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Exclusive | ‘Embrace the moment’: on China, Daniel Kritenbrink puts pragmatism first

Daniel J. Kritenbrink is a partner at The Asia Group. Previously, Kritenbrink served in the United States government as assistant…

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Macroscope | Can a world obsessed with greed and power avoid a war in 2026?

“Though to care we are born, yet the dullest morn often heralds in the fairest day” are lyrics from the…

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China bets big on copper, but ‘weaponisation’ risks low, unlike with rare earths: analysts

China is accelerating efforts to secure its copper supply chain, designating the metal as critical across strategic industries such as…

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Surviving the shocks: what China and the US learned from 2025’s trade war

It has been a turbulent year for the fraught US-China relationship. In the second story in this new series, we…

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As US, EU and Japan boost defence spending, is stimulus their true intention?

More than six decades after British historian AJP Taylor termed war the “mother of invention”, economies around the world appear…

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Developing | China’s exports rebound in November despite extended slump in US shipments

China’s exports rebounded in November after declining in October, as overall trade sentiment improved on the heels of high-level trade…

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What economic cards will China play with Japan? Analysts say Beijing faces a balancing act

Beijing is expected to calibrate its response to Japan with caution, weighing potential punitive measures against the risk of economic…

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US races to secure China rare earths deal as worries over chokeholds linger

The administration of US President Donald Trump hopes to confirm a deal to secure rare earth supplies from China by…

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China rare earths deal will ‘hopefully’ be done by Thanksgiving, says Scott Bessent

A rare earths deal between the US and China will “hopefully” be done by Thanksgiving, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said…

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US-China tensions offer Asean ‘transformative’ critical minerals opportunity: economist

Southeast Asian economies have a “transformative” opportunity to enter the world’s critical mineral supply chain amid China-US trade tensions, a…

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