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As US and Europe cut aid budgets, China’s star is on the rise in Southeast Asia, report says

China’s role as Southeast Asia’s largest infrastructure financier is increasing its regional influence at a time when the United States…

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Open Questions | Jin Liqun reflects on tumult and triumphs in AIIB’s eventful first decade

A veteran of international finance, Jin Liqun is president and chair of the board of directors at the Asian Infrastructure…

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Macroscope | A truly Asian economic bloc – can Asia succeed where it failed?

“It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good,” to quote a centuries-old proverb. It is one that could be…

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Macroscope | Money talks and Trump should pay attention to Asia’s bond markets

For all of US President Donald Trump’s public bellicosity, it is money that talks – more softly but more powerfully,…

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China nominates Zou Jiayi to be the next president of the AIIB

China has nominated Zou Jiayi, a former vice-minister of finance, as its candidate for the next president of the Asian…

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80 global executives to gather in Beijing for key annual summit

A total of 80 top executives from global multinational companies are set to gather in Beijing to discuss a range…

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Macroscope | Trump’s tariffs look set to backfire but that won’t stop him

Are US president-elect Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs an admission of American economic defeat, a tacit acknowledgement that US manufacturers…

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Macroscope | Biden’s blocking of US Steel deal latest sign of globalisation in retreat

So much for the concept of a “borderless world of business” espoused in 1990 by Japanese management consultant Kenichi Ohmae,…

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Opinion | Southeast Asia’s energy transition is lacking both finance and policy

What can you do with US$300 billion? For Southeast Asian nations trying to build solar plants or wind farms, not…

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Opinion | How emerging nations are already dethroning the West

Even other members within Brics have been reluctant to embrace belt and road projects, arguably for fear of alienating key…

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