Yesterday
‘Old friend’: Indonesia’s Prabowo meets Xi in first foreign trip
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, met China’s President, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Monday on his first foreign trip since his election.
- Ryan Woo
This Month
OpenAI to open Tokyo office as part of global expansion
The Japan office will be its first in Asia. It will be the third international location after opening offices in London and Dublin last year.
- Shirin Ghaffary and Akemi Terukina
World Bank warns of slowing growth across Asia amid China slump
The drag is partly due to the expected deceleration in the world’s second-largest economy, whose expansion is forecast to slow to 4.5 per cent this year.
- Claire Jiao
- Opinion
- East Asia Forum
China has prioritised security over economic growth
The US must avoid setting its strategic goals in a way that implies it is trying to keep China eternally weak and isolated.
- Updated
- David Lampton and Thomas Fingar
- Exclusive
- China
BHP executive criticises Xi, predicts China’s decline
Chief economist Huw McKay says Xi Jinping’s ideological grip over state-owned enterprises is hurting the Asian superpower.
- Aaron Patrick and Michael Smith
China’s factory expansion is new sign of recovery
While the industrial sector expanded for the first time in six months, China is still grappling with a deep property slowdown and weak investor confidence.
- Fran Wang
Indonesia vows to speed up nickel output despite global glut
A deputy minister says the government wants to expand nickel production to achieve “price equilibrium” to support sustainable demand for EV batteries.
- A. Anantha Lakshmi
March
- Analysis
- China relations
China’s trade coercion tactics on ice as wine tariffs removed
With the end of the tariffs, Australia is being lauded as an example in other sanction-hit countries like Japan, Korea and Taiwan of how to stand up to Beijing’s bullying.
- Updated
- Michael Smith
‘Cost blowouts’: China fails to deliver megaprojects
China is unlikely to meet $77 billion in Belt and Road Initiative commitments in South-East Asia, research shows.
- Michael Smith
Xi Jinping meets with American CEOs as trade tensions rise
China is seeking to shore up confidence amid a slowdown in foreign investment, which slumped to a 30-year low last year by one measure.
- James Mayger
Keating succumbs to Chinese ‘grey zone’ influence: Taiwan
One of Taiwan’s top diplomats says former prime minister Paul Keating fell victim to Chinese “grey zone” influence.
- Jessica Sier
Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations
Japan has long restricted arms exports under the country’s pacifist constitution, but has taken steps to deregulate amid rising regional and global tensions.
- Mari Yamaguchi
North Korea claims Japan’s PM wants summit with Kim to ease tensions
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida communicated his intention to meet with the reclusive leader.
- Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung
High-flying Hong Kong bankers become a lost generation
Out of work or facing deep salary cuts, some fear that this is not even rock bottom as US-China geopolitical tensions fracture capital markets.
- Lulu Yilun Chen and Denise Wee
US, Japan plan biggest security upgrade in more than 60 years
Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida are to announce the move to counter China at a White House meeting next month.
- Demetri Sevastopulo and Kana Inagaki
Beijing blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers
The stricter government procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft’s Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options.
- Ryan McMorrow, Nian Liu and Qianer Liu
China at ‘fork in the road’ on reforms to boost demand
IMF head Kristalina Georgieva says the world is heading for subdued growth.
- Updated
- Joe Leahy
China scrutinises PwC role in $118b Evergrande fraud case
Authorities are examining the role of PwC in China Evergrande Group’s accounting practices after the developer was accused of fraud.
- Bloomberg News
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
As Japan lifts interest rates, the real tests are yet to come
It is what the US Fed does rather than the Bank of Japan that will decide whether the country returns to solid growth or not.
- Robin Harding
‘Raided, arrested’: Hong Kong security law threat to Western business
The measures, which further tighten national security laws imposed by Beijing in 2020, fuelled concerns about Hong Kong’s future as Asia’s business hub.
- Updated
- James Warrington and Sarah Newey
