The 2026-2027 international exhibition calendar reveals structural changes in global trade fairs: traditional European exhibitions hold their ground, while emerging exhibitions in Asia and Africa rise rapidly. The exhibition economy is becoming a new indicator for measuring regional economic vitality and global connectivity.
A joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Iran has reportedly killed Supreme Leader Khamenei. How will this "decapitation" operation reshape Middle East politics? With a leadership vacuum, regional retaliation, and disputes over international law intertwined, the Middle East is sliding into the unknown.
After five years of negotiations, the global plastic pollution treaty has still not reached a consensus, with production limits and funding issues being the main points of disagreement. This article analyzes the negotiation difficulties and future direction from the perspective of global governance.
A cross-disciplinary seminar that opened with a coffee blessing ceremony is testing a new model for African border governance — where universities are no longer just producers of knowledge, but action hubs connecting humanitarian, development, and peace efforts.
A study based on China's "Internet+" policy reveals that heterogeneity in enterprise digital transformation costs leads to differentiated policy feedback, with low-cost enterprises actively innovating while high-cost enterprises merely respond strategically. This finding offers a new dimension of thought for digital policy formulation in developing countries worldwide.
Project Agorá, jointly advanced by BIS, eight central banks, and more than forty financial institutions, is using tokenization to reshape the fundamental logic of wholesale cross-border payments. This article unpacks the industrial trends, technical pathways, and implications for global financial governance behind this public-private partnership.
Ten years later, China's industrial policy has entered a new phase: more systematic, more comprehensive, and more deeply integrated into global supply chains. This article analyzes its evolution, internal logic, and global impact.
Global cities, occupying just 3% of land, consume 60–80% of energy and emit 75% of carbon, while facing overlapping housing, transportation, and climate risks. This article examines the structural contradictions behind SDG 11 and the pathways for transformation.
In mid-2026, global real estate demonstrated unexpected resilience amid the Iran conflict and interest rate fluctuations. Office leasing hit new post-pandemic highs, logistics and retail demand remained strong, and capital transaction volumes grew significantly. From a structural transformation perspective, this article examines how geopolitics is accelerating supply chain restructuring, how technology is reshaping spatial demand, and why institutional capital regards residential and hospitality as core allocations.
UNDP released an assessment guide and launched an innovation lab at the Beijing Global Digital Economy Conference, advancing digital-friendly cities from concept to practice and providing a systematic pathway for global urban digital transformation.
Veerixa business service platform has launched, incorporating AI Visibility and Search Visibility into the global communication resource selection system, reflecting that the mode of enterprise information discovery is entering the AI era.
Based on a study of 281 Chinese cities, the pilot policy for innovation industry clusters significantly improves energy efficiency by promoting green technology innovation, offering new insights for urban governance under the dual carbon goals.
The latest OECD economic survey points out that Japan is facing three major challenges: population aging, stagnant productivity, and fiscal fragility, and the window for reform is narrowing.
Strong demand in the Asia-Pacific construction market, but labor shortages, supply chain bottlenecks, and policy uncertainty are driving up project delivery risks. Based on Linesight's mid-year report, this article analyzes the challenges and opportunities in key markets such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, and Japan.
A European residency promotion event in Phnom Penh attracted a large number of Cambodian high-net-worth individuals, reflecting the trend of identity diversification amid surging global demand for investment immigration and geopolitical uncertainty.
An activist in India is on a hunger strike protest, and doctors say his condition is stable. This article will explore the role of hunger strikes in India's political tradition, as well as the effectiveness and risks of this nonviolent method in the current social context.
Generative AI is transforming the way enterprises disseminate information. As AI search becomes a new gateway to information, brand competition is shifting from exposure acquisition to information comprehension, perception formation, and long-term credibility building.
Hong Kong successfully hosted the inaugural LEAP East technology summit, attracting 35,000 innovators from 30 countries and regions, marking the deepening of the Middle East-Asia technology corridor. The summit focused on artificial intelligence, deep tech, smart cities, and new energy, highlighting Hong Kong's unique advantages as a super connector and the "Finance+" strategy.
The inaugural LEAP East concluded in Hong Kong, attracting 25,000 participants and securing hosting rights for the next three years. This event marks the accelerated integration of Saudi capital with Asia's tech ecosystem, as Hong Kong repositions itself as a super hub between the Middle East and East Asia.
Jerusalem is experiencing an unprecedented construction boom, from housing renewal to light rail networks, from tech jobs to urban revitalization. This millennia-old city is reshaping itself into one of the most dynamic modern metropolises in the Middle East.