Alicia Garcia Herrero

The logos for the DeepSeek AI service next to a Chinese flag arranged in Beijing, China, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Optimism over AI's potential has sparked a blistering rally in China's stock market over the past month, turning the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index into the world’s best-performer. Photographer: Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg

Parsing the geopolitics surrounding DeepSeek

The AI race between the US and China looks set to be at the forefront of the competition between them for decades...

This aerial photo taken on December 3, 2022 shows a housing complex by Chinese property developer Evergrande in Huaian, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

The boom, bust and future of China’s real estate sector

Structural weaknesses in China’s real estate sector remain in place, but the lifting of regulatory pressure should offer some support this year