Yesterday
- Opinion
- East Asia Forum
Australia should focus on rules, not ‘rules-based order’, in Asia
Support for the transition from a US-led world to a multipolar world is gaining traction.
- Anthony Milner
Multinationals sound alarm over weak demand in China
Weak demand in China has been a feature of half-year earnings across much of the global consumer goods sector.
- Edward White and Thomas Hale
This Month
No such thing as work-life balance, says Airwallex’s Lucy Liu
The co-founder of the payment platform says she would plan her whole year in advance if it was possible.
- Jessica Sier
Inside China’s vicious deflationary cycle
Despair at the faltering economy has rippled throughout China’s major cities and out into its regions.
- Jessica Sier
- Analysis
- Inside China
Bad news for Australia: China’s steel crisis is set to deepen
Prices are tumbling, profits are dwindling, and there’s little relief on offer from a government focused on retooling China’s economy for the long term.
- Updated
- Hallie Gu
- Analysis
- Interest rates
Is Japan ready for a ‘world with interest?’
An entire generation has grown up knowing nothing but yields near zero and mortgage rates that seemed to get cheaper by the year.
- Gearoid Reidy
China’s exports slow in warning sign for economy
Exports rose 7 per cent in July in dollar terms from a year earlier, falling short of economists’ median forecast of a 9.5 per cent gain.
- Yujing Liu
Bangladesh protesters back Nobel laureate for government role
Protesters have called for Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to be named chief adviser of a new interim government after PM Sheikh Hasina fled the country.
- John Reed, Benjamin Parkin and Lucy Fisher
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Why global investors find it so easy to sell Japan
It is easier to sell Japan into a rout than any other Asian market, and unusually attractive to take profits from it right now because the gains this year have been so good.
- Leo Lewis
Bangladesh protesters to march on government after deadly clashes
At least 91 people were killed and hundreds injured on Sunday in a wave of violence in the country of 170 million, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
- Ruma Paul
- Opinion
- Global economy
Shouldn’t the world thank China for producing too much stuff?
If trade policy were about consumers, the US and EU would thank China for its cheap EVs, batteries and solar panels and its contribution to lowering carbon emissions.
- Gary Hufbauer
- Analysis
- North Korea diplomacy
On the front line of North Korea’s nuclear threat
The possibility of another Trump presidency has global leaders nervous about Kim Jong-un’s erratic behaviour. Would a second mandate tame or embolden “little rocket man”.
- Updated
- Jessica Sier
July
China factory activity shrinks for third straight month
The official PMI index hit 49.4. The gauge has stayed below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction for all but three months since April 2023.
- Updated
- Shinjini Datta and Zhu Lin
Wong calls on China to rein in North Korea
The foreign minister acknowledged that countries all around Asia are beefing up their defence capabilities in response to China’s dramatic military expansion.
- Staff reporters
- Analysis
- Global economy
China’s low-tech manufacturers hanging on by their fingernails
China is shifting more to high-tech and EV manufacturing as its clothing, toy and furniture factories struggle against anaemic orders, trade restrictions and competition.
- William Langley
In tougher job market, aspiring bankers skip class to ‘stack’ internships
Goldman Sachs had 31.5 per cent more internship applications in Singapore this year, and graduate recruitment is now so competitive that “internships are where you can get the foot in the door”.
- Bernadette Toh
Meloni vows to ‘relaunch’ cooperation with China
Italy was the only Group of Seven country to join the massive Belt and Road Initiative, but it withdrew last year under US pressure over Beijing’s economic reach.
- Giselda Vagnoni and Laurie Chen
Quad expands maritime coverage to combat China aggression
Quad member countries will expand their maritime data sharing program as China’s aggression in critical waterways ramps up.
- Staff reporters
- Analysis
- Food & drink
How the Domino’s Japanese dream died
The pizza business failed to recognise that Japan’s explosive growth in lockdown was due to its convenient delivery service rather than a shift in consumer taste.
- Staff
Australians welcome Trump’s pro-crypto stand
Crypto traders say Donald Trump’s pledges to end the “persecution” of the industry and sack SEC chairman Gary Gensler are a good start.
- Updated
- Staff reporters
