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Macroscope | Why Asian central banks are starting to decouple from the Fed

One after another, major central banks in Asia and the Pacific region are cutting interest rates. On February 18, the…

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Opinion | China could be the steady counterweight to Trump’s Pax Americana

After returning to the White House last month, US President Donald Trump is not simply doing the same things he…

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Opinion | How China’s trade war playbook could avoid Japan’s mistakes

The opening salvoes in the newest phase of the US-China trade war have been launched, sending tremors across the global…

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Trump has fired his first tariff salvo at China. Are Japan and South Korea next?

Tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea may be next on the agenda for US President Donald Trump as…

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Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital buys central Tokyo shopping centre for more than US$1 billion

Gaw Capital, a Hong Kong private equity firm focused on real estate, completed the acquisition of a shopping centre in…

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SoftBank, OpenAI tie up to develop AI for Japan as DeepSeek rises

SoftBank Group and OpenAI will create a joint venture to develop and sell artificial intelligence (AI) services to businesses across…

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Hong Kong stocks tumble by most in a month on Trump’s China tariffs

Hong Kong stocks fell sharply in the first trading since US president Donald Trump announced tariffs on Chinese goods, as…

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Opinion | DeepSeek’s US tech rout kicks off 2025’s game of snakes and ladders

As China celebrates the Year of the Snake, the first lai see (red packet) was the revelation of DeepSeek’s artificial…

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Semiconductor supply chain linchpin JSR sees DeepSeek boosting chip sales

The Chinese start-up and its representation of cheaper AI systems will lead to a burst of demand for semiconductors over…

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Tokyo office rents rise sharply but vacancy disparity signals caution for investors

Investors in Tokyo’s office segment should temper optimism with caution, even though rents rose by the most in eight years…

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