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Residential buildings in Beijing on September 15, 2025. China’s property sector, once accounting for roughly a quarter of the economy, has remained sluggish since late 2020, eroding household wealth. Photo: EPA
Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

China’s millionaire growth lags the global average. Is the wealth boom over?

Global personal wealth rose at its fastest pace in nearly a decade last year, though China saw only modest gains, according to a new report.

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US-China relations

Exclusive | US lawmaker defends calling witness ‘racist’ in explosive China committee clash

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Indonesia

Does Gojek co-founder’s guilty verdict test Indonesia’s investor climate?

Opinion | Why the AI future won’t be decided by algorithms and chatbots

Just as geopolitical influence in the 20th century often rested on energy markets, so may the 21st century be dominated by infrastructure.

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Visitors crowd around Huawei’s Ascend AI chip-based CloudMatrix 384 at the 2025 World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 27, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

China reacts to Guo Wengui’s US prison sentence, highlighting fugitive status

The self-exiled businessman convicted over billion-dollar fraud scheme is the subject of an Interpol red notice issued at Beijing’s request.

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14 million barrels of stranded Iraq oil travels through Strait of Hormuz

Meanwhile, US envoys Steve ‌Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Qatar to discuss the Middle East conflict with mediators.

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China-Canada trade thaw sours as Beijing levies penalties for dumping pea starch

Beijing imposes cash deposits on imports of the widely used agricultural product ahead of Ottawa’s decision on Chinese-made steel racks.

China’s Ministry of Commerce said Canadian exporters sold pea starch at prices undercutting Chinese producers. Photo: Shutterstock

Beyond GPUs: AI-driven shortages hit chip materials and components

Makers of power semiconductors, including Germany’s Infineon, US-based Texas Instruments and China’s Yangjie Technology, have raised prices.

Self-flying jets, drones, no-crew subs: UK lays out new defence plan

While PM Keir Starmer says ‘cutting-edge capabilities’ will help to deter threats, critics say the rising defence budget should be even higher.

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Should China worry more about keeping defence customers than winning new deals?

A study of the risks and opportunities for Chinese weapons exports in global markets cautions against a reductive assumption about quality.

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Chinese-made J-10C fighter jets belonging to the Pakistan Air Force. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong shares drop 11% in first half on Fed pivot, lack of AI play

City’s exchange ranks among world’s worst performers as IPOs vacuum up capital and lock-up releases loom.

A worker cleans an electronic screen showing the Hang Seng Index in Central on June 26. Photo: Edmond So

Passenger jet reports striking drone approaching JFK airport to land

The FAA launches an investigation as JetBlue says it found ‘no damage or evidence of a collision’ on its aircraft.

Self-expression, experiences, resale: what luxury clients really want

A new McKinsey and Business of Fashion report reveals how aspirational spending, emotional connection and experience are reshaping the luxury sector.

Japan’s family firms turn to M&A when heirs are not so apparent

A 2025 survey found that nearly two-thirds of business owners’ children did not plan to take over, often because they wanted different jobs.

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Ksshokichi chefs prepare a Kobe beef meal. Photo: Kisshokichi

Hong Kong draws royalties giant as mainland China biotech licensing heats up

Royalty financing offers new cash source as global investors pursue Chinese drug breakthroughs despite US pressure, Royalty Pharma says.

Royalty Pharma is scouting the Asia-Pacific region for innovative biotechnology start-ups with late-stage pharmaceutical pipelines. Photo: Shutterstock

‘Purple gold rush’: Philippine ube farming looks to cash in on craze

Philippine ube exports reached over US$3 million in 2025, more than double the US$1.4 million figure recorded in 2024.

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Hong Kong loses IPO crown as swelling wave of Chinese tech no match for SpaceX

With Chinese technology giants fuelling an ‘A-to-H’ listing boom, Hong Kong appears to be on the rise as their ‘fundraising venue of choice’.

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Japan aims to catch up on drone warfare by tapping Ukraine’s experience

Analysts say Japan wants to accelerate production of drones to protect its territory given its shortage of military manpower.

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Japanese Self-Defence Force’s SOTEN drones fly during a drill with US Marines in Yufu, Oita prefecture, Japan, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Prime suspect: Australia sues Amazon over ‘unfair’ streaming ad terms

The competition regulator said Amazon charged an extra US$2.10 for ad-free streaming on top of the annual subscription.

Exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui jailed for 30 years in US for fraud

A New York judge ordered Guo to forfeit US$889 million in restitution, saying he ‘preyed on those seeking to bring Democracy to China’.

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US parents charged with murder in death of 7-year-old son weighing 116kg

Damien and Jessica O’Brien held on no bond in jail after medical examiner cites extreme weight in child’s heart failure.

The Genesee County Courthouse in Flint, Michigan. Photo: AP

Over 100 Venezuelans deported from US missing after quakes level hotel

Their flight landed just hours before the disaster. Their families are searching for answers amid a soaring death toll.

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A satellite view captures the extensive structural damage at the Hotel Santuario La Llanada in La Guaira, where more than 100 US deportees had arrived hours earlier. Photo: Vantor via Reuters

Why Chinese-American success stories still provoke prejudice and fear

Almost a century and a half has passed since the notorious Chinese Exclusion Act, but anti-Asian prejudice is still rife.

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Alex Murdaugh returns to court in shackles as judge sets date for murder retrial

Following the bombshell reversal of his convictions last month, the fallen South Carolina legal scion was back in court.

Author of US ‘torture memos’ to advise team probing alleged anti-Trump conspiracy

John Yoo confirms role advising prosecutors related to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Photo: AP

US Supreme Court boosts Trump’s power to fire officials, but Fed’s Cook keeps job

Justices let Trump fire agency heads, a dramatic expansion of his presidential power.

A person wears a MAGA (Make America Great Again) visor outside the U.S. Supreme Court, on the day justices have issued orders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 29, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to throw out Carroll sex abuse verdict

Trump’s lawyers then said Americans want an ‘immediate end to Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded travesty of the Carroll Hoaxes’.

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Why is Taiwan’s KMT calling for the government to spend billions more on drones?

The opposition also wants to boost the island’s military drone sector, but through budgets that allow for greater scrutiny.

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