Burak Gürel
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The European Union outlined plans on Wednesday to restrict social media use for children under 15, an aggressive step to curtail access to apps like TikTok and Instagram across the 27-nation bloc.
Age Limits for Social Media Outlined by European Union
A proposed law would bar children under 13 from using social media across the 27-nation bloc.
nyti.ms
September 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The European Union outlined plans on Wednesday to restrict social media use for children under 15, an aggressive step to curtail access to apps like TikTok and Instagram across the 27-nation bloc.
Turkey “accounted for just 0.1 per cent of China’s total outward investment, while Chinese investment in Europe was about 38 times larger.” www.ft.com/content/7265...
Exactly. On Chinese investment in Turkey and the Customs Union’s (unrealized) role in attracting it: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Exactly. On Chinese investment in Turkey and the Customs Union’s (unrealized) role in attracting it: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
UK and Japan seek to fully benefit from ‘Made in Europe’ car sector rules
Britain says its automobile industry should not be caught in the crossfire of an EU push to counter China
www.ft.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Turkey “accounted for just 0.1 per cent of China’s total outward investment, while Chinese investment in Europe was about 38 times larger.” www.ft.com/content/7265...
Exactly. On Chinese investment in Turkey and the Customs Union’s (unrealized) role in attracting it: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Exactly. On Chinese investment in Turkey and the Customs Union’s (unrealized) role in attracting it: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Semiconductor performance will determine whether China moves from the semiperiphery to the core of the capitalist world economy. These figures show it still has far to go.
cset.georgetown.edu/article/insi...
cset.georgetown.edu/article/insi...
September 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Semiconductor performance will determine whether China moves from the semiperiphery to the core of the capitalist world economy. These figures show it still has far to go.
cset.georgetown.edu/article/insi...
cset.georgetown.edu/article/insi...
"Some buyers who shifted production elsewhere said they are keeping or restoring Chinese suppliers because factories abroad struggle to match its skilled labour, supplier networks and reliable power." www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Companies left China to dodge tariffs. Now some are heading back
A year after shifting production and sourcing out of China to avoid higher U.S. tariffs, some companies are learning that replicating the country's factory ecosystem is not so easy and are bringing ma...
www.reuters.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
"Some buyers who shifted production elsewhere said they are keeping or restoring Chinese suppliers because factories abroad struggle to match its skilled labour, supplier networks and reliable power." www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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The article co-authored by Serdar Yurtçiçek (KUASIA Visiting Scholar, 2026), “Türkiye in China’s Wartime Geopolitical Imagination: Competing Visions of Neutrality, Modernization and Democratization (1939–1949),” has been published in the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.
September 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The article co-authored by Serdar Yurtçiçek (KUASIA Visiting Scholar, 2026), “Türkiye in China’s Wartime Geopolitical Imagination: Competing Visions of Neutrality, Modernization and Democratization (1939–1949),” has been published in the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.
25'inde Ankara'da Textum'un özel sayısına (textumdergi.net/dosya-cin-do...) referansla Çin'i konuşacağız.
September 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
25'inde Ankara'da Textum'un özel sayısına (textumdergi.net/dosya-cin-do...) referansla Çin'i konuşacağız.
YZ şirketlerindeki araştırmacıların net uyarıları bir yana, bu şirketlerin sahipleri bile YZ'nin kontrolsüz gelişiminin dünyayı felakete sürüklemesini önlemek için (yalnızca ulusal değil, küresel ölçekte) merkezi planlamanın zorunlu olduğunu (neredeyse açıkça) itiraf ediyorlar.
September 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
YZ şirketlerindeki araştırmacıların net uyarıları bir yana, bu şirketlerin sahipleri bile YZ'nin kontrolsüz gelişiminin dünyayı felakete sürüklemesini önlemek için (yalnızca ulusal değil, küresel ölçekte) merkezi planlamanın zorunlu olduğunu (neredeyse açıkça) itiraf ediyorlar.
Strikingly, it is not just researchers calling for it. Even AI company owners (almost explicitly) admit that central planning (not merely nationally, but globally) is necessary to prevent uncontrolled AI development from destroying the world.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
September 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Strikingly, it is not just researchers calling for it. Even AI company owners (almost explicitly) admit that central planning (not merely nationally, but globally) is necessary to prevent uncontrolled AI development from destroying the world.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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KUASIA Administrative Assistant Merve Yahşi's book review on "Beyond Informality: How Chinese Migrants Transformed a Border Economy" by Douglas de Toledo Piza has been published in the International Migration.
doi.org/10.1111/imig...
doi.org/10.1111/imig...
