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India
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Don’t blame China for India’s manufacturing decline
Beijing’s proposed manufacturing partnership ran aground only after New Delhi decided to take border tensions out on Chinese businesses.
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Asia housing and property
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How Indonesia can calm property investors’ fears of a return to 1998
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Malaysia
Opinion
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Why Duterte drama should inspire Malaysia to reconsider joining ICC
31 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Vietnam
Asian Angle
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Will Vietnam’s trade charm offensive be enough to placate Trump?
With a hefty US trade deficit, Vietnam’s leadership is betting on diplomacy and substantial investments to keep American tariffs at bay.
30 Mar 2025 - 12:00PM
US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday. Photo: Abaca Press/TNS
Malaysia
Asian Angle
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Data centres are booming in Johor. Now comes the hard part – job creation
Talent creation, retention and lucrative pay offered by firms in neighbouring Singapore pose challenges to the state’s thriving sector.
29 Mar 2025 - 12:00PM
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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.
29 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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Malaysia
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Flags on Malaysian school uniforms a badge of honour or a burden to parents?
The onus to keep flags ‘clean and not faded’ falls on the parents, some of whom are already struggling with day-to-day expenses.
28 Mar 2025 - 10:30AM
Students wave the Malaysian flag during National Day celebrations. Photo: AP
US-China relations
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US treatment of Indo-Pacific allies could de-escalate ties with China
Donald Trump is likely to keep projecting power in Asia but his focus on other priorities will reshape regional dynamics.
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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The Philippines
Opinion
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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
Opinion
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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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US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 13. Photo: TNS
Asia housing and property
The View
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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
United States
Opinion
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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
Major powers are already planning to enhance missiles with AI to locate and instantly destroy moving targets, shifting the kill decision from humans to machines. Photo: Shutterstock
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
Climate change
Opinion
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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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President Donald Trump smiles after signing three executive actions in the Oval Office on January 28, 2017, during his first term in office. Photo: AP
India
Opinion
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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
Opinion
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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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Technology
Opinion
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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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Tokyo Skytree stands between buildings in a residential area of Tokyo on February 20. Photo: AFP
Japan
Opinion
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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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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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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
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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