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  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    China’s accelerating green transition

    Two-thirds of all new solar and wind power projects are based in the country. But to wean industry off coal, Beijing needs to set up a real energy market

    Montage of images of Xi Jinping against a backdrop of solar panels, wind turbines and power pylons
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Will China’s $100bn war chest for shares lift the real economy?

    Investors welcome ‘unprecedented’ central bank loans to try to boost markets but analysts say fiscal stimulus is needed

    A man walks past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    India wrestles with unsecured lending hangover

    Young Indians are racking up personal loan and credit card debts

    Shopping centre in New Delhi, India
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    China’s stimulus is hefty but insufficient

    A targeted fiscal boost and an untethering of the private sector is the next step

    People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng, National Financial Regulatory Administration Minister Li Yunze and China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Wu Qing at a press conference in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    China threatens Calvin Klein owner with blacklist over Xinjiang cotton

    Investigation could lead to first use of security measure against foreign company with significant Chinese interests

    A Calvin Klein Jeans store in Hong Kong
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China unleashes stimulus blitz to lift growth

    Central bank cuts benchmark rate and unveils support for property and stock markets to boost demand

    People walk past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing.
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Foreign exchange
    Foreigners are piling into China’s free money trade. How long can it last?

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  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    LexGeely Automobile Holdings Co Ltd
    On China tariffs, Geely goes made in Vietnam Premium content

    Trade restrictions may start a new trend of automakers assembling EVs overseas

    People gather round a Geely Zeekr 001 electric vehicle on display at a showroom in Shanghai, China
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Bank of Korea
    South Korea’s central bank chief warns over Gangnam-style housing boom

    Rhee Chang-yong calls for caps on university admissions from upmarket capital districts to check price growth

    Pedestrians walk along a street in the Gangnam district of Seoul, with modern buildings and trees lining the sidewalk. A person is seen sweeping the pavement on the left side of the image.
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    US proposes banning Chinese software and components in vehicles

    Move prompted by fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers and hack internet-connected cars

    Connected vehicles include EVs like this Seagull car from Chinese automaker BYD on display in a showroom in Beijing
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    OutlookKai Waluszewski
    ‘Too boring’: Chinese students are sleeping through propaganda

    Hours of political education are supposed to reinforce loyalty but young people struggle to stay awake

    College students wave national flags as they watch the opening of the Communist Party Congress
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    Trumponomics: the radical plan that would reshape America’s economy

    In a bid to boost manufacturing, the Republican candidate is promising sweeping tariffs. Critics warn they would cause huge damage and heighten global tensions

    The top of Donald Trump’s head in front of a huge, red $100 bill
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Ruchir Sharma
    It’s no longer glorious to get rich in China — it’s dangerous

    Why no one wants to be the nation’s top tycoon any more

    Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    European manufacturing
    European steelmakers plead with Brussels to tackle flood of Chinese exports

    European prices drop below cost of production as world market is deluged

    Bundles of steel tubes at a trading market on the outskirts of Shanghai
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    News in-depthHSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC hit by sixfold surge in Hong Kong property loan defaults

    UK-based bank has more than $3bn in exposure to defaulted commercial real estate loans in the territory

    A picture of buildings at dusk in Hong Kong
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    BYD Co Ltd
    China’s BYD raises car export hopes in Pakistan after being spurned by India

    Planned assembly plant in the country would mark carmaker’s first venture into south Asia as it expands globally

    Several grey BYD electric vehicles are lined up inside an illuminated, tunnel-like structure within BYD's factory in Rayong, Thailand.
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Sovereign bonds
    India bailout for Maldives lessens default fear

    Archipelago nation receives $50mn to meet October coupon payment

    Summer Island, North Male Atoll, Maldives
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    EU-China relations
    China’s electric carmakers warn of EU investment cuts over tariff threat

    Statement comes as talks continue between Beijing’s commerce minister and European trade commissioner

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Emerging market investing
    Abrdn to drop China from emerging markets fund

    Manager says move is designed to give investors more choice as Chinese market lags behind rivals

    Chinese flag flies with Shanghai skyline across the river
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    BoJ holds interest rates and upgrades consumption outlook

    Central bank forecasts Japanese economy will keep growing at a pace above its potential growth rate

    A shopper, reflected on a mirror glass, checks food items at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The dramatic decline of China’s innovative start-ups

    Urge to control the private sector jeopardises Beijing’s tech ambitions

    The full moon rises above skyscrapers at the financial district of Lujiazui in Shanghai
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Must countries choose between the west and China? Premium content

    The ‘in-betweeners’ have profited from diverse trade relations — but may increasingly have to choose sides

    Motorists ride past large green gantry cranes at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in India
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    #techAsia
    Tech’s climate cost and TikTok’s day in court Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A wind turbine operates near a coal-fired power plant and a highway in New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Henry Farrell
    America should think twice before replacing sanctions with tariffs

    Donald Trump complains that they are undermining the supremacy of the dollar

    A pile of $100 bills
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Global Economy
    South Korea emerges as a top US investor as China tensions escalate

    US project commitments from South Korean companies totalled $21.5bn last year, more than any other country

    The Hyundai electric-vehicle and battery manufacturing plant under construction in Ellabell, Georgia
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