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Once again, China’s leader addressed the World Economic Forum to outline his vision for global governance.

The party is highly secretive and citizens are not even allowed to publicly discuss candidates.

Insights from Winston Ma.

Japan’s quest for an arms manufacturing industry is intimately linked with its self-perception as a “normal” power. How has it fared so far?

In January so far, four Kazakh NGOs have been fined and suspended by the state’s tax authorities — a convenient cover for political repression.

Amid energy shortages in Iran, Iranians are pointing the finger at Chinese-run bitcoin mining operations.

While China has faltered in delivering COVID-19 vaccines to South Asian countries, India has stepped in.

In both 1959 Tibet and 2019 Hong Kong, popular dissent became a flashpoint for the end of meaningful autonomy – just as Beijing had planned.

Tashkent’s 2021 strategy directs several government agencies to align with a number of EAEU regulations. 

Taiwan’s political culture is the unexpected key to public compliance with COVID-19 digital surveillance.

Managing assets like machinery on the factory floor used to be reactive – but newer tech can enable cost and labor efficiencies with predictive maintenance There is a transformative undercurrent rippling through the manufacturing and likeminded sectors, where plant operators and factory managers want to eliminate cost and effort strains throughout their operation, in the… Read more » The post Is predictive maintenance missing from the factory floor? appeared first on TechHQ.

The massive energy footprint of cloud computing enables the data center industry to drive a global shift to renewably-powered business.  Demand for green data centers is expected to increase given that it can power businesses efficiently to reduce power consumption. Whenever you use any services on the internet, you are connecting to one of many… Read more » The post Will data center sustainability take priority in 2021? appeared first on TechHQ.

For the first time in its illustrious history, the annual  Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was a virtual event this year, mirroring the fate of nearly every other major event this year. Social distancing needs have turned communities indoors, a need that was reflected at CES with the focus on smart homes and smart buildings, but there… Read more » The post Can IoT accelerate a return to offices? appeared first on TechHQ.

Taiwan is working to contain a domestic outbreak and maintain its remarkable success in containing the coronavirus.

He becomes the first African American to hold that office.

To understand the disinformation epidemic, start with the late Umberto Eco’s novels

A government-sanctioned look back at the early fight against COVID-19 differs sharply from a documentary directed by artist and dissident Ai Weiwei.

Parler was booted from AWS after its alleged use to incite insurrection at the US capitol The site has set up shop with a Russian hosting and cybersecurity company But the government of Russia has laws that compel tech companies to comply with its requests, including surveillance Cloud services are increasingly dominated by fewer, bigger… Read more » The post Parler website temporarily resuscitated in Russia appeared first on TechHQ.

The Trump administration in its waning hours took more aggressive measures against Beijing. Has it locked new President Biden into a needlessly hostile policy?

From a Mars mission to the beginnings of a new space station, this year will be full of milestones for China.