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Where Does China’s Government Revenue Come From?
A data-driven guide to China’s taxes, land-sale proceeds, state capital income, social insurance funds, central-local transfers and government debt.
Pakistan and the New Rules of a Multipolar World
Pakistan shows how middle powers use geography, security capacity, cross-border networks and diplomacy to create strategic room without rigid alignment.
Taxes in a Chinese Life
From birth to retirement, follow the life of Xiao Lin and discover the taxes — both visible and invisible — that shape a Chinese person's financial journey. VAT, deed tax, vehicle purchase tax, PIT, and more.
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Is Italy Really Rich? Growth, Jobs, Population, Education and the North–South Divide
Italy is wealthy but slow, resilient but divided. A comprehensive look at its economy, labour market, demographics, education, welfare system and the persistent North–South gap.
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Claude Sonnet 5 Shows the New AI Race Is About Default Workflows
The next moat may be the place a model occupies in daily work, not only its benchmark score.
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ChatGPT Adoption Shows AI Is Becoming a Daily Global Utility
OpenAI data reveals that users send 50% more messages after 6 months, non-English speakers now make up the majority of active users, and the number of distinct use cases per user has doubled — signaling ChatGPT is moving from a novel chatbot to a daily global utility.
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OpenAI's EU Jobs Report: AI May Reorganize Work Before Replacing Jobs
OpenAI maps 2,609 EU occupations across four AI transition archetypes. The largest near-term story may not be automation — it may be workflow reorganization.
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AI Agents Are Moving From Chat to Delegated Work
OpenAI research shows 80.6% of Codex users have delegated tasks exceeding 30 minutes of human work. The age of AI-as-chatbot is giving way to AI-as-delegated-worker, and the implications extend far beyond software engineering.
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DeepSeek's Speed Upgrade Shows the New AI Battleground
DeepSeek V4 introduces DSpark speculative decoding, boosting inference speed by 60-85%. The next AI battleground is not smarter models but cheaper, faster, more reliable engineering.
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Code from Nowhere: What AI Agents Really Take from Programmers
When AI coding tools move from chat suggestions to environment-level agents, code arrives faster — but understanding, maintenance, and responsibility become harder than ever.
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Industrial Profits Rose 18.8%: AI Computing Is Becoming a Manufacturing Profit Driver
China's January-May industrial data shows that AI is moving from model hype into hardware, manufacturing, materials, and profit statements.
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