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China’s middle-class investors lose appetite for overseas property

Stephen Yao travelled from southern China’s Guangdong province to Thailand 32 times in 2017 and 2018 to help middle-class Chinese…

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Macroscope | Why dangerous debt dynamics aren’t catching up with economic policy

With all the proverbial lightning and thunder emanating from US President Donald Trump’s loud threats and extreme policies, it is…

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US shot across China’s bow in shipbuilding could backfire as allies fall short

Though the US has unveiled a sweeping port fee proposal designed to hamstring China’s shipbuilding industry – the world’s largest…

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‘Good start’: China bids to reset ties with Japan amid Trump tariff storm

Beijing and Tokyo have made a “good start” to resetting their economic relationship with a string of high-level meetings in…

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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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