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Catherine Thorbecke

ARTICLES BY CATHERINE THORBECKE

There are signs that Chinese campuses are hotbeds of AI research. (iStock)

China could yet trump the US in a global scramble for AI talent

4 min read . 13 Jul 2025

The impact of AI on education is unclear but adaptation is key. (istockphoto)

Campus conundrum: Educators lack clarity on how to deal with AI in classrooms

4 min read . 08 Jul 2025

Fears of an AI takeover distract from the technology’s immediate risks. (Paramount)

Colleagues or overlords? The debate over AI bots has been raging but needn’t

3 min read . 23 Jun 2025

Ignoring calls for AI guard-rails could raise derailment risks. (AFP)

Brave Chinese voices have begun to question the hype around AI

3 min read . 11 Jun 2025

Trump wants Apple to onshore operations but the latter mustn’t upset Beijing. (AFP)

Apple’s Hotel California trap: It can check out but not leave China

3 min read . 08 Jun 2025

Can Jonathan Ive and OpenAI help flip the fortunes of AI hardware? (REUTERS)

Underdelivery: AI gadgets have been a let-down but needn’t be

4 min read . 01 Jun 2025

It’s unclear if a TikTok sale in the US will serve the original purpose. (AFP)

US TikTok deal: Is time ticking away to China’s benefit?

4 min read . 08 Apr 2025

Malaysia aims to equip civil servants with GenAI assistants, not replace them. (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk’s DOGE may have a lesson or two to learn from Malaysia

4 min read . 25 Feb 2025

Can American coercion forge a deal that makes little business sense? (REUTERS)

TSMC can’t make Intel great again: There’s nothing inside such a chip deal

4 min read . 23 Feb 2025

E-com packages of under-$800 from China can’t enter the US duty-free. (AFP)

Trump’s trade blow on Chinese e-commerce could land on his MAGA support base

3 min read . 10 Feb 2025

The US might pay a price for its focus on proprietary-tech profits. (REUTERS)

DeepSeek’s big-picture message: Embrace open-source for wider benefits

3 min read . 06 Feb 2025

Released by Shengshu Technology, a Beijing-based startup with ties to Tsinghua University, the public platform lets anyone from around the world turn images into short videos. (iStock)

AI alert: Chinese GenAI tools have begun to startle the world

3 min read . 27 Jan 2025

China’s Tencent was recently blacklisted and TikTok faces a ban in the US

The US-China decoupling in the tech sector is hurting both countries

3 min read . 12 Jan 2025

While the US is the leader in AI advances, Asian tech giants have traditionally been very good at the hardware side of things.

The AI robots on their way will mostly be made in Asia

3 min read . 23 Dec 2024

Companies in the chip industry desperately need to overhaul efforts to recruit and retain women workers.

Male dominance of the global chip sector is a problem that can be solved

4 min read . 17 Dec 2024

Any ethnic group feeling persecuted could ruin America’s success formula

The US under Trump must not repeat its profiling of Chinese scientists

3 min read . 26 Nov 2024

Mass layoffs throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand show that Samsung is committed to cutting costs by putting thousands out of jobs. (AFP)

Samsung is in crisis mode and that’s just what the doctor ordered

3 min read . 10 Oct 2024

China’s autocratic regime find its easy to impose tough rules, as suffocating as they may seem for its tech industry.

Here’s how the US and China can see eye-to-eye on AI regulation

4 min read . 23 Sep 2024

How to hold tech firms accountable for their real-world harms has become the most difficult governing test of our time, (Bloomberg)

Focus on the harms being caused to keep social media under watch

4 min read . 08 Sep 2024

Last year, gaming outlet IGN published a deep-dive, alleging a rampant history of disrespect toward women at Game Science. (AFP)

Suppressed feminism: China’s gaming industry is too gender insensitive

3 min read . 29 Aug 2024