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Seoul holds the key to US-North Korea denuclearisation talks
South Korea is taking steps to cool tensions – from moving to opening joint military drills to consultations to easing up on immediate denuclearisation demands.
25 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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Climate change
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China is now the good guy in climate change
24 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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US-China relations
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US and China must get serious about AI risk
24 Dec 2025 - 8:23AM
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Technology
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Forget the US dollar. Watch water and energy resources instead
In our increasingly hi-tech-based economy and financial systems, energy and water resources will be macroeconomically critical.
23 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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China economy
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Why China has moved to curb steel exports
China’s pivot to emerging markets has kept its export machine running. But frictions are growing and steel is the most visible flashpoint.
23 Dec 2025 - 7:49AM
China economy
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Arguing about China’s overcapacity overlooks its drive for clean energy
What is often described as overcapacity is the outcome of a development strategy that treats energy as the foundation of economic capability.
21 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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China property
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China’s property market isn’t so much collapsing as being reconfigured
Viewing China’s real estate crisis solely through the lens of market indicators misses the deeper, structural shifts at play.
21 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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Residential buildings by Chinese real estate developer Vanke under construction in Hangzhou, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, on March 15, 2024. Photo: AFP
Japan
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Japan’s economic security push heralds rising protectionism in Asia
The emphasis on securing supply chains and stockpiling critical resources is no substitute for free and open trade and investment.
20 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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Taiwan
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Taiwan intervention may just spell the end of the West
Mutual economic destruction or worse for China and the West should be enough to deter everyone from internationalising the Taiwan question.
20 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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China economy
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Protection of vulnerable workers must be part of China’s AI strategy
Unemployment and underemployment are a double whammy that the Chinese leadership cannot ignore.
20 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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China economy
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Why China is cracking down on ‘involution’
Involution is a structural phenomenon with both domestic and global implications that China’s leaders are dedicated to addressing.
19 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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An employee stands next to solar modules at a solar energy technology company in Huaian, in China’s Jiangsu province, on December 17. Photo: AFP
Diplomacy
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Six years on, are we better prepared for the next pandemic?
Preparedness plans remain a work in progress while health budgets have been sliced by urgent demands and US withdrawal weakens global coordination.
19 Dec 2025 - 8:58PM
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US-China relations
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Mark 2025. It’s the year China became a peer power to America
China not only forced a trade war backdown, it displayed its hi-tech military might from the waters off Australia to the skies near Japan.
19 Dec 2025 - 11:06AM
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China society
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How young Chinese learned to stop worrying and love themselves
Amid disillusionment and a stagnant economy, China’s young people are taking the initiative to embrace self-compassion and treat themselves well.
18 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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European Union
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A complicated new EU-China showdown is quietly taking shape
For now, both sides still need each other and there is nowhere else to turn. But behind this reliance, irritation and paranoia are rising.
18 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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United States
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For Trump, the only communists to really dislike are those at home
The limited discussion of China in the new US national security document indicates that the US president’s focus is on domestic challenges to his authority.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
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China still needs Nvidia’s advanced AI chips – but for how long?
Beijing seems determined to take up the challenge of building most parts of the AI supply chain domestically.
17 Dec 2025 - 5:12PM
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Banking & finance
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Global finance is quietly moving east
The IMF’s Shanghai Centre will not alter global finance overnight but shows that Asia’s voice in shaping international financial norms is growing louder.
16 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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(From left to right) People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, and Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng mark the launch of the IMF’s Shanghai Centre on December 8. Photo: Handout
Taiwan
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Momentum for peaceful reunification across Taiwan Strait is growing
Recent shifts in Taiwan’s political environment and international attitudes suggest the time is right for cross-strait engagement.
16 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM
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China-EU relations
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Why China-France ties are blossoming in an era of global uncertainty
As Paris pursues strategic autonomy and Beijing seeks national rejuvenation, both powers are poised to reimagine a new global order.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:10AM
US-China relations
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US global retreat shows Japan’s folly in defying China
The new US security strategy has sent shock waves through its allies and leaves Japan exposed.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Asia housing and property
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After vitalising its property market, India must shore up its weaknesses
The sustainability of the real estate boom will depend on how well New Delhi can address lingering gaps in affordability and infrastructure.
15 Dec 2025 - 5:43PM
Buildings are seen under construction in Mumbai, India, on May 5. Photo: Reuters
China economy
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China’s Politburo swaps emergency economic surgery for preventive care
Last year’s meeting focused on survival, but now the emphasis is on unlocking factors to let the domestic economy thrive.
15 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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US-China relations
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US is rewriting its China policy under national security strategy
For Beijing, that means less theatrical confrontation in Asia but more potential contestation in Latin America, supply chains and technology.
14 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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War and conflict
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Only true repentance from Japan can resolve East Asia’s ‘memory wars’
It is important that Japan, China and South Korea collectively reckon with the legacy of military aggression and wartime atrocities.
13 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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