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China’s solar billionaire feels the heat as sector faces upheaval

...Xuyang Dong of Climate Energy Finance, an Australian think-tank, noted that at of the start of this year, China had more than 1,000GW of solar module production capacity in development for domestic and international...

March 26, 2024

US-China relations

US and China defence ministers in first significant contact since 2022

...Dong said military affairs were the key to implementing the two presidents’ consensus to stabilise and improve bilateral relations....

April 17, 2024

FT Live

Finance Disrupted at TNW Conference

Shaking The Foundations Of Finance | Formerly Future of Finance

Ant Group

Ant Group launches $6bn buyback after regulatory crackdown ends

...The government has also sought control over its vast trove of user data....

July 8, 2023

Live news: EU court rules drug kingpin Pablo Escobar cannot be trademarked

China sends fighters to shadow US Navy aircraft over Taiwan Strait after calling for mutual trust

...China has repeatedly denounced US military surveillance operations close to its borders as provocative....

April 17, 2024

Chinese politics & policy

China appoints new defence minister after predecessor’s disappearance

...Xi has been tightening Communist party control over financial regulation....

December 29, 2023

ReviewFilm

Monkey Man — Dev Patel directs and stars in violent revenge story

...You may feel older still watching rama-lama-ding-dong action movie Monkey Man, a violent revenge story in which Patel is both male lead and debut director....

April 4, 2024

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Financial Times @COP

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Corporate culture

Lv Abrdn aln!

...Now Branner has joined him....

April 8, 2024

News in-depthAnt Group

Chinese fintech Ant Group targets global growth after Jack Ma’s exit

...“Nothing yet has shaken its leading position as a payment service, but it’s very hard to predict how the group will be positioned in China’s financial landscape going forward,” said Dong....

April 4, 2024

Vietnam

Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death over $12bn fraud

...Lan was accused of embezzling 304tn dong ($12bn) from Vietnam’s Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) by illegally controlling the bank through proxies, using “ghost” companies to take out loans and giving...

April 12, 2024

Inside BusinessEdward White

China’s ‘dinosaur’ state-owned enterprises make a green pivot

...The country has also pledged to achieve a level of net zero emissions by 2060....

January 2, 2024

Edward Luce

Biden’s polite Trumpism on China

...On Tuesday, Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, spoke to his counterpart, Dong Jun, for the first time....

April 17, 2024

Vietnam

Corruption purge and tycoon’s $12bn bank fraud trial shake Vietnam

...The former factory worker did not hesitate to move her entire savings of 800mn dong ($32,000) to the new scheme, believing that her money would be safe with the state-licensed bank....

March 20, 2024

EU-China relations

EU launches 2 probes into China solar manufacturers

...Xuyang Dong of Climate Energy Finance, an Australian think-tank, said that “China’s estimated wafer, cell and module capacity that will come online in 2024 is sufficient to meet annual global demand now...

April 3, 2024

Vietnam

Trial begins for Vietnamese property tycoon accused of $12bn fraud

...Lan is accused by Vietnamese authorities of using Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), in which she owns a controlling stake of about 90 per cent, to funnel 304tn dong ($12.3bn) to her real estate company...

March 5, 2024

US-China relations

US and Chinese military officials hold first talks since 2021

...Dong’s appointment paves the way for a possible meeting with Austin this year....

January 10, 2024

FT Live

TNW Conference 2024 - The Next Web

Europe’s leading tech event for corporates, startups, investors and governments

Container shipping

‘Opportunistic’ Chinese lines send ships to serve Red Sea ports

...The group has also attacked other ships, particularly those linked to the US....

January 25, 2024

South Korea Politics & Policy

South Korea’s ‘Luke Skywalker’ strikes blow against President Yoon

...Now, however, Cho is back and calling for Yoon and PPP leader Han Dong-hoon — himself a former prosecutor who was involved in Cho’s indictment — to face prosecution for what he alleges are their abuses of...

April 11, 2024

US-China relations

Biden and Xi have ‘candid’ call in first talks since November

...The US official said the White House expected defence secretary Lloyd Austin would hold his first interaction with Dong Jun, China’s new defence minister, in the coming months....

April 2, 2024

VinFast LLC

How a Vietnamese tycoon built a carmaker worth more than General Motors

...Last year Vingroup reported revenue of 130.5tn dong ($5.4bn) and a post-tax profit of 2tn dong....

August 31, 2023

Container shipping

Shipping industry steers container production away from China

...Washington has also wielded its regulatory powers in a bid to stop China strengthening its grip on container production....

November 2, 2023

News in-depthSouth Korea Politics & Policy

South Korean first lady’s $2,000 Dior handbag triggers graft accusations

...But last week, the leader of Yoon’s People Power party, former justice minister Han Dong-hoon, acknowledged that the gift could “be a matter of public concern”....

January 26, 2024

Frieze Seoul 2023

Frieze Seoul 2023: what you need to know

...Thaddaeus Ropac, which opened its Seoul flagship in 2021, has expanded its footprint in the city’s trendy Hannam-dong neighbourhood....

August 31, 2023

ReviewFilm

A Crack in the Mountain — eye-opening documentary about an epic cave system

...A principal is Huong Nguyen Thien Le, a childhood reader of Jules Verne who later fell in love with her own country’s journey to the centre of the Earth....

May 25, 2023

VinFast LLC

Vietnamese EV maker worth more than Ford or GM after US listing

...Net losses at VinFast in the first quarter were 14.1tn dong ($588mn) against 9.7tn dong in the same quarter the previous year....

August 16, 2023

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Samsung foresees end of punishing memory chip slump in 2024

...“Samsung has expanded its output reduction since August, shifting its strategy to boost profitability,” said Kim Dong-won, an analyst at KB Securities, in a recent report, forecasting Samsung would raise...

October 31, 2023

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