Andy Burnham and Donald Trump are promoting re-industrialisation as a policy priority for politicians. Western nations are struggling to reverse course and reindustrialise and effectively back out of a cul-de-sac. China is dominating the high road of global manufacturing. The Midlands and North of England were often described as being the “cradle of the Industrial Revolution” from the late 1700s onwards. Wall Street called the shots and “shareholder value” was elevated above manufacturing skills and job preservation.
Taiwan’s Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu led a delegation on a visit to the United States, where it received a high-level bipartisan welcome from members of the U.S. Congress. Han's visit followed a joint invitation from bipartisan members of Senate for Taiwan's Legislative Yuan to send an official delegation. The delegation traveled to Capitol Hill and met with more than 40 senators and representatives, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul.
Beijing has invested an estimated US$50 billion in African port infrastructure since 2013. China has established shipping corridors linking African port clusters to Chinese hub cities such as Qingdao and Yantai in Shandong province. Chinese firms operate, finance or hold stakes in about one third of all ports in Africa. Beijing controls the software, automation and artificial intelligence tools that run the infrastructure.
Middle powers would be better off hedging their bets rather than picking sides between the United States and China, speakers at Tsinghua University's World Peace Forum in Beijing said. This view echoed the comments made by Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos earlier this year.
The US economy added 57,000 jobs in June 2026, which is lower than the 129,000 in May. This drop indicates a sign of slowing job growth. The slower labor market can lead to lower confidence as fewer hiring suggests the economy is not as strong as people had thought.
Hong Kong's net employment outlook has plunged to minus 9%, according to a third-quarter outlook survey by ManpowerGroup. Health and social services recorded the weakest outlook at minus 47%, followed by professional scientific and technical services at minus 29%. Finance and insurance industry was positive at 33%. Private sector vacancies dropped by 12% year on year to 48,610 in March.
Beijing rotated a new coastguard task force into waters east of Taiwan on Saturday. It is the second such deployment in about a month. It comes days after China’s top diplomat urged Washington to exercise “utmost prudence” on the self-governed island. It also comes close on the heels of high-level talks with the Philippines, where Beijing pressed Manila to stabilise bilateral relations.
The US-Israel war on Iran may have hammered the final nail in the coffin of ‘just in time’ supply chains that some economists say are no longer fit for purpose. Analysts say businesses can no longer presume that commercial cargoes will be able to traverse key maritime chokepoints unmolested. The dawning realisation that instability and conflict are becoming the new normal of geopolitics has led to cooperation efforts.
The Next 250 is "The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence". "Big Bill" Knudsen was the president of General Motors. "Morning Again" is about Reagan's belief in national renewal. "We Are America, and We Play Rock ’n’ Roll".
Danny Hillis is an inventor and engineer of complex machines. He has designed some of the fastest computers in the world and one of the slowest mechanical devices: the 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now. Lee Kuan Yew was Singapore's first leader. He was firm, even authoritarian, but not self-indulgent.
Andy Burnham and Donald Trump are promoting re-industrialisation as a policy priority for politicians. Western nations are struggling to reverse course and reindustrialise and effectively back out of a cul-de-sac. China is dominating the high road of global manufacturing. The Midlands and North of England were often described as being the “cradle of the Industrial Revolution” from the late 1700s onwards. Wall Street called the shots and “shareholder value” was elevated above manufacturing skills and job preservation.
Taiwan’s Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu led a delegation on a visit to the United States, where it received a high-level bipartisan welcome from members of the U.S. Congress. Han's visit followed a joint invitation from bipartisan members of Senate for Taiwan's Legislative Yuan to send an official delegation. The delegation traveled to Capitol Hill and met with more than 40 senators and representatives, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul.
Beijing has invested an estimated US$50 billion in African port infrastructure since 2013. China has established shipping corridors linking African port clusters to Chinese hub cities such as Qingdao and Yantai in Shandong province. Chinese firms operate, finance or hold stakes in about one third of all ports in Africa. Beijing controls the software, automation and artificial intelligence tools that run the infrastructure.
Middle powers would be better off hedging their bets rather than picking sides between the United States and China, speakers at Tsinghua University's World Peace Forum in Beijing said. This view echoed the comments made by Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos earlier this year.
The US economy added 57,000 jobs in June 2026, which is lower than the 129,000 in May. This drop indicates a sign of slowing job growth. The slower labor market can lead to lower confidence as fewer hiring suggests the economy is not as strong as people had thought.
Hong Kong's net employment outlook has plunged to minus 9%, according to a third-quarter outlook survey by ManpowerGroup. Health and social services recorded the weakest outlook at minus 47%, followed by professional scientific and technical services at minus 29%. Finance and insurance industry was positive at 33%. Private sector vacancies dropped by 12% year on year to 48,610 in March.
Beijing rotated a new coastguard task force into waters east of Taiwan on Saturday. It is the second such deployment in about a month. It comes days after China’s top diplomat urged Washington to exercise “utmost prudence” on the self-governed island. It also comes close on the heels of high-level talks with the Philippines, where Beijing pressed Manila to stabilise bilateral relations.
The US-Israel war on Iran may have hammered the final nail in the coffin of ‘just in time’ supply chains that some economists say are no longer fit for purpose. Analysts say businesses can no longer presume that commercial cargoes will be able to traverse key maritime chokepoints unmolested. The dawning realisation that instability and conflict are becoming the new normal of geopolitics has led to cooperation efforts.
The Next 250 is "The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence". "Big Bill" Knudsen was the president of General Motors. "Morning Again" is about Reagan's belief in national renewal. "We Are America, and We Play Rock ’n’ Roll".
Danny Hillis is an inventor and engineer of complex machines. He has designed some of the fastest computers in the world and one of the slowest mechanical devices: the 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now. Lee Kuan Yew was Singapore's first leader. He was firm, even authoritarian, but not self-indulgent.