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SK Group calculates that building 5GW of AI data centers requires a staggering $350B, exposing the massive capital gap facing Asia's tech infrastructure. Rather than shouldering this burden alone, the South Korean giant is courting global Big Tech for joint investments. It’s a stark sign that the region's AI boom hinges on foreign capital as much as local power grids.
https://asiaai.fyi/sk-group-seeking-big-tech-350b-data-center/
https://www.europesays.com/africa/487246/ The Next Chapter of Africa-China Climate Cooperation – The Diplomat #Africa #China #ChinaGreenEconomy #ChinaAfricaClimateCooperation #ChinaAfricaEnergy #ChineseInvestmentInAfrica #EastAsia #environment #FOCAC2021 #FOCAC2027
https://www.europesays.com/people/277242/ Xi Jinping May Have His Own Reasons to Avert a China-Russia-US Summit – The Diplomat #APEC2026 #China #ChinaRussiaUSTriangle #ChinaRussiaUSSummit #diplomacy #EastAsia #Russia #TrumpVisitToChina #TrumpPutinSummit #TrumpXiSummit #UnitedStates #VladimirPutin
https://www.europesays.com/africa/487043/ The China-Taiwan Diplomatic War Is More About Politics Than Economics – The Diplomat #Africa #China #ChinaTaiwanStrategy #Diplomacy #EastAsia #Taiwan #TaiwanDiplomaticAllies #TaiwanInternationalSpace #TaiwanEswatiniRelations #TaiwanGuatemalaRelations #TaiwanParaguayRelations #TaiwanSomalilandRelations
South Korea’s Ruling Democratic Party Is Tumbling in the Polls – The Diplomat
On October 19, Gyeonggi, South Korea’s most populous province, held a post-funeral ceremony ahead of a firefighter’s internment.…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #SouthKorea #ChoKuk #DemocraticParty(DP) #DPinfighting #EastAsia #LeeJaeMyung #politics #RebuildingKoreaParty #SouthKoreapolitics #SouthKoreaprogressives #SouthKoreaprosecutionreform
https://www.europesays.com/korea/200091/
Huawei’s chips lag NVIDIA’s A100 by five years, yet its software is rapidly closing the gap with the technology frontier. Benchmark analysis from SemiAnalysis reveals how DeepSeek’s integration across six Huawei repos is forging a native co-design ecosystem. China is quietly bypassing Silicon Valley’s software monopoly to insulate domestic AI from US export controls.
https://asiaai.fyi/huawei-ascend-semianalysis-benchmark-deepseek/#signal
The China-Taiwan Diplomatic War Is More About Politics Than Economics – The Diplomat
Since the Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #China #ChinaTaiwanConflicts #ChinaTaiwanstrategy #diplomacy #EastAsia #Taiwan #Taiwandiplomaticallies #Taiwaninternationalspace #Taiwan-Eswatinirelations #Taiwan-Guatemalarelations #Taiwan-Paraguayrelations #Taiwan-Somalilandrelations
https://www.europesays.com/3327520/
Xi Jinping May Have His Own Reasons to Avert a China-Russia-US Summit – The Diplomat
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have put Xi Jinping in an unusual position by…
#EuropeSays #Russia #APEC2026 #China #China-Russia-U.S.triangle #China-Russia.-U.S.summit #Diplomacy #EastAsia #TrumpPutinsummit #TrumpvisittoChina #Trump-Xisummit #UnitedStates
https://www.europesays.com/russia/79520/
https://www.europesays.com/3327520/ The China-Taiwan Diplomatic War Is More About Politics Than Economics – The Diplomat #China #ChinaTaiwanConflicts #ChinaTaiwanStrategy #Conflicts #diplomacy #EastAsia #Taiwan #TaiwanDiplomaticAllies #TaiwanInternationalSpace #TaiwanEswatiniRelations #TaiwanGuatemalaRelations #TaiwanParaguayRelations #TaiwanSomalilandRelations
What States Make of Military Exercises: Ulchi and Beyond – The Diplomat
Just before the South Korea-U.S. Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise began in mid-August, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #SouthKorea #EastAsia #militaryexercises #Security #U.S.-ROKalliance #U.S.-SouthKoreaalliance #U.S.-SouthKoreamilitaryexercises #ulchifreedomshield
https://www.europesays.com/korea/199879/
https://www.europesays.com/3327381/ Xi’s Military Purges Make US Deterrence More Urgent – The Diplomat #2026IranWar #China #ChinaUSCompetition #EastAsia #opinion #StrategicDeterrence #USChinaCompetition #USChinaRelations #USChinaRelationsUnderTrump #UnitedStates
