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What was unsaid at China’s ‘two sessions’ and why it matters
Having recognised the limits of its economic model, Beijing is attempting a recalibration that will be highly consequential for its competition with the US.
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Affordable, open access has turned AI from divisive to empowering
18 Mar 2025 - 10:03PM
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China’s AI revolution should promote equality, not just innovation
18 Mar 2025 - 7:31PM
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Why is US punishing a China helping it to solve its fentanyl crisis?
It is beyond comprehension that the US government is overlooking Chinese efforts to address the fentanyl issue and imposing more tariffs.
18 Mar 2025 - 5:17PM
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Andrea Thomas, executive director of Facing Fentanyl, poses on Capitol Hill on February 6 with a portrait of her daughter Ashley Romero, who died in 2018 after taking a counterfeit painkiller laced with fentanyl. Photo: AFP
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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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Will AI and robots drive China’s next consumer spending spree?
China is seeking the next ‘big items’ to encourage consumers to open their wallets. Technology looks to be a key.
18 Mar 2025 - 7:01AM
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China knows economic challenges lie ahead. Is it ready for them?
Beijing has withstood external pressures for decades but without strong domestic demand, those pressures are increasingly harder to surmount.
18 Mar 2025 - 8:13AM
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How the allure of US exceptionalism is fading for Canada
Disillusioned by the Trump administration’s tariff war, more Canadians are seemingly looking at their national differences as strengths.
17 Mar 2025 - 8:30PM
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Adhering to reforms can help Beijing pop ‘Peak China’ bubble
To see off scepticism about China’s growth potential, the government’s latest reform push must be effective and make good on its promises.
17 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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Hong Kong is right to get out of way of women who do want children
The proposal to lift the 10-year cap on embryo storage must come with more measures to make it easier to both give birth and raise a family.
17 Mar 2025 - 11:44AM
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In today’s changing world order, the best hedge is agility
As great power rivalries intensify, collective action and strategic diversification can help others boost influence and avoid dependence.
17 Mar 2025 - 7:44AM
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Domestic politics is why Rodrigo Duterte is facing the International Criminal Court
Former Philippine president’s detention made possible by local rivalry, but a similar fate for Putin and Netanyahu will not happen any time soon, if ever.
16 Mar 2025 - 9:00PM
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Like yuan internationalisation, US re-industrialisation is a fairy tale
As long as China keeps its capital account closed and the US keeps its own open, neither will be able to achieve its aim.
16 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM
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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 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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Amid spate of youth suicides, Hong Kong must weave a safety net
A teacher’s attentiveness, a neighbour’s kindness, a policymaker’s resolve – we all have roles in intercepting despair before it turns fatal.
16 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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The US-China Thucydides Trap is by no means a foregone conclusion
Instead, it’s a call to action. From helping mediate in Ukraine to investing in the US, China may yet defy historical negative trends.
16 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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How far Chinese women have come since my grandmother’s time
I have more equal status than my grandmother did in the pre-communist era. But young women are still pushing back against discrimination.
8 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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Women in period costume record a dance with a phone in Beijing on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE
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3 steps Hong Kong workplaces can take to end sexual harassment
Workplace harassment still affects an alarming number of women in Hong Kong. But a few simple measures can help break the vicious cycle.
8 Mar 2025 - 11:00AM
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Having more women on boards makes business sense. Hong Kong gets it
In this increasingly complex world, it is vital for businesses to embrace gender diversity, and diversity more broadly, for long-term success.
8 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Just why is Beijing calling for ‘capable’ Hong Kong lawmakers?
Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has hinted at the central government’s dissatisfaction with some in the ‘patriots-only’ Legco.
10 Mar 2025 - 9:30AM
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Why is US punishing a China helping it to solve its fentanyl crisis?
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