<citation type='book' id='imig70220-cit-0001'><bookTitle>Beyond Informality: How Chinese Migrants Transformed a Border Economy</bookTitle>. By <author><givenNames>Douglas</givenNames> <familyNamePrefix>de</familyNamePrefix> <familyName>Toledo Piza</familyName></author>, Stanford, CA: <publisherName>Stanford University Press</publisherName>, <pubYear year='2025'>2025</pubYear>. 234 pp. $28.00 (ebook). ISBN: 978‐1‐50‐364332‐1</citation>
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
September 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
KUASIA Administrative Assistant Merve Yahşi's book review on "Beyond Informality: How Chinese Migrants Transformed a Border Economy" by Douglas de Toledo Piza has been published in the International Migration.
doi.org/10.1111/imig...
doi.org/10.1111/imig...
The private sector’s role seems increasingly significant in Vietnamese state capitalism. But we need this sort of detailed analysis to assess the relative weight of the private and public sectors: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
www.ft.com/content/35a0...
www.ft.com/content/35a0...
August 11, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The private sector’s role seems increasingly significant in Vietnamese state capitalism. But we need this sort of detailed analysis to assess the relative weight of the private and public sectors: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
www.ft.com/content/35a0...
www.ft.com/content/35a0...
Batı’nın küresel tedarik zincirlerinde Çin’e alternatif arayışı bağlamında sıklıkla gündeme gelen Hindistan’ın bu süreçten neden ciddi ölçüde yararlanamayacağını tarihsel nedenleriyle birlikte konuşmuştuk. Veriler bunu doğruluyor. youtu.be/AmoMFmXe5ak?...
July 31, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Batı’nın küresel tedarik zincirlerinde Çin’e alternatif arayışı bağlamında sıklıkla gündeme gelen Hindistan’ın bu süreçten neden ciddi ölçüde yararlanamayacağını tarihsel nedenleriyle birlikte konuşmuştuk. Veriler bunu doğruluyor. youtu.be/AmoMFmXe5ak?...
China’s “whole-of-the-nation” drive to reduce dependence on foreign technology in chip production 👇
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
July 24, 2026 at 12:46 PM
China’s “whole-of-the-nation” drive to reduce dependence on foreign technology in chip production 👇
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
"Russia is set to receive a shipment of fuel from India...The shipment underlines the severity of Russia’s fuel shortages after the strikes cut domestic refining capacity by about 40 per cent."
www.ft.com/content/fda9...
www.ft.com/content/fda9...
Russia forced to import fuel from India as Ukrainian strikes damage refineries
Shipment underlines crisis facing Moscow after drone attacks cut supplies and led to widespread shortages
www.ft.com
July 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"Russia is set to receive a shipment of fuel from India...The shipment underlines the severity of Russia’s fuel shortages after the strikes cut domestic refining capacity by about 40 per cent."
www.ft.com/content/fda9...
www.ft.com/content/fda9...
"For decades, America’s tech dominance rested on a simple formula: attract the world’s brightest minds and keep them. Yang Zhilin’s story suggests that approach is being tested — not just because the US has become less welcoming but because China has become more magnetic."
July 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"For decades, America’s tech dominance rested on a simple formula: attract the world’s brightest minds and keep them. Yang Zhilin’s story suggests that approach is being tested — not just because the US has become less welcoming but because China has become more magnetic."
"The new measures could be incorporated into the next revision of China’s catalogue of technologies prohibited or restricted from export, the people said, reflecting Beijing’s growing confidence that it has established a global lead in some areas of AI." www.ft.com/content/6049...
China weighs tighter export controls on AI models and chips
Beijing consults companies on ways to stop west acquiring its advanced technologies and star start-ups
www.ft.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"The new measures could be incorporated into the next revision of China’s catalogue of technologies prohibited or restricted from export, the people said, reflecting Beijing’s growing confidence that it has established a global lead in some areas of AI." www.ft.com/content/6049...
"The greatest consequence of the Iran war may not be the disruption it has caused, but the revelation that China now possesses the tools to manage such shocks largely on its own."
www.reuters.com/commentary/r...
www.reuters.com/commentary/r...
July 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"The greatest consequence of the Iran war may not be the disruption it has caused, but the revelation that China now possesses the tools to manage such shocks largely on its own."
www.reuters.com/commentary/r...
www.reuters.com/commentary/r...
The NSF "has decided to ban collaborations between every U.S. scientist it funds and nearly all Chinese research institutions and their employees...There are a handful of notable omissions, however, including Tsinghua University." www.science.org/content/arti...
New NSF policy would ban almost all collaborations with Chinese scientists
Agency drops attempt to mitigate risk in favor of outright prohibition on working with most Chinese research institutions
www.science.org
July 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The NSF "has decided to ban collaborations between every U.S. scientist it funds and nearly all Chinese research institutions and their employees...There are a handful of notable omissions, however, including Tsinghua University." www.science.org/content/arti...
Sanayi casusluğunun Sanayi Devrimi'nden günümüze değin kapitalistler arasındaki rekabetin ayrılmaz bir unsuru olduğunu konuşmuştuk.
youtu.be/_1iHSyqkZoA?...
