

People & Culture news

  • Ne Zha 2 goes global with Michelle Yeoh in the English dub. The Chinese animated mega-hit gets an English release, with Yeoh spotlighting how Chinese mythology can stand alongside Zeus and Thor in mainstream cinema. The film has already broken global animation records and now aims for wider audiences. This shows how Asian storytelling is moving from niche to universal appeal. 🎬 | Aug 20, 2025  Reuters
  • Singapore’s National Day Parade draws 200,000 in a sea of red and white. A huge crowd turned downtown into a live stage celebrating music, fly-pasts and community spirit. The event doubled as a post-pandemic barometer of how public celebrations are bouncing back. It’s a window into how national rituals stay fresh for a young, urban audience. 🎆 | Aug 20, 2025 The Straits Times
  • Hong Kong’s Haw Par Mansion hosts ‘Sunset Serenade’ jazz nights. The restored heritage mansion is drawing new crowds with summer concerts that blend history and nightlife. The venue’s architecture adds a cinematic backdrop to the music. It’s culture you can literally walk through—great for city explorers. 🎷 | Aug 15, 2025  South China Morning Post
  • Animation ‘Nobody’ becomes China’s top 2D domestic film. The low-budget, high-heart feature surged via word-of-mouth and fan art, beating heavyweight studio titles. It highlights a growing appetite for smaller, personal stories in China’s movie scene. It proves discovery can still beat hype. 🖍️ | Aug 19, 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Five things to do at Singapore Night Festival. Find your kampung chill in a quiet bamboo sanctuary in the city. Travel back to the era of soft neon lights in Singapore. Get up close to a 2.5m-wide luminous crab sculpture that draws from the region’s crustacean folklore. 🍢 | Aug 20, 2025  The Straits Times

Leadership & Economy news

  • China’s July data: factory output, retail sales growth slump in blow to economy. China’s factory output growth slumped to an eight-month low in July, while retail sales slowed sharply, raising pressure on policymakers to roll out more stimulus to revive domestic demand and ward off external shocks to the $19 trillion economy. 📊 | Aug 15, 2025  Reuters
  • Germany’s foreign minister warns Indo-Pacific tensions hit Europe too. Ahead of his Asia trip, he criticized China’s “aggressive” behavior and flagged the Taiwan Strait as a European economic and security concern. Berlin is linking Indo-Pacific stability to its own prosperity. It shows how Europe’s China stance is getting more strategic—and vocal. 🌍 | Aug 17, 2025 Reuters
  • Singapore raises 2025 growth forecast but warns for effects of US tariffs. With inflation easing, the city-state sees a slightly brighter path for jobs and investment. Logistics and travel add tailwinds to trade-exposed sectors. It’s useful context for Asia-EU investors eyeing resilient hubs. 📈 | Aug 12, 2025 The Straits Times
  • Six Taiwanese firms make 2025 Fortune Global 500 list. Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), made the 2025 Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s largest firms by revenue. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), also known as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), ranked highest among Taiwanese firms, placing 28th with revenue of US$213.69 billion. 🏭| Aug 1 2025 Taipei Times
  • Loan interest subsidies seen spurring Chinese consumption. Xinhua outlines plans to reduce borrowing costs for big-ticket items and services, aiming to lift domestic demand. The signal: targeted, household-level easing over broad stimulus. It shows policymakers leaning into micro-moves to shift macro-mood. 💳 | Aug 13, 2025 Xinhua News

