Economy

A worker checks a wafer chip at a plant in Singapore. The head of the city-state's investment board expressed optimism for the local industry's prospects on Jan. 26.
Semiconductors

Singapore investment inflows show U.S. chip hunger amid overall dip

America's portion grows as China's shrinks; annual total falls to SG$11.8bn

26 January 2022
Chinese investments have been booming throughout Central and Eastern Europe over the last decade but new data show, in particular, that mergers and acquisitions activity shifted to Europe from the U.S. last year.
Economy

Chinese deal-making shifts to Europe amid U.S. tensions

Strict COVID-19 rules and regulatory hurdles weighed on outbound investment

26 January 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, pictured in Edinburgh in June 2021: many dread her passing.
Opinion

Britain's soft power is under siege

Genteel decline of the monarchy and BBC will encourage China and Russia

25 January 2022
Russian S-400 missile air defense systems, pictured in Kaliningrad region, Russia, in August 2020: Delhi's arms deals with Moscow risk attracting sanctions of its ally in Washington.
Opinion

Buying more Russian weapons will not lift India's economy

Young people need high quality jobs, not increases in defense spending

23 January 2022
A port in the Kaliningrad region of Russia in October: China accounts for a significantly larger portion of Russia's trade than vice versa.
International relations

Ukraine crisis looms large as China-Russia trade tops record $140bn

Moscow relies more heavily on Beijing as it girds for new Western sanctions

22 January 2022
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, meets with Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Jan. 20.
International relations

South Korea inks deal to lend Egypt $1bn for infrastructure

With Moon in Cairo, leaders also discuss sale of self-propelled howitzers

21 January 2022
The success of state-sponsored crypto heists will say much about the stability of Kim Jong Un's economy and nuclear ambitions.
Opinion

Will North Korea be the death of Bitcoin?

Pyongyang's $400m crypto haul is bad news for bellwether digital currency

20 January 2022
Immigration inspection officers march near a container ship at a port in Qingdao in November 2021: Beijing's zero-COVID approach will continue to suppress economic activity.
Opinion

The steps Xi must take to revive China's economy

Shifting priorities in Beijing have devastated confidence of private entrepreneurs

19 January 2022
A security camera overlooking a street in Beijing, pictured in November 2021: to blame Chinese-made surveillance cameras for the suppression of people overlooks the decisive roles played by the users of the technology.
Opinion

U.S. has no moral authority over China in tech development

Regulating tech is a challenge that requires cooperation, not finger pointing

17 January 2022
Kashmiri workers pack apples into boxes to be sold in markets across India. (Photo by Kaleem Geelani)
Trade

Kashmir's apple growers demand action against Iranian imports

Protests mount as prices plunge and unsold produce piles up

17 January 2022
Prior to winning November's presidential election in Honduras, Xiomara Castro of the leftist Liberty and Refoundation Party said if victorious, she would open diplomatic ties with China. But her team has since backtracked on that stance.
15 January 2022
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tours a bridge in need of repair in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 3, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Transportation)
Economy

Biden injects $27bn into America's ailing bridges

$1tn infrastructure law opens money spigot for badly needed upgrades

15 January 2022
Tech giants are like developing countries that lack the governing institutions to match their political power.
14 January 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi share a joke, as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison watches, at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November. (Photo courtesy of No. 10 Downing Street) 
Trade

U.K., India launch trade talks as London seeks Indo-Pacific pastures

'Deal with booming economy offers huge benefits,' Johnson says

13 January 2022
Pasture-raised hogs on Bowling Green Farms in Bryantown, Maryland. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Trade

Quad brings home the bacon: India to allow imports of U.S. pork

Agreement lifts decades-old hurdle to agricultural market

11 January 2022
A man uses his smartphone flashlight to light up his bowl of noodles at a restaurant during a blackout in Shenyang in September 2021: China is not the only one capable of making mistakes.
Opinion

World needs a long-term plan to avoid repeat energy crises

Counterproductive short-term fixes will only lead to more economic pain

7 January 2022
Settling on an uninhabited island called Catan, players expand their camps with resources obtained by rolling the dice. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
Interview

Catan inventor Klaus Teuber: Board games make us laugh together

No. 2 behind Monopoly fosters cooperation, competition, fairness and nonviolence

3 January 2022
Telenor's sale of its stake in Wave Money will be the largest fintech deal in Myanmar since Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing took power on Feb. 1, 2021. (Source photo by AP and Reuters)
Telecommunication

Telenor to divest Wave Money, exit Myanmar mobile banking

Military surveillance a major concern in biggest fintech deal since takeover

3 January 2022
People stand in front of the spice market also known as the Egyptian Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey.
Interview

Turkey weighs inflation-protected lira bonds to bolster currency

Bank deposit guarantee will attract $16bn in 1st month, Erdogan's financial adviser says

1 January 2022
The Bund promenade in Shanghai: Rapid improvement in education, productivity and trade help underpin China's position as an ascendant power, Dalio says.
Interview

U.S. vs. China: Internal order will decide victor, Ray Dalio says

Hedge fund Bridgewater founder sees Beijing checking off the right boxes

1 January 2022
Since 2020, many countries have experienced their worst economic crisis in decades with the COVID-19 pandemic.  (Photo by Harue Matsushima)
Economy

Can capitalism bring happiness?

Experts prescribe Scandinavian models and attention to well-being statistics

1 January 2022
Air quality in Basra, Iraq is extremely poor as oil refineries continuously flare toxic gas.
Climate Change

Divestment in oil industry adding to global pollution problems

Transfer of green tech to sector slows as Chinese, Russian firms takeover

30 December 2021
Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai spoke with Nikkei about U.S.-China tensions and how companies can navigate them. (Photo courtesy of Fast Retailing)
Interview

Uniqlo won't choose between U.S. and China, CEO says

Yanai says Japanese companies must look abroad because home market has no future

30 December 2021
Wellheads painted in Ecuador's national colors at an oil rig of state oil company Petroamazonas.
Trade

Ecuador applies for CPTPP membership to diversify trade

South American nation seeks to reduce reliance on oil

29 December 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at a meeting with economists and academics at Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul on Dec. 24. (Photo courtesy of the presidency)
Markets

Turkish elections may hinge on short window of lira calm

Erdogan says forex 'bubble' has burst and country heading for stable summer

26 December 2021