“Demography is destiny”, investors are often told. Fears of overpopulation flared up in the 1970s and 1980s, while today underpopulation is the worry. The United Nations expects China’s population to

On the face of it, Taiwan seems an unlikely location for a tech superpower as it is a small island with a population that is not even half that of Britain’s. But “just as some small countries have man

Snap election called: Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen (pictured) has announced a snap election for 24 March, saying the next four years are “decisive” for her country, says Paulin Kola on BBC

In the Year of the Snake, China slyly dodged US tariff pressure. With the Year of the Horse beginning this week, is the economy now poised to gallop ahead? The past half-decade has been tough, says To

By attacking Iran, the U.S. has disrupted a second source of cheap oil to its biggest rival in a matter of weeks

How China’s AI breakthroughs are challenging U.S. technological dominance