Yili products at a market in China. Global consumption of fresh dairy items is expected to grow by 22% from 2021 to 2030. (Photo by Shin Watanabe)
Food & Beverage

China dairy giant Yili on aggressive overseas shopping spree

Investments in New Zealand and at home spurred by upswing in global demand

7 December 2022
A secured transport arrives at the extra secure court in Rotterdam, on June 22, 2021, prior to the hearing on the extradition of Tse Chi Lop, who was one of the most wanted drug criminals in the world.
Society

Asia's 'El Chapo' to be extradited to Australia in weeks: lawyer

Tse Chi Lop's drug trafficking operation had global reach, documents show

6 December 2022
Anthony Albanese greets Fumio Kishida in Perth on October 22: Japan and Australia agreed at their annual leaders' meeting to seek bilateral consultations in the event of regional contingencies.
Opinion

U.S. will listen more to Australia and Japan if they speak together

Tokyo-Canberra partnership is about both managing Beijing and managing Washington

6 December 2022
A Tesla showroom in Singapore. U.S. electric car maker on Dec.7 will open its showroom in Thailand, Southeast Asia's second largest auto market.
Your Week in Asia

Memorial service for Jiang Zemin, Tesla enters Thailand, IPEF meeting

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

4 December 2022
Steve Tabbah, a sales representative at a local solar panel installation company, has seen a huge increase in orders. (Photo by Fumi Matsumoto)
Environment

Solar power a shining light for Australians hit by high energy prices

Environmental concerns also pushing many toward cleaner energy

1 December 2022
Walison the clown of Hudsons Circus started out in his native Brazil as a general circus hand, before training as a motorcycle stunt rider and then discovering a natural talent as a clown. (Photo by David Roma, courtesy Hudsons Circus)
Life

Australia's 'big tops' a model for 21st-century circuses

Traditional traveling shows have moved with the times and growing restrictions

30 November 2022
The world's first hydrogen carrier arrives from Japan at the Port of Hastings in Victoria, Australia, on Jan. 20: Hydrogen is not a new source of energy but a form of energy storage. (Handout photo from HySTRA)
Opinion

Japan and South Korea must recognize blue hydrogen is not clean

Even direct use of fossil fuels can involve lower greenhouse emissions

28 November 2022
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opens her speech in the native Maori language at the Forbes Women’s Summit 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Politics

What can Asia learn on gender from New Zealand? Ardern has ideas

Look beyond aggressive, 'knives-out' politics, PM says on Vietnam trip

26 November 2022
Left: Men of Australia's Toowoomba region in the 1870s. Right: Detail of an image showing a convoy of loaded drays similar to the convoy ambushed in 1843 by Indigenous warrior Multuggerah. (Nikkei Asia Montage/John Oxley collection, Samuel Gills painting; Hamel & Ferguson) 
Life

Australia grapples with explosive history of frontier wars

Commemoration of long-dead warrior highlights resistance to colonists

23 November 2022
A vendor walks in an alley decorated with national flags in Hanoi.
DealStreetAsia

IFC looks to invest $320m in three Vietnamese banks

International lender has been operating in country since 1997

22 November 2022
Anthony Albanese, left, meets Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali on Nov. 15: What we are witnessing is a shift in China's tactics, but not its strategy.
Opinion

China and Australia are going back to business, without illusions

Mutual suspicions too great now for relationship to return to previous warmth

21 November 2022
President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, signalling in a speech that he wants to thaw frosty relations between the two countries.
Indo-Pacific

Xi sheds 'wolf-warrior' coat on return to world stage

Third term gives China's leader freer hand to chart new courses

15 November 2022
In his new book, "The Lucky Laundry," Nathan Lynch examines Australia's role as a "major international hub" for laundering illicit funds.
Economy

Australia 'economically vulnerable' to money laundering: expert

Author says dependence on foreign funding makes it 'international hub'

15 November 2022
From left to right, Yessie Mosby, Anjali Viswamohanan, Chongrak Thinagul and Jose Cobangbang IV have a wide range of reasons for being at the world's largest climate summit.
COP27

'Why I'm at COP': Climate summit attendees tell their stories

Huge conference in Egypt drawing thousands of people from around the world

13 November 2022
A B-52 Stratofortress prepares for refueling over Afghanistan during a close-air-support mission in this undated handout photo. 
Indo-Pacific

U.S. nuclear bombers find home in Australia as China tensions rise

War threat leads to upgrade of military ties between Canberra, Washington

12 November 2022
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov. 8.
COP27

Pay for climate change, Pakistan and others tell rich nations

Prime Minister Sharif calls his country's floods a 'man-made disaster' at COP27

9 November 2022
AGL operates three coal-fired power plants in Australia, including this one in the Hunter Valley.
Climate Change

Australia hastens coal plant closures to catch up on climate

Shift from coal could trigger tighter energy supplies, impacting Asia

8 November 2022
An excavator at the Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine. Australian exporters did well this year due to supply constraints magnified by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Market Spotlight

Australia's resource-led economy digs stock markets out of hole

Share prospects brighten as central bank nears end of rate-tightening cycle

7 November 2022
Made up of 80 small islands in the South Pacific, Vanuatu is at the forefront of destructive extreme weather events.
COP27

Vanuatu says cyclones, rising seas are 'human rights issues'

Climate envoy from small Pacific nation makes remark ahead of COP27

5 November 2022
IBC President Director Toto Nugroho speaks to Nikkei Asia in London at the Indonesia Investment Forum on Oct. 27. (Photo by Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa)
Companies

Indonesia Battery Corp. in talks with European automakers on EVs

IBC also plans to acquire Australian lithium mines, says top official

4 November 2022
Sydney-based Blackbird says it has backed over 100 startups. (Source photos by AP and courtesy of Blackbird) 
DealStreetAsia

Australia's Blackbird raises $640m in nation's largest VC fund

Company is key investor in graphic design platform Canva

3 November 2022
Rental residential operator Scape manages Australia’s largest student accommodation fund. (Photo from Scape Facebook page)
DealStreetAsia

Aussie student housing fund gets $645m from Canada pension

International students pouring back into Australia after border reopening

31 October 2022
A joint venture between China's Tianqi Lithium and Australian miner IGO started up a refining plant in Western Australia this past May. (Photo courtesy of Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia)
Supply Chain

Australia draws Chinese, U.S. lithium processors in EV supply chain shift

New investments close to mines diversify production away from top refiner China

25 October 2022
Shoppers look at produce at a shopping center in Sydney on July 27.
Economy

Australia looks to trim spending as slowdown looms

Government seeks to boost wages; planned tax cuts for top earners off limits

24 October 2022
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government presents its first budget since taking office earlier this year.
Your Week in Asia

Australia federal budget, AIIB annual meeting, Japan monetary policy

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23 October 2022