Economy

A barge displays the words "celebrate national security law" on Victoria Harbour on July 1; corporate footprints should be shrunk as the city becomes a less predictable environment.
Opinion

Hong Kong's national security law is bad for business

Operations can continue but controls on speech, data and media will get tighter

8 July 2020
Beijing has been encouraging major companies to list at home and for investors to buy.
Markets

Shanghai bourse's 29-month high bolstered by government help

Beijing seeks to dispel fears about capital flight in wake of Hong Kong crackdown

8 July 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has hit Asian economies hard. Conditions in the ASEAN5 countries and India are still deteriorating, with trade and movement of people restricted in an attempt to control the spread of the virus. 
Economy

ASEAN and India sink into deep minus growth: JCER survey

Acceleration of digitization expected due to COVID-19 pandemic

7 July 2020
Hong Kong's intrinsic feature of bridging two systems served it well, but this is no longer the case.
Opinion

China's yuan policy has made Hong Kong redundant

Greater global acceptance of currency means mainland centers like Shanghai can step up

7 July 2020
An armed riot policeman patrols a downtown area in Hong Kong.
Comment

Is Tokyo's financial moment finally here?

Chance exists but high tax rate and lack of investors still act as key barriers

4 July 2020
A textile worker lies down outside a factory after it was shut due to the lockdown in Bhiwandi, India, on Apr. 1: the worst is yet to come as a severe export slump lies ahead.
Opinion

Asia has an unemployment crisis waiting to happen

Export collapse will expose how tenuous many workers' jobs are

1 July 2020
China's Communist Party Chairman Deng Xiaoping meets British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a signing ceremony in 1984 confirming Hong Kong's transfer back to China in 1997.
Politics

China retreats from 50-year pledge of Hong Kong autonomy

Deng's compromise served economic needs that no longer apply for Beijing

30 June 2020
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on Sunday greets a voter during a walkabout ahead of the general election in Singapore.
Your Week in Asia

China's CO2 rules, Luckin investors meet, Singapore campaigning begins

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

28 June 2020
An aerial view of shipping containers stacked at a port in Hainan Province's Yangpu Economic Development Zone in May.
Economy

China's Hainan to be tariff-free to rival Hong Kong

Southern province aims to become world-class trading hub by 2050

23 June 2020
Pro-democracy protesters gather at a mall in Hong Kong on June 15. Such gatherings could become illegal under China's proposed security law.
Politics

Hong Kong's 'rule of law' put to test by primacy of security bill

New details show Beijing's move for sweeping control over city's courts

22 June 2020
Cathay has concentrated on the rare bright spot of cargo activities.
Opinion

Cathay Pacific bailout shows Asian airline recovery has a way to go

Domestic flights are coming back but international carriers need urgent help

19 June 2020
"We hope the economic recession, and our unemployment rate, will not be worse than in 2003 during the SARS period," Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, ahead the release of the jobless report.
Economy

Hong Kong's unemployment rate jumps to highest level in 15 years

Government to ease social-distancing measures to help bolster sagging economy

16 June 2020
At a meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing in May, members proposed a plan to create an East Asia digital currency based on a basket of Asian currencies.
Comment

China takes battle for cryptocurrency hegemony to new stage

Beijing backs private-sector-led East Asia digital money in challenge to US

14 June 2020
A for-sale sign stands in front of a home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Interest in overseas real estate is rising among wealthy Chinese.
Currencies

China's rich seek ways to move cash abroad before yuan weakens

Black-market dealers and Irish homes offer escape hatch

14 June 2020
Can Tokyo replace Hong Kong and Singapore as Asia's financial hub? Analysts list the many reforms the city must undertake to be able to compete.
Japan immigration

Japan fires up plans to scout Hong Kong talent for financial hub

But to be international business center, Tokyo needs access to China market

13 June 2020
HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank abandoned their usual political neutrality.
Opinion

Hong Kong national security law forces big business to choose sides

UK banks have come out in favor of Beijing proposal, drawing criticism

9 June 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday directed a task force led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to provide recommendations within 60 days on protecting investors from fraudulent practices at New York-listed Chinese companies.
Markets

Trump sets deadline for rethink of Chinese companies’ US listings

JD.com seeks up to $4.3 billion as NetEase raises $2.7bn in Hong Kong stock sales

5 June 2020
Klaus Schwab says the world must change "outdated" systems in the post-coronavirus era.  (Photo courtesy of WEF)
Interview

'Talentism' defines success in new capitalism, says Davos chief

Hong Kong will keep its economic power if it can retain its entrepreneurial spirit

3 June 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump described the group as “outdated” while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One on May 30.
International relations

Trump's G-7 expansion falls flat on reluctance to exclude China

Moscow uneager to alienate Beijing; members cool on Russia re-entry

3 June 2020
Some 25 Chinese companies raised $3.4 billion in initial public offerings last year on Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange.
Markets

China-US clash over stock market rules casts doubt over $1tn of listings

Hong Kong in lead to attract Chinese companies if Washington tightens audit rules

2 June 2020
Trump is desperate to blame Beijing for both the coronavirus and America's sudden plunge into recession.
Opinion

Hong Kong is collateral damage in Trump's new trade war with China

Rest of Asia can expect to suffer too if US president pursues strategy

1 June 2020
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters hold U.S. flags during a Thanksgiving Day rally at the Edinburgh place in 2019.
Interview

US cannot fix China in one day, says ex-diplomat in Hong Kong

Hasty decisions put Washington at risk of falling into trap: Kurt Tong

31 May 2020
Geely Automobile's sales dipped 34% on the year for the first four months of 2020.
Automobiles

China's Geely Auto to raise $825m from equity issue

Pandemic leaves country's carmakers facing tepid sales for third year

30 May 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 29.
30 May 2020
Many worry that China's new security legislation will dampen the free atmosphere that had drawn talent to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong protests

Hongkongers plot exit under shadow of security law

Beijing's clampdown fuels fears of brain drain to Taiwan and UK

30 May 2020