AI governance - Residual Influence

Leaders at APEC 2025 Gyeongju Declaration summit symbolizing Asia’s autonomy and regional integration

APEC 2025 Gyeongju Declaration — Asia Defines the Next Phase of Autonomy

Rebecca Chan4 months ago4 months ago09 mins

The Moment When Symbols Turn Into Mechanisms On the ancient frescoes of Gyeongju, caravans once stretched through the eastern passes — today they move along fiber-optic routes and satellite orbits. Where silk and porcelain once traveled, terabytes now flow. The APEC 2025 summit returned Gyeongju to its ancient function as a crossroads — only now…

“US allies’ export controls symbolized by the ‘chip curtain’: an abstract image of digital barriers and microchips dividing East and West

US Allies’ Export Controls: The New “Chip Curtain” and the Fear of Losing the Future

Rebecca Chan7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

The curtain has returned. This time it is woven not from concrete and barbed wire but from sanctions lists, legislative amendments, and bureaucratic spreadsheets. The very states that once swore to dismantle every wall in the name of “free trade” are now erecting barriers again, calling them “technical regulation.” US allies’ export controls have become…