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Climate change
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Asia can’t afford to wait for the US to wake up to its climate duty
As the US walks away again, Europe, China and others need to fill the climate reparation funding gap, not out of charity but responsibility.
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Malaysia
My Take
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Flags on Malaysian school uniforms a badge of honour or a burden to parents?
28 Mar 2025 - 10:30AM
US-China relations
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US treatment of Indo-Pacific allies could de-escalate ties with China
28 Mar 2025 - 7:46AM
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US-China relations
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Why the US could lose more ground in Southeast Asia
While the US remains Asean’s biggest investor, its investment in core infrastructure is limited. Meanwhile, China makes its presence felt.
27 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Passengers take selfies during a Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail ride in Indonesia in 2023. China’s focus on infrastructure and regional connectivity in Southeast Asia has had a profound impact. Photo: Xinhua
The Philippines
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In handing Duterte to ICC, Marcos stirs up Philippine hornets’ nest
Too many questions surround the abrupt U-turn on cooperation with the International Criminal Court, from sovereignty to political persecution.
25 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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US-ally trade wars
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What Indo-Pacific nations must do as America retreats
With the US no longer a reliable trade and security partner, regional nations must reduce tensions with China and look to each other on defence.
25 Mar 2025 - 8:58AM
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Asia housing and property
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Why the future looks so promising for luxury property in Asia
With clear benefits for stakeholders, the region’s branded residences are poised to boost liquidity and set high transparency standards.
24 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
A woman poses for a photo at a gold plated infinity pool of a luxury hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2020, after the government eases a nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. Photo: Reuters
United States
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Only a global ‘de-risking’ from the US can stop Trump’s trade war
A unified response is essential. Operating independently would only play to Trump’s advantage, and render nations vulnerable to his bullying.
23 Mar 2025 - 2:20PM
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Asean
Macroscope
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Southeast Asia’s new arms race undermines its regional strengths
As Asean members modernise their militaries, the bloc could be sacrificing its cherished norms of stability and consensus.
22 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
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A nuclear war started by AI sounds like science fiction. It isn’t
Humans have perhaps five to 10 years before algorithms and plutonium could reduce us to skeletons and skulls.
22 Mar 2025 - 12:16PM
Singapore
Being Chinese
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In Singapore, my children are freer to be happy than I was in China
Having been through China’s pressure-cooker education system, I appreciate how Singapore balances Eastern discipline and Western creativity.
22 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
A girl touches a dinosaur model in the Singapore Zoo in 2016. Unlike the high-pressure environment in China, Singapore encourages children to explore their interests yet maintains high standards. Photo: Xinhua
Climate change
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Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss
Other mountain ranges are losing their glaciers faster but Asia’s critically dependent economy and people put it on the front line.
22 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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United States
Outside In
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Like the Cheshire Cat, US reciprocal tariffs are hard to pin down
The countdown to April 2 begins. Amid the gargantuan complexity of tariff calculations, US clarifications only serve to obfuscate.
21 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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India
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In revamping ties with China, is Modi making up for lost time?
With a more transactional US administration in power, India is cautious about bearing the costs and pressures of confronting China alone.
21 Mar 2025 - 6:54AM
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Central Asia
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Why China and Europe are competing to woo Central Asia
Both powers are interested in the region’s resources, from natural gas to uranium, and the potential of the trans-Caspian transport route.
20 Mar 2025 - 8:30PM
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French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and his wife Brigitte greet Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev as he arrives for a state dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 12. Uzbek and French companies have signed a cooperation agreement on uranium deposit development. Photo: AFP
Technology
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Affordable, open access has turned AI from divisive to empowering
Shift from high-cost exclusivity makes AI potentially a catalyst for global innovation, economic growth and problem-solving.
18 Mar 2025 - 10:03PM
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Asia housing and property
The View
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Asia’s commercial property market growing in diversity and complexity
While a shortage of investible assets and less attractive returns pose challenges, commercial property in Asia has come far in recent years.
18 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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Japan
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The strategic implications of Trump 2.0 for Japan
With the US re-examining its commitments, Tokyo faces the dilemma of managing a shifting landscape without losing its strategic footing.
16 Mar 2025 - 9:09PM
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Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force helicopter carrier JS Izumo, in the foreground, and other warships join an international fleet review in Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, on November 6, 2022. Photo: Kyodo News
Singapore
Asian Angle
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Singapore was once polluted, too. Asia could learn much from its transformation
Asia’s breakneck growth has come at a steep environmental cost, but Singapore’s experience shows where there’s political will, there’s a way.
16 Mar 2025 - 12:40PM
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The Philippines
Asian Angle
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What Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest means for Philippines’ politics, global standing
The ex-president’s transfer to ICC risks custody transforming him and his family into political martyrs and stoking civil unrest.
15 Mar 2025 - 12:00PM
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The Philippines
Opinion
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Philippines faces tricky path to becoming less reliant on US
The second Trump administration’s actions show Manila the urgent need to be more self-reliant and seek other potential defence partners.
15 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Renewable energy
My Take
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Asia needs new clean-energy partners after US withdrawal from climate aid
Falling fossil-fuel prices may tempt some to switch back to old habits but that will prove a climate-change disaster.
14 Mar 2025 - 10:30AM
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A worker loads solar panels on a vehicle in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters
South Korea
Opinion
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What can South Korea do about the strategic threats in Trump era?
Developing its own nuclear arms is a political luxury Seoul can’t afford. Instead, it must expand its economic and diplomatic networks.
12 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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Conservation
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USAID cut could have a silver lining for Southeast Asian ecosystems
While reduced aid harms conservation efforts, the region’s stakeholders have a chance to consider more effective self-sufficient approaches.
12 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Global South
Opinion
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How the Global South can rise above the fray as the West fractures
Countries must seize this moment to promote an open, inclusive world order grounded in common interests and mutual respect.
11 Mar 2025 - 8:30PM
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Open Questions series
Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump
10 Feb 2025 - 12:57PM
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US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss
10 Feb 2025 - 6:49AM
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China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024
23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM
Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty
22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump
10 Feb 2025 - 12:57PM
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US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss
10 Feb 2025 - 6:49AM
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China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024
23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM
Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty
22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
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