Technology & Innovation news

  • Nvidia preps a new China AI chip (reportedly “B30A”) to outpace H20. Designed to comply with U.S. export rules, it targets roughly half the oomph of a flagship B300 while keeping high-bandwidth memory and NVLink. Samples could reach Chinese partners soon. It’s a real-time example of geopolitics shaping silicon. 🤖 | Aug 19, 2025 Reuters
  • Huawei’s Kirin 9020 revealed inside new 5G handsets. A teardown points to SMIC manufacturing, signaling advances in domestic chip capabilities despite controls. The phones anchor Huawei’s premium lineup. It hints at a faster climb up the value chain for China’s chip ecosystem. 📱 | Aug 19, 2025 South China Morning Post
  • China’s No. 2 foundry (Hua Hong) to absorb a chipmaking sibling. The state-backed consolidation aims to cut overlap, sharpen strategy and improve efficiency. Q2 revenue rose even as margins remain thin. It’s consolidation as industrial policy in action. 🧩 | Aug 19, 2025  Caixin Global
  • Taiwan’s ITRI: AI demand to lift semiconductor output >22% this year. The institute upgrades its outlook as advanced nodes and packaging surge; TSMC’s guidance also rose. Packaging and testing segments are catching a tailwind. It’s a clean read on how AI turns into real factory orders. 🏗️ | Aug 18, 2025 Taipei Times
  • China launches another batch for its internet-satellite constellation. A Long March-5B lifted a group of LEO satellites from Hainan to expand future connectivity. It’s part of a steady cadence of space-internet build-outs. It shows the race for the next-gen network isn’t only on the ground. 🛰️ | Aug 13, 2025 Xinhua News

Climate Action, Energy & Food news

  • China says solar sector needs to curb overcapacity. Industry talks emphasize phasing out outdated lines and curbing “disordered” price wars, after big losses in 2024. Analysts see consolidation as the path back to profits. It’s the solar sector’s moment of truth after years of hyper-expansion. ☀️ | Aug 19, 2025 Reuters
  • Lithium prices jump as CATL’s mine halt adds fuel to speculation. Futures surged on the Guangzhou exchange amid supply questions and heavy trading. Fundamentals still look wobbly, analysts warn. It’s a reminder that battery minerals trade on narratives as much as tonnage. 🔋 | Aug 18, 2025 Reuters
  • Singapore’s recycling story: the half we don’t see. A new explainer notes the overall recycling rate fell to 50% in 2024 and explores why domestic recycling lags. The piece breaks down contamination, sorting, and behavior. It’s practical insight for cities trying to cut waste in real life, not just on paper. ♻️ | Aug 19, 2025 The Straits Times
  • Taiwan earmarks NT$900bn for a safer, greener transition. President Lai said the plan seeks to crowd in NT$4tn of private co-investment while boosting resilience. The focus: competitiveness, sustainability and social readiness. It’s a big-tent climate plan designed to mobilize whole-of-society capital. 🌱 | Aug 18, 2025 Taipei Times
  • China’s green development aims to benefit global supply chains. In a recent interview, experts told Xinhua that renewables build-out and greener sourcing can ripple abroad. Think cleaner inputs and steadier costs. It’s a reminder that decarbonization choices in one giant market affect everyone’s bill. 🌍 | Aug 14, 2025  Xinhua News

🌏 July 25 – August 7, 2025

  • How are a blockbuster summer in China, SG60 soundtracks in Singapore, and HK–EU film tie-ups rewriting the playbook for youth culture and soft power?
  • How will new U.S. tariff moves on Taiwan and semiconductor rules reshape Asia’s
    chip strategy—and Europe’s supply chains?
  • Can China’s clean-energy surge, Singapore’s rising renewables, and Taiwan’s EV incentives lower bills while keeping cities cooler in a warming summer?
People & Culture
  • China’s summer box-office blows past ¥7 billion – Cinemas posted their best mid-season earnings ever, driven by feel-good comedies and patriotic action flicks.  The rebound hints at how young Chinese are rediscovering nights out after a long streaming binge era. 📽️ | 4 Aug 2025 Xinhua News
  • Taiwan’s Atayal fishers win 11-year fight for ancestral waters – A court ruled tribespeople may again cast lines inside a protected reservoir, blending indigenous rights with eco-tourism.  Shows how modern law can safeguard centuries-old traditions.🎣 | 8 Aug 2025 Taipei Times
  • Singapore’s SG60 playlists drop seven fresh anthems – The Straits Times rounds up songs mixing EDM with Malay gamelan for the city-state’s 60th birthday. Gen Z producers made national pride sound TikTok-worthy. 🎵 |  6 Aug 2025 The Straits Times 6 Aug 2025
  • Hong Kong Summer IFF: 10 must-see movies – SCMP’s festival guide spotlights indie Asian sci-fi and Danish co-productions. Why cine-files care: festival partnerships hint at future EU-Asia box-office mash-ups.🎬 | 29 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Chongqing’s National Book Expo draws China’s readers – The 33rd National Book Expo opened in Chongqing with hundreds of publishers and themed exhibitions that promote reading culture nationwide. Organisers highlighted digital reading and local storytelling to engage younger audiences. 📚 |Jul 26, 2025 Xinhua Net

