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Asia Lex Editor

June Yoon is Lex Asia Editor, focusing on Asia’s tech giants, the world chip industry and electric vehicles.
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  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Inside BusinessConnected Cars
    Connected cars pose real risks

    Rising use of specialised software in EVs raises important questions about privacy and safety for drivers around the world

    Journalists prepare to ride self-driving cars during a media tour of Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing services at the Apollo Park in Beijing
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessElectric vehicles
    Why EV investors are tracking Taylor Swift and swing state polls

    Investors are betting the US election outcome will have a big impact on sector stocks in Asia

    Taylor Swift
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    Inside BusinessSemiconductors
    Chipmakers face a labour crisis

    A human worker shortage may turn out to be the biggest obstacle to the AI industry

    Visitors watch a wafer shown on screens at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Renovation Museum
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Inside BusinessElectric vehicles
    Tesla vs BYD: why US maker might have to expand its EV range

    Elon Musk-controlled group faces growing urgency to move into lower-priced brackets

    People look at a Tesla Model Y in a showroom in Beijing
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Inside BusinessTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
    The bullish case for TSMC

    Shares in the semiconductor company have risen strongly but still lag behind Nvidia and other chipmakers

    A chip wafer displayed at a ceremony that marks the beginning of bulk production of advanced 3-nanometer chips at TSMC
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Inside BusinessElectric vehicles
    How Chinese EV makers will respond to steep US tariffs

    Manufacturers are likely to target expansion in Europe with luxury models that offer new features to consumers

    A Zeekr 001 electric car
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Tech Tonic podcast25 min listen
    China's race to tech supremacy: Driving into Europe

    BYD is making inroads into Europe. The EU is not pleased

  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    LexTechnology sector
    The Lex Newsletter: Chipping away at the AI stock boom Premium content

    Too much has been priced in, and too fast, meaning conditions are ripe for a correction

    A computer memory board
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Inside BusinessSemiconductors
    Reasons why the AI stock correction may be overdone

    Recent sharp moves highlight the hypersensitivity of the sector to relatively benign cyclical moves

    Two workers wearing blue overalls work on the machine. One stands on a small ladder
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    Special ReportFT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
    Asia-Pacific start-ups adapt to drop in VC funding

    The 2024 ranking highlights how health tech businesses continue to benefit from pandemic shifts

    Digital artwork depicting two stylized figures climbing a circular, multicolored DNA helix-like structure, which supports a globe at its peak. The background features two large, abstract, wing-like designs on each side with circuit patterns, set against a gradient purple backdrop
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    Inside BusinessElectric vehicles
    BYD’s $230,000 electric sports car signals plan to take on VW and Toyota

    Chinese EV giant is widening its range by price point and fuel type

    BYD’s Yangwang U9 electric sports car
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Inside BusinessArtificial intelligence
    AI hype has echoes of the telecoms boom and bust

    Tech transformation may take years longer than suggested by record share prices and funding targets

    Sam Altman
  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Inside BusinessBYD Co Ltd
    Has BYD already peaked?

    Weak share price of China’s best-selling EV brand indicates investor concerns over rising competition

    A BYD Co. Atto 3 sport utility vehicle at a showroom in Hong Kong,
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    Inside BusinessSemiconductors
    New generation of chips will drive the AI wave

    High bandwidth memory is in rapidly rising demand to facilitate lightning-fast data transfers

    The logo of SK Hynix
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    LexShein
    The Lex Newsletter: Amazon battles Shein’s shoo-in potential Premium content

    China’s fast-fashion upstart brazenly parks itself on US ecommerce rival’s turf ahead of blockbuster listing

    Customers hold Shein bags outside a showroom in Tokyo
  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    Inside BusinessTechnology sector
    AI chip contenders face daunting ‘moats’

    Barriers to entry in an industry dominated by TSMC and Nvidia are very high

    Visitors watch a screen showing TSMC’s wafer
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
    Inside BusinessHuawei Technologies
    Huawei’s new phone ratchets up rivalry with US and Apple

    Flagship Mate 60 Pro has been a hit in China but taking on the iPhone will come at a political cost

    A woman looks at a new iPhone 15 Pro and a Huawei Mate 60 Pro
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
    LexChinese business & finance
    The Lex Newsletter: China weighs up fast-food stocks vs pharma stocks Premium content

    Bet on dining out may be a quicker source of returns than weight-loss drugs

    Two boys open the door to a McDonald’s restaurant in Beijing, China
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Inside BusinessElectric vehicles
    China’s electric vehicles threaten to leave Europe in the dust

    The historical parallel is with the push into the US by Japanese carmakers in the 1970s

    Attendees look around the at BYD Don during 2023 Central China International Auto Show in Wuhan
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    LexTikTok Inc
    The Lex Newsletter: TikTok wants to be Amazon for Gen Z Premium content

    Social media group is branching out into ecommerce but the US is not the only country with concerns about the app

    Logo for TikTok and a smartphone screen showing the TikTok Shop app
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Inside BusinessSemiconductors
    Nvidia’s critical weak point: Taiwan

    Building more fabrication plants in other countries is not the solution for companies that require the highest tech chips

    Jensen Huang
  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Inside BusinessNvidia
    Enthusiastic Nvidia investors may need a reality check

    TSMC and Samsung have not enjoyed similar boosts to the US chip designer because their shareholders are aware of the risks ahead

    A superchip on show at a conference in Taipei
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    LexUS-China trade dispute
    The Lex Newsletter: rare earth dearth will hurt US and China Premium content

    Tit-for-tat trade curbs show both nations are prioritising political objectives over economic health

    A man holds up a gallium oxide wafer at the Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    Semiconductors
    Chipmakers race to curb emissions as demand surges

    Meanwhile sister companies with green energy knowhow look set to cash in

    Scientists research chips in laboratory
  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    LexRakuten Inc
    The Lex Newsletter: Mikitani should admit Rakuten Mobile has flopped Premium content

    Priority should be to shore up cash and improve group’s credit rating, not pump capital into its weakest link

    Rakuten chief Hiroshi Mikitani
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