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China hits record panda bond issuance in 2024, with analysts bullish for 2025

The issuance of “panda bonds” – yuan-denominated debt securities from overseas institutions operating in China – hit a record high…

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Opinion | How Global South can resist US hegemony and its isolationism

US foreign policy is torn between president-elect Donald Trump’s transactional nationalism and the establishment’s fixation with global primacy. To achieve…

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Macroscope | Central banks forsaking gold for bitcoin would be height of folly

Gold is a marvellously flexible precious metal, commodity or form of money adaptable to different cultures, currencies and ideologies. These…

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Outside In | World must stand firm against blizzard of Trump tariff threats

What was initially described as the “amusing distraction” of Donald Trump is perhaps better called chaff – blizzards of metal,…

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Macroscope | Trade protectionist measures by the US and others put world on path to war

US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are making headlines, but they are among the least of the problems facing the…

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Opinion | Why Russia is finding favour in Southeast Asia once again

“That’s very concerning. Any intrusion into the West Philippine Sea, of our [exclusive economic zone], of our baselines, is very…

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China retaliation for US protectionism, while ‘never a good choice’, may be just starting

With little option in the face of mounting protectionist measures from Washington, and coupled with a need to “give the…

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Opinion | As Trump fumes over unlikely ‘Brics currency’, China should talk to US more about money

US president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Brics countries if they pursue a common currency…

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China’s plans for yuan unfazed by Trump’s pledge to protect ‘mighty US dollar’

China may need to exercise caution when promoting the overseas use of the yuan over the next four years, analysts…

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Opinion | 4 steps China can take to weather Trump’s tariffs

The United States is gradually closing its doors by reducing its trade with China. However, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed…

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