Leadership & Economy

  • Singapore launches Economic Strategy Review – Five task-forces will future-proof jobs, AI and green finance. How a small state pivots when global tariffs shift. 💼 | 4 Aug 2025  Xinhua News
  • Trump’s new tariff order ruffles Taiwan – Taipei Times warns a 20 % levy could push TSMC deeper into the US. Shows how geopolitics steers the world’s chip hub. 💸| 7 Aug 2025 Taipei Times
  • China’s Politburo strikes ‘cautious but flexible’ tone – Caixin says leaders prefer targeted aid over mega-stimulus after 5.3 % H1 GDP. Hints at selective boosts for creative industries. 📊 | 1 Aug 2025 Caixin Global
  • EU-China summit delivers few wins – SCMP notes Brussels left Beijing with goodwill but no big tariff relief as US pressure looms. Did Europe’s role as swing partner in US-China trade chess just got clearer? 🌍 | 29 Jul 2025  South China Morning Post
  • MAS holds Singapore-dollar band steady amid tariff risks – Straits Times reports cautious stance to tame imported inflation. Shows how a currency-band model could inspire smaller countries navigating big-power shocks. 💱 | 30 Jul 2025  The Straits Times

Technology & Innovation

  • China tops world with 5,100 AI firms – Xinhua tallies 15 % of global total; 71 AI unicorns fuel the boom.  Scale = cheaper AI services heading to European-language markets. 🤖  |  28 Jul 2025 Xinhua News
  • Huawei open-sources Ascend chip toolkit – SCMP: move aims to rival Nvidia’s CUDA and woo global devs. That move would help “speed up innovation from developers” and “make Ascend chips easier to use. 🛠️  | 5 Aug 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Rare-earth détente lets Nvidia H20 chips back into China – Caixin details dual easing of US export curbs and Chinese mineral quotas. Shows how minerals diplomacy shapes the semiconductor race. ⚡| 26 Jul 2025  Caixin Global
  • Singapore’s AI inflow tops S$4 bn in a year – Straits Times maps mega-bets from Alibaba Cloud to BHP.  The Lion City is turning into Southeast Asia’s AI computing , a handy jump-off for EU creatives.💾 | 4 Aug 2025 The Straits Times
  • OCBC teams with NUS & NTU on quantum fraud-detection – Bank will trial quantum algorithms for real-time risk. Will financial quantum-tech reach European fintech via joint research grants? 🧩 |  5 Aug 2025  The Straits Times

Climate Action, Energy & Food

  • Made-in-China cooling gear goes global – Xinhua shows smart fan-hats and cooling fabrics selling out amid heatwaves.  Climate-tech commerce links Hangzhou to Hamburg summers. 🧊  | 1 Aug 2025 Xinhua News
  • Taiwan to extend EV tax breaks to 2029 – Policy aims to double electric-car uptake.  EU auto giants sourcing Taiwan batteries might benefit too.  🚗 | 6 Aug 2025 Taipei Times
  • China’s clean-energy blitz ‘solves several problems at once’ – SCMP op-ed links 54 % solar surge to jobs and energy security.  Opinion of Andy Xie: By increasing investment in renewables, China’s economy stands to benefit from more sustainable growth rates and improved terms of trade. ☀️ 6 Aug 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Power prices plunge despite record heat – Caixin finds dropping  wholesale rates in Guangxi as renewables flood the grid.  Shows importance of green energy for the consumer. ⚡ |  1 Aug 2025 Caixin Global
  • Singapore’s renewables share hits record high – Imports plus rooftop solar lift green electricity usage to 10 % of demand. Good development for tropical city-state using lot’s of fossil fuels.  🌬️ | 2 Aug 2025 The Straits Times

🌏 July 11 – July 24, 2025

  • Are drone shows, global-street foods carnivals and snack-filled book fairs reshaping Asia’s cultural playbook for Gen Z tourists?
  • Can a Beijing-Brussels summit ease tarrifs and fuel greener business across Europe?
  • From satellites to typhoon-proof wind turbines, is East Asia testing vital climate solutions?

