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Asia’s future will be won by soft power, not force
Such power often determines how long crises last and how much economic damage they inflict
Musk is beating China’s 203,000 paper satellites
The country’s plans are best understood not as a genuine expansion, but a bid to hobble the front-runner
The rose-tinted inevitability of smart glasses
I laughed at them in 2013; I might buy a pair in 2026
The age of the disposable leader
Chief executive churnover is less visible than political headrolling but can be just as disruptive
The great software stock meltdown
Sell-off may be overdone, but companies need to move faster to respond to AI
Barging blindly into Singapore’s construction boom could be a bust for some investors
Those dipping their toes in now are no longer buying the boom, but betting that these companies can manage their costs
To win over Asia, Canada needs more than nice speeches
CANADA is on a public-relations roll. Prime Minister Mark Carney wowed Davos elites by declaring a “rupture” with the American-led financial and industrial system that has prevailed for decades.
Market income supports home affordability, but ensuring prices grow in line with wages still matters
Should the HDB income ceiling account for non-employment income as well?
The excruciating quest for a meeting room
A tale of territorial ambition, power dynamics and water bottles
AI companies are eating higher education
The battle between bots and brains has already begun, and educators can see how it might end