Apple'ın OpenAI'a açtığı dava bunun yeni ve çarpıcı bir örneğini sunuyor.
www.ft.com/content/5054...
youtu.be/_1iHSyqkZoA?...
Apple'ın OpenAI'a açtığı dava bunun yeni ve çarpıcı bir örneğini sunuyor.
www.ft.com/content/5054...
July 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Sanayi casusluğunun Sanayi Devrimi'nden günümüze değin kapitalistler arasındaki rekabetin ayrılmaz bir unsuru olduğunu konuşmuştuk.
youtu.be/_1iHSyqkZoA?...
Apple'ın OpenAI'a açtığı dava bunun yeni ve çarpıcı bir örneğini sunuyor.
www.ft.com/content/5054...
youtu.be/_1iHSyqkZoA?...
Apple'ın OpenAI'a açtığı dava bunun yeni ve çarpıcı bir örneğini sunuyor.
www.ft.com/content/5054...
"The 15th Five-Year Plan wagers that a state-mobilised system can cut across subnational differences and cultivate the open-ended inquiry it has historically struggled to sustain." eastasiaforum.org/2026/05/09/c...
China’s bet on frontier science
The 15th Five-Year Plan seeks to turn China’s industrial strength into frontier science, but structural constraints may determine how far it can go
eastasiaforum.org
July 9, 2026 at 8:40 AM
"The 15th Five-Year Plan wagers that a state-mobilised system can cut across subnational differences and cultivate the open-ended inquiry it has historically struggled to sustain." eastasiaforum.org/2026/05/09/c...
"Although China's unemployment rate has hovered around 5%-6% for a decade, gig work has helped keep those numbers in check...Yet an influx of gig workers is increasingly outpacing demand in some sectors, slowing incomes." www.reuters.com/business/wor...
July 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
"Although China's unemployment rate has hovered around 5%-6% for a decade, gig work has helped keep those numbers in check...Yet an influx of gig workers is increasingly outpacing demand in some sectors, slowing incomes." www.reuters.com/business/wor...
"DeepSeek's chip push coincides with the company's first embrace of outside capital. The company was slated to raise $7 billion in a maiden funding round valuing it at between $52 billion and $59 billion, Reuters reported in June." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
EXCLUSIVE: China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say
Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips, which it has depended on ...
www.reuters.com
July 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
"DeepSeek's chip push coincides with the company's first embrace of outside capital. The company was slated to raise $7 billion in a maiden funding round valuing it at between $52 billion and $59 billion, Reuters reported in June." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Chinese government is considering the adoption of "a tiered system:basic open-source tools subject to a simple filing, more advanced technologies facing security reviews, and the most sensitive frontier models barred from public release or restricted to domestic use." www.reuters.com/world/beijin...
EXCLUSIVE: Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say
Chinese authorities have held meetings with top tech firms over the past month about potentially restricting overseas access to China's most advanced AI models, including those yet to be released, th...
www.reuters.com
July 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Chinese government is considering the adoption of "a tiered system:basic open-source tools subject to a simple filing, more advanced technologies facing security reviews, and the most sensitive frontier models barred from public release or restricted to domestic use." www.reuters.com/world/beijin...
"The question truly worth asking is: after distillation becomes increasingly difficult, can AI companies that rose by 'borrowing power' still find a true path to independent innovation?"
www.tmtpost.com/8048728.html
www.tmtpost.com/8048728.html
July 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
"The question truly worth asking is: after distillation becomes increasingly difficult, can AI companies that rose by 'borrowing power' still find a true path to independent innovation?"
www.tmtpost.com/8048728.html
www.tmtpost.com/8048728.html
"The MATCH Act...would not just block sales of DUV machines to China, it would also restrict ASML’s provision of servicing, spare parts and software support for the hundreds of DUV machines already there."
www.economist.com/china/2026/0...
www.economist.com/china/2026/0...
Has China obtained the world’s most important machine?
Its Dutch manufacturer is fighting to rebut American claims
www.economist.com
July 7, 2026 at 8:18 AM
"The MATCH Act...would not just block sales of DUV machines to China, it would also restrict ASML’s provision of servicing, spare parts and software support for the hundreds of DUV machines already there."
www.economist.com/china/2026/0...
www.economist.com/china/2026/0...
"The substance of the new whole-of-nation system...is not merely about technologies and equipment where we are 'being squeezed,' but about 'getting there first'; not merely about 'shoring up weaknesses,' but also about 'forging strengths'.”
cjrb.cjn.cn/h5/html5/202...
cjrb.cjn.cn/h5/html5/202...
新型举国体制，是从解决“有无”走向解决“优劣”
cjrb.cjn.cn
July 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"The substance of the new whole-of-nation system...is not merely about technologies and equipment where we are 'being squeezed,' but about 'getting there first'; not merely about 'shoring up weaknesses,' but also about 'forging strengths'.”
cjrb.cjn.cn/h5/html5/202...
cjrb.cjn.cn/h5/html5/202...