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October 8th, 2020

DECOUPLING CHINA

Once a symbol of global integration, supply chains are now an economic weapon in a new tech war

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The Big Story

Inside the US campaign to cut China out of the tech supply chain

Apple, Google and others shift production to prepare for 'decoupled' global market

It started as U.S. government pressure on American companies to boycott specific Chinese entities. Now, that effort has widened to become a wholesale blockade of Chinese technology. 
Ant Group made a name for itself with its Alipay mobile wallet before branching out into a wide range of financial services.  
Business deals

Ant's mega IPO: Five things to know about the fintech king

Who controls it, who are its competitors and more as $35bn offering nears

The only way to eliminate the threat of COVID-19 somewhere is to eliