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September 2026

Painted illustration of electric cars plugged into tall charging posts under a lit canopy at a city charging hub at dawn

Science & Tech

The Race to Five-Minute EV Charging

For as long as electric cars have existed, one number has haunted them: the clock. Not range, not price, not even charging availability. Time.

Painted illustration of giant ultra-high-voltage pylons crossing the desert at dawn beside solar panels and wind turbines

Science & Tech

How China Built a Continental Power Grid

There is a peculiar contradiction at the heart of modern China. Many of the country’s greatest sources of energy are found far from the places that consume the most electricity.

Painted illustration of a large AI accelerator chip with memory stacks on a circuit board in a server tray, with data-centre racks behind

Science & Tech

Alibaba’s New AI Chip Takes Aim at NVIDIA

On September 22, 2026, at its annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, Alibaba did something that would have been unthinkable for a Chinese online commerce company just a few years ago.

Painted illustration of a small grey quadcopter drone hovering over misty green rice terraces at dawn

Science & Tech

DJI and the Machine in the Sky

There is a moment, now so familiar that it barely seems remarkable, when a small machine rises from the ground and suddenly the landscape changes. A construction site becomes a three dimensional model.

Painted illustration of an empty meeting table set for talks, with matching rows of chairs, closed laptops and a teapot

Science & Tech

The Limits of US–China AI Cooperation

A question that refuses to sit still Every few weeks, the same question returns in a slightly different form. The United States and China hold talks on artificial intelligence.

Painted illustration of a coastal nuclear power station with two domed reactor buildings and a third under construction as a crane lifts its dome

Science & Tech

How China Became the World’s Biggest Nuclear Builder

China runs the largest nuclear construction programme on earth.

Painted illustration of a grey J-20 stealth fighter flying over misty green hills in Sichuan at dawn

Science & Tech

How China Built the J-20 Stealth Fighter

The Chengdu J-20 is the fighter aeroplane that changed the shape of air power in Asia.

Painted illustration of a vast new chip fab under construction in the Arizona desert, long grey buildings beneath low brown mountains

Science & Tech

Three Paths Back to Western Chip Fabrication

The argument of this essay is narrow. The West is rebuilding chip fabrication on its own soil. The build-out is real, partly funded, partly producing, partly still a press release.