People & Culture

  • Yi Torch Festival re-ignites Guizhou’s night sky – 10,000 flaming torches, drone formations and live Yi folk rock drew crowds to Liupanshui, with officials eyeing 150 k+ visitors and big livestream numbers. It shows how minority rites are being rebooted as Insta-friendly tourism boosters. 🔥 | 18 Jul 2025 Xinhua News
  • Taiwan’s Sunset Rollercoaster levels up at Fuji Rock – The indie darlings will play the Japanese mega-fest’s 40k-capacity Green Stage, alongside a Taiwan–Japan rookie stage tie-up. It underlines how Mandarin-language acts are cracking the region’s biggest rock podiums. 🎸 | 18 Jul 2025 Taipei Times
  • Macau cooks up a ‘Cities of Gastronomy’ carnival – Street chefs from six continents, art markets and tasting passes turn Senado Square into a global food court as the city pivots from baccarat to bibimbap. Culinary tourism is the new jackpot. 🍲 | 14 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Hong Kong Book Fair goes snack-tastic – The week-long fair adds a “World of Snacks” hall and sports expo to lure Gen Z readers with bubble-tea demos and esports show matches, targeting >1 million visitors. Books meet bites for maximal FOMO. 📚| 11 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Liverpool mania warms up Hong Kong Football Festival – 27,000 fans watched the Reds train at Kai Tak Stadium ahead of the July 26-28 mini-tournament, boosting hotel bookings and merch drops. European footie fandom still packs economic punch in the Pearl River Delta. ⚽  | 24 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post

Leadership & Economy

  • China-EU summit: Xi woos Brussels with ‘win-win’ talk – Meeting EU chiefs in Beijing on July 24, President Xi promised easier market access and green-tech cooperation, as both sides try to calm a €300 bn trade gap. The get-together will steer 2025’s biggest China-Europe reset. 🤝 | 24 Jul 2025 Xinhua News
  • 16 m drop out of China’s medical insurance pool – Caixin finds local deficits and ageing pressures pushing millions to quit a key basic-care plan, signalling fiscal strains that could reshape China’s social contract. 🩺  | 16 Jul 2025 Caixin Global
  • Chinese firms in Europe urge ‘substantive’ summit deal – A Paris-based lobby of 400 companies wants tariff cuts and regulatory clarity ahead of the Beijing leaders’ summit, showing business anxieties run both ways across the bloc. 🇪🇺  | 22 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Taiwanese wallets less gloomy – Cathay Financial’s July survey shows consumer-confidence edging up as stock bulls outnumber bears for the first time in months, hinting at mid-year spending momentum. 💳 | 22 Jul 2025 Taipei Times
  • Singapore core inflation unmoved at 0.6 % – June data surprised analysts with flat prices, giving the MAS breathing room and young consumers a brief cost-of-living break. 🥤  | 23 Jul 2025 The Straits Times

Technology & Innovation

  • TSMC books four new 1.4-nm ‘mega-fabs’ – The chip titan will start construction in Taichung this year, aiming for 2028 production and >20,000 new jobs. Taiwan is doubling down on bleeding-edge silicon to keep rivals a node behind. 🖥️ | 20 Jul 2025 Taipei Times
  • ASML still bullish on China sales – The Dutch lithography giant told Caixin that mainland orders will stay >25 % of revenue despite export-control noise, spotlighting Europe’s tight entanglement with China’s chip build-out. 🛠️ | 17 Jul 2025 Caixin Global
  • AI ‘teachers’ school China’s edtech firms – A Caixin deep-dive shows start-ups racing to launch GPT-powered tutoring bots, but parents still want real grades before paying. The jury’s out on robo-report cards. 🤖  | 18 Jul 2025 Caixin Global
  • Nvidia boss hails China’s open-source AI – Jensen Huang called DeepSeek, Qwen and Kimi “world-class” models as H20 chip sales to China resume, framing open code as Beijing’s competitive edge. ⚙️ | 17 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Shijian satellites may have docked in space first – Tracking data suggests Shijian-21 refuelled Shijian-25 in geostationary orbit, a feat the US aims to replicate only by 2026. China’s on-orbit servicing ambitions just got real. 🛰️  | 14 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post

