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University research at China speed brings sea changes to science
With Trump’s disdain for elite schools diminishing the likes of Harvard, Chinese universities get 9 of 10 top Nature Index global ranks
by Han Feizi
Bank of Japan rate hike greeted with a market shrug
BOJ raises benchmark rate to a 31-year high of 1%, but investors remain unconvinced that it’s serious about normalization
China’s new naval supergun trained on Taiwan’s shielded shores
155mm naval gun is world’s biggest with unprecedented range and volume, but its value in a Taiwan invasion is still uncertain
US-Iran accord may crumble faster than the ink can dry
Iran emerges with uranium stockpile intact and new reason to believe that only a nuclear weapon would have deterred a US-Israel attack
by Farah N Jan
US-India relations aren’t as abysmal as they seem
Even if India-US relations are currently in a ‘down’ moment, look back 40 years and things still look pretty good
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Is China really deflating deflation? It’s harder than Beijing thinks
Bad timing for Indonesia to be living dangerously again
Trump’s tariffs are back – and the timing couldn’t be worse for Asia
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