The Next Chapter of Africa-China Climate Cooperation – The Diplomat https://www.byteseu.com/2473877/ #China #ChinaGreenEconomy #ChinaAfricaClimateCooperation #ChinaAfricaEnergy #ChineseInvestmentInAfrica #Climate #ClimateChange #EastAsia #environment #FOCAC2021 #FOCAC2027 #GlobalWarming
https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/58817/ UNDP Asia-Pacific Director Kanni Wignaraja on the Necessity of Redefining Security – The Diplomat #AsiaPacific #AsiaSecurity #CentralAsia #EastAsia #NontraditionalSecurity #Oceania #security #SouthAsia #SoutheastAsia #UNDP #UnitedNations
DeepSeek is closing in on a massive $15 billion funding round, drawing heavy backing from battery titan CATL and tech giant Tencent. It is a striking signal that China's AI ecosystem is rapidly consolidating around sovereign hardware and industrial capital. By anchoring itself to EV infrastructure and legacy tech, DeepSeek is building a vertically integrated Moat that Western rivals...
This Time, the Korean Loudspeaker Standoff Is Different – The Diplomat
On October 21, after inspecting fortification work along North Korea’s southern border, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #EastAsia #inter-Korearelations #KoreanDMZ #MDL #MilitaryDemarcationLine #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanloudspeakers #Security #SouthKorea #SouthKoreapropagandabroadcasts
https://www.europesays.com/korea/198591/
Philippines exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan to protect cables
The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing “gray-zone” activity, despite Manila’s…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #asia #china #EastAsia #Nihon #Philippines #south-china-sea #SoutheastAsia #taiwan
https://www.europesays.com/japan/110733/
How to Fix South Korea-Ukraine Relations – The Diplomat
The transfer of two North Korean soldiers to South Korea was intended to be a quiet diplomatic success.…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #NorthKorea #Diplomacy #EastAsia #northkoreanpows #NorthKoreantroopsinUkraine #SouthKorea #southkorea–ukrainerelations
https://www.europesays.com/korea/198457/
How to Fix South Korea-Ukraine Relations – The Diplomat
The transfer of two North Korean soldiers to South Korea was intended to be a quiet diplomatic success.…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #diplomacy #EastAsia #northkoreanpows #NorthKoreantroopsinUkraine #southkorea #SouthKorea-Ukrainerelations
https://www.europesays.com/ukraine/59473/
#Society #EastAsia Hong Kong’s Vanishing Rainbow Shows How China’s Social Control Travels https://thediplomat.com/2026/10/hong-kongs-vanishing-rainbow-shows-how-chinas-social-control-travels/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Taiwan is probing links between organized crime on the island and China, a security official has said, after Taipei said Beijing was behind an attack on a comedian who mocked Chinese leader Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/22/asia-pacific/taiwan-china-organized-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #asia #eastasia
https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/46596/ The US Army Looks to the Pacific – and Space – for Future Relevance – The Diplomat #China #EastAsia #Security #USArmy #USArmyMissiles #USArmyPacific #USSpaceForce #USChinaConflict #UnitedStates
The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, a Philippine diplomat has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/22/asia-pacific/philippines-taiwan-undersea-cables-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #asia #eastasia #southeastasia #philippines #taiwan #china #southchinasea
North Korea will place anti-South Korea loudspeakers on standby along the entire border within days and has put unspecified new countermeasures on alert, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/22/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-yo-jong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #asia #eastasia