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Pollution
Climate graphic of the week: World’s worst hotspot for oil pollution by ships
...In early February, a major oil slick appeared about 60km off the coast of Bintan, a northern Indonesia island near Singapore and popular with western and Asian tourists....
March 23, 2024
US-China trade dispute
US wants allies to cut chip-related China exports amid Huawei alarm
...Some Asian companies are frustrated that the US continues to let some of its companies, such as Qualcomm, to supply Huawei with chips at the same time that Washington is putting pressure on allies....
April 25, 2024
FT Live
Innovation in Wealth Management Summit
Augmented intelligence for client-centric services
Thursday, 2 May9 Montague Close, London, UK
Emerging markets
Asian emerging market currencies come under pressure from strong dollar
...Other central banks have hinted at taking action to support their depreciating currencies....
April 16, 2024
Taiwan
Taiwan’s trade tsar seeks new deals and braces for possible Trump win
...Like many Asian economies, Taiwan is closely watching the unpredictable politics on the other side of the Pacific, where US President Joe Biden is set for an election rematch with his predecessor, Donald...
April 24, 2024
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
South-east Asian collectors look beyond Hong Kong’s market
...“In a way I feel Singapore responds best to our interest in Asian diaspora.”...
March 23, 2024
Ruchir Sharma
How Indian democracy developed east Asian characteristics
...That was the essence of the east Asian bargain, and geopolitics makes it easier to accept....
April 8, 2024
FT Live
Accelerating the Energy Transition in Asia
Industrial strategies and policy drivers for sustainability
Tuesday, 30 JulyMandala Club, 31 Bukit Pasoh Rd, Singapore 089845
Commodities
Unions vow to fight on as Tata Steel confirms plans to close blast furnaces
...The GMB called it “an unwelcome but not unexpected slap in the face”. Community and the GMB are balloting members for industrial action. The ballot ends on May 9....
April 25, 2024
Climate change
Asian region reels from heat and floods as WMO warns of climate change effects
...The combination of climate change and the naturally occurring El Niño weather pattern that warms the Pacific Ocean drove up temperatures and meant Asian countries were hit with a “barrage of extreme conditions...
April 23, 2024
News in-depthNikkei Asia
Majority of south-east Asians favour China over US, survey finds
...Yet the survey showed south-east Asians did not want to choose sides at all....
April 10, 2024
Gold
Chinese speculators super-charge gold rally
...Huge bets by Chinese speculators on rising gold prices have helped super-charge the precious metal’s rally to an all-time high this month, in a sign that Asian traders are beginning to eclipse their western...
April 23, 2024
#techAsia
China’s edge in flying cars and an Asian tag-team in AI Premium content
...Their Asian rivals, meanwhile, opt for expansion through mergers and provide a wide range of equipment for battery production....
April 25, 2024
Markets InsightStephen Roach
It pains me to say Hong Kong is over
...Hong Kong has been trapped in the crossfire. Moreover, America’s “friendshoring” campaign has put pressure on Hong Kong’s Asian allies to pick sides between the US and China....
February 12, 2024
Vietnam
Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death over $12bn fraud
...Her actions had also eroded the public’s trust in the leadership of the ruling Communist party and the state, it said....
April 12, 2024
Private equity
Asian private equity firms use controversial route to exit investments Premium content
...Hamilton Lane, a US private equity firm that has been a lead investor in at least three Asian continuation funds totalling $830mn since 2020, said it avoided being both a seller and buyer of the same underlying...
March 7, 2024
News updates from March 8: US adds 275,000 jobs in February; Bitcoin and gold touch new highs
Markets update: Asian stocks rise with Australia hitting all-time high after Fed comments
...All major benchmark indices in Asia-Pacific registered gains, while the Japanese yen continued to rise against the dollar, gaining 0.1 per cent to ¥147.91, a one-month high....
March 8, 2024
FT Live
Investing in Piauí – Brazil
Exploring business opportunities and delivering sustainable growth
Friday, 17 May22 Vanderbilt, Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Music
Eid in the Square offers a celebration of qawwali music
...His group, Chahat Mahmood Ali Qawwal, performed at the South Asian Sounds festival at London’s Southbank Centre in March. They are a rare thing: a Pakistani qawwali group now based in the UK....
April 16, 2024
LexIPOs
Hong Kong’s bubble tea IPO flop is a sign of the market times Premium content
...Yet among younger Asians, the drink is a modern necessity. Endless variations from strawberry white chocolate to passion fruit keep interest levels high....
April 23, 2024
Currencies
US, Japan and South Korea seek to limit dollar’s rise
...The renminbi has weakened in recent days in line with other Asian currencies....
April 18, 2024
Skin in the GameStuart Kirk
The rally in Asian stocks hasn’t dulled my bitcoin pain
...Meanwhile, tracking flows in and out of Asian equities is silly, as I’ve also written previously....
March 15, 2024
News updates from February 1: Meta announces first ever dividend, Bank of England holds interest rates
Canada Goose reports strong holiday sales thanks to Asian consumers
...Luxury parka retailer Canada Goose reported strong holiday sales thanks to robust spending from customers in the Asia-Pacific region, despite softer demand in North America and Europe....
February 1, 2024
Chinese politics & policy
Xi lieutenant calls for Asia to ‘jointly’ manage security in rebuke of US
...US President Joe Biden has sought to strengthen alliances in the region as a deterrent against Chinese military action, particularly with Japan, the Philippines and Australia, while also courting India....
March 28, 2024
Special ReportFT Wealth: April
How Asian philanthropists are donating more — but differently
...In addition, it has gone into communities to reach more people, entering a partnership with US pharmaceutical group Pfizer that has so far screened 2.5mn impoverished people for cancer....
April 12, 2024
Singapore
Singapore defends exclusive deal for Taylor Swift concerts in south-east Asia
...I don’t see that as being unfriendly,” Lee said on Tuesday in Australia, where he was attending a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations....
March 5, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
Aukus is gathering momentum and adherents
...Some analysts have called for the creation of an Asian equivalent of Nato — a mutual defence pact that would pull together all the Indo-Pacific countries that feel potentially threatened by China or Russia...
April 11, 2024
InterviewSouth Korea Economy
China now a rival rather than boon for South Korean exporters, warns minister
...The government recently signalled it was preparing to reverse a 15 per cent cut in the R&D budget for 2024 after it provoked a fierce backlash from South Korea’s research community....
April 8, 2024

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