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North Korea
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China-North Korea relations start the new year on a new low
Between Kim’s outpourings to Putin and hardly a mention of Xi’s greeting is a message: North Korea cares little about saving face over relations with Beijing.
7 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
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Middle East
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Syria a chance for Middle East to shape its own, better future
7 Jan 2025 - 5:32AM
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Asia housing and property
The View
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Trumponomics won’t be the most influential factor in Asian property markets
6 Jan 2025 - 4:30PM
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Belt and Road Initiative
Opinion
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China-Pakistan friendship will hold fast against all weather
Through fatal attacks on China interests in Pakistan and Islamabad’s debt crisis, both countries clung fast to their strategic partnership.
5 Jan 2025 - 8:30PM
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 14. Photo: Xinhua
Vietnam
Asian Angle
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Vietnam’s ‘Chubby Bear’ approach to TikTok reveals double standards
Vietnam’s TikTok strategy involves enforcing censorship while exploiting youth-centric trends to promote pro-leader narratives.
5 Jan 2025 - 10:00AM
Global South
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As West cuts global aid, emerging powers must step up and contribute
Emerging donors from developing nations with significant economic growth should play a bigger role. Kazakhstan is doing so in Central Asia.
5 Jan 2025 - 5:30AM
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Banking & finance
Macroscope
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Rising ‘United States of Eurasia’ will need a development bank to support it
From Eurasia’s vast potential to growing new development banks, emerging market economies are carrying more weight in a global economy.
4 Jan 2025 - 4:30PM
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) ninth annual conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Photo: AIIB
North Korea
My Take
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North Korea’s New Year’s greetings signal shift from China to Russia
Kim Jong-un’s outreach to Moscow and the absence of greetings for Xi Jinping suggest Pyongyang is exploiting Russia’s need for support while testing Beijing.
3 Jan 2025 - 10:30AM
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Hong Kong economy
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Hong Kong can boost tourism by repositioning itself as gateway to Asia
The government should focus less on mega-events and more on working with other Asian cities to offer exotic holiday bundles to Western tourists.
3 Jan 2025 - 9:30AM
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Technology
Opinion
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Asia’s embrace of refurbished smartphones is a trend to dial into in 2025
It’s great for the environment, for brands looking to seduce customers into switching and for consumers hunting for a bargain.
3 Jan 2025 - 6:03AM
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US-China trade war
Macroscope
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Trump 2.0 will hit Asian economies harder
Asia’s best hope is that the transactional side of the incoming US president wins out and he strikes a grand bargain with China.
2 Jan 2025 - 9:20PM
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Employees work on basketballs for export at a company in Suqian in China’s Jiangsu province on December 27. Photo: VCG/ Getty Images
Diplomacy
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Dialogue can help China, India sidestep disputes over mega dam
To alleviate concerns and reduce tensions, greater transparency, consistent data sharing and diplomacy are essential.
2 Jan 2025 - 5:41AM
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US-China relations
Opinion
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US sanctions on Pakistan will only push it closer to China
The latest round of sanctions will strain ties between Washington and Islamabad and increase instability in South Asia.
1 Jan 2025 - 8:30PM
Asean
Opinion
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In a Trump 2.0 trade war against China, Vietnam stands to benefit again
With its growing hi-tech manufacturing and US partnership in trade and security, Vietnam will be a critical beneficiary of the economic fallout.
1 Jan 2025 - 4:30PM
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China trade
Opinion
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After Britain, will China be next to join CPTPP free trade pact?
While Trump’s unilateral ways might make it easier for Beijing to rally support, the path to its accession remains littered with obstacles.
31 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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A cargo ship loaded with containers sails from Qingdao port in in eastern China’s Shandong province, on December 26. Photo: AFP
Taiwan
Opinion
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Taiwan’s latest legislative punch-ups suggest democracy is in retreat
While scuffles in the legislature are practically a tradition going back decades, this year’s clashes have been more violent and disruptive.
5 Jan 2025 - 12:09PM
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Climate change
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Asia must not let its appetite for sand consume its rivers and seas
The environmental consequences of sand mining are immense. Across Asia, rivers are shrinking, coastlines eroding and ecosystems unravelling.
31 Dec 2024 - 5:38AM
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Asia housing and property
The View
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3 trends to watch in Asian real estate in 2025
The financial and economic risks of a second Trump term are becoming clearer for interest rate-sensitive sectors, particularly property.
30 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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US president-elect Donald Trump rings the opening bell on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 12. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong economy
Opinion
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Hong Kong should focus on finding compelling uses for generative AI
Foundational tech is important but what people need and want will dictate the success or failure of generative AI and the return on investment.
30 Dec 2024 - 5:30AM
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Climate change
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After a mixed bag for climate action in 2024, businesses must take the lead
As more governments lurch to the right, firms are feeling a backlash against social and climate action. But the stakes are too high for inaction.
29 Dec 2024 - 5:30AM
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Chinese overseas
Being Chinese
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No stereotypes please, overseas Chinese students are a wonderful mix
By no stretch of any imagination can one reduce Chinese students in the UK to a uniform, faceless tribe, as my cohort once was.
28 Dec 2024 - 9:30AM
Open Questions series
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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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PM
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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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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
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