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How the ‘world’s supermarket’ rode out Trump’s tariffs – and grew even stronger

Wang Nan, a hardware trader in China’s eastern city of Yiwu, expected her business to feel some pain when the…

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China expands digital-yuan push to Singapore and Asean trade routes

In an effort to further promote the internationalisation of China’s currency, Beijing has pledged to expand the use of its…

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Laos cleared to export fresh durians to China as Malaysia, Thailand face new rival

Laos has received approval to begin exporting fresh durians to China, becoming the latest Southeast Asian nation to vie for…

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Explainer | As China’s companies become industry leaders, where in the world are they going?

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search…

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Factory of factories: China’s manufacturers join wave of overseas expansions

With domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of…

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Australia draws mainland China, Hong Kong homebuyers amid its stable policies, economy

The luxury property segment of the world’s sixth-largest country is also expected to see increased interest from affluent investors looking…

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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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China’s car industry gears up for next level of self-driving tech: sensor maker Hesai

Preparations are well under way in China’s auto industry for the next generation of autonomous-driving features, even before Beijing clears…

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Macroscope | Why Asia’s old plan to dodge ‘middle-income trap’ won’t work any more

Is the famed Asian economic miracle that endured for decades from the 1950s onwards giving way to a “doom loop”…

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Reporter’s notebook: how China helps a Vietnamese durian farmer earn US$30,000 per hectare

There’s a new gold rush in Southeast Asia, but the prize is not quite so shiny – think green and…

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