Climate Action, Energy & Food

  • HK students light rural Rwanda with solar – A PolyU team installed off-grid panels for 120 homes, blending climate service learning with South-South tech transfer. Sunshine diplomacy in action. ☀️ | 18 Jul 2025 Xinhua News
  • Typhoon Wipha batters Taiwan, turbines hold – 200 mm rains cut ferries but offshore wind farms stayed online, proving new storm-hardening standards pay off. Weather resilience is quietly powering Asia’s green grid. 🌪️ | 20 Jul 2025 Taipei Times
  • China starts building a mega-dam in Xizang – Caixin reports a 70-GW hydropower project paired with cross-grid trading pilots to balance wind-solar surges, hydro’s comeback in the clean-power mix. 💧 | 22 Jul 2025 Caixin Global, see also Reuters
  • Lab turns CO₂ into table sugar – Chinese chemists demo a catalyst that converts methanol to white sugar, hinting at future carbon-negative sweeteners and bio-plastics. Sweet science could clean the air. 🍬 | 22 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post
  • Heat dome grips China, 40 °C plus looms – Meteorologists warn of record-breaking temperatures across 17 provinces, raising power-grid and crop-yield fears as climate volatility escalates. 🔥 | 22 Jul 2025 The Straits Times

🌏 June 27 – July 10, 2025

  • Why are festivals across Hong Kong, Singapore and Macao mixing pop music, streetwear and foodie culture to lure new crowds?
  • Can a tiny rise in China’s prices and a bold €4.5 trillion growth plan really steady Asia’s economy—and open fresh doors for Europe?
  • Could home-grown AI chips and space-grown rice push East Asia ahead in the race for both cutting-edge tech and food security?

People & Culture

  • Hot-air balloons meet Cantopop (Hong Kong) – The AIA International Hot Air Balloon Fest will float panda-, dinosaur- and rabbit-shaped balloons above Victoria Harbour this September while stars Joey Yung and Leo Ku play nightly gigs, with organisers eyeing 80 000 visitors and a tourism bump. This mash-up of Insta-ready visuals and classic Cantopop shows how Hong Kong is repackaging tradition for Gen Z wanderlust. 🎈
    | 7 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post

  • Singapore’s July gig-fest – From the Skechers Sundown street-culture bash to Esplanade’s month-long Jazz in July sessions (plus Indonesian rockers D’Masiv), Singapore is packing club, park and mall stages with affordable shows that blur music, sneaker and F&B scenes. A reminder that the Lion City sells lifestyle diversity, not just high-tech skylines. 🎵
     | 10 Jul 2025 The Straits Times

  • Macao’s Lotus Flower Festival blooms again – The 25th edition opened with art markets, folk parades and – yes – lotus-flavoured desserts, underscoring the city’s push to pivot from casinos to slow-travel culture. For foodie tourists, petals are the new poker chips. 🌸
    | 6 Jul 2025 Xinhua News

  • Taiwanese film composer makes history in Italy – Chiang Yi-chen became the first Asian (and first woman) to win Emerging Composer at the Apulia Soundtrack Awards, boosting Taiwan’s creative soft power in Europe. Proof that Mandarin beats can top Western red carpets. 🏆
    | 9 Jul 2025 Taipei Times

  • Voice-chat app rocked by gambling scandal (China) – Caixin reveals how “Banban” hosts embedded covert betting games, prompting regulators to tighten live-stream rules and sparking debate on digital vice versus free expression. It’s Twitch-culture with Chinese characteristics – and consequences. 🎰
    l | 4 Jul 2025 Caixin Global

Leadership & Economy

  • Tiny uptick, big relief – China’s CPI rises 0.1 % – June’s first inflation gain in five months eased deflation fears even as factory prices slid 3.6 %. Analysts say more stimulus is still likely, but the data hint consumers are spending – at last. 💸
    | 9 Jul 2025 Caixin Global

