The PRC’s Token Economy Takes Shape
Executive Summary: Policymakers in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) want to improve “data supply” (数据供给) to “provide sufficient ‘fuel’ for the development and application of artificial intelligence” (为人工智能发展和应用提供充足“燃料”). This is according to a new plan from the National Data Administration (NDA,
Central Asia Accessing Pakistani Sea Ports by Bypassing Afghanistan
Executive Summary: On April 24, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Transport and Communications announced the successful implementation of a pilot transport project on the Kyrgyzstan–China–Pakistan route. A single truck carrying goods from Kyrgyzstan reached the port in Pakistan’s city of Karachi along the Ka