①EU unveils a global investment program to rival the Belt and Road Initiative. But is rivalry the right way to go? ②Casting off the British queen, Barbados has officially bid farewell to its colonial past. Will the Caribbean island nation’s decision prompt other nations to follow suit? ③Asia’s answer to CES, the well-known tech show held in Las Vegas, has kicked off in Macau. We talk to Lu Gang, a main organizer of the event, about his visions on tech innovation.