  • Economic add-on: ¥35 trn in five years – A top official told Xinhua that China’s 2021-25 GDP increment will exceed 35 trillion yuan (≈€4.5 trn), powered by digital and green sectors. Beijing is still betting on scale to outpace headwinds. 📈
    | 9 Jul 2025 Xinhua News

  • Taiwan’s inflation cools to 1.37 % – Slower food and energy price rises gave Taipei extra room to support growth without stoking costs, economists say. Stability matters as export orders wobble. 🧊
    | 9 Jul 2025 Taipei Times

  • Berlin stopover: Wang Yi warns EU on ‘Russia loss’ – China’s foreign minister told Brussels that a weakened Moscow would hurt Europe’s security, framing Beijing as pragmatic mediator while courting German business. A sharp play on geopolitics and trade. 🧐
    | 4 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post

  • Singapore core inflation dips to 0.6 % – Lower services and food prices surprised analysts and may keep the MAS from tightening policy in October, easing wallets for Gen-Z consumers. 🍜
    | 4 Jul 2025 The Straits Times

Technology & Innovation

  • AI-chip start-up Sunrise nets ¥1 bn – Spun out of SenseTime, Sunrise began mass production of its S2 GPUs and raised almost US$140 m, fuelling China’s quest for home-grown AI silicon. 🚀
    | 1 Jul 2025 Caixin Global

  • Eyes like a cyborg – Chinese researchers built a quantum-dot vision sensor that adapts to darkness-to-sunlight changes in 40 s – way faster than humans – opening doors for autonomous drones and AR glasses. 🤖
    | 6 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post

  • Shenzhou-19 crew debriefs Beijing – Fresh from orbit, the three taikonauts detailed experiments on smart materials and space-grown rice, underscoring China’s steady march toward its 2030 moon goals. 🌕
    | 9 Jul 2025 Xinhua News

  • TSMC says U-S fabs won’t slow global push – The chip giant told investors its Arizona build-out won’t cannibalise capacity elsewhere, signaling confidence in meeting record AI demand while hedging geopolitical risk. 🖥️
    | 7 Jul 2025 Taipei Times

  • Baidu overhauls search with Gen-AI – The Chinese web titan rolled out a 1 000-word natural-language engine to claw back market share and monetise AI ads, showing Big Tech’s race to re-invent the browser. 🔍
    | 3 Jul 2025 The Straits Times

Climate Action, Energy & Food

  • Polysilicon giants plan rescue merger – Facing a brutal price war, China’s top solar-grade silicon makers aim to acquire weaker rivals and stabilise a market that underpins the world’s solar panels. Strategy over subsidies. ☀️
    | 9 Jul 2025 Caixin Global

  • Offshore wind powers up fast – China added 4.4 GW of sea-based turbines in H1 2025 and is on track for 9 GW this year, with 22 GW more under construction – proof the deep-sea boom is real. 🌬️
    | 8 Jul 2025 South China Morning Post

  • Hydro boost in Yunnan mountains – A third generating unit at the Huangdeng hydropower station went online, part of China’s plan to balance variable wind and solar with big-dam baseload. 💧
    | 5 Jul 2025 Xinhua News

  • Typhoon Danas tests – and vindicates – Taiwan’s offshore wind fleet – More than 400 turbines survived 160 km/h gusts, even as 450 000 homes briefly lost grid power, bolstering confidence in storm-ready engineering. 🌪️
    | 8 Jul 2025 Taipei Times

  • China building 510 GW of new renewables – A Global Energy Monitor report quoted by The Straits Times shows China constructing 74 % of all solar-wind projects underway worldwide – a scale that will shape global carbon math. ⚡
    | 8 Jul 2025 The Straits Times

🌏 June 13 – 26, 2025

  • What is Zhang Zhi Yi’s new movie, toy monsters suddenly Asia’s hottest tickets—and could they set the next global culture wave?
  • Can China’s new game plan—bigger paychecks and easier IPOs—break through Europe’s red tape and power a €13 billion battery dream?
  • Will robot-dog patrols, driverless testing and a planet-wide solar-wind grid make East Asia the lab for tomorrow’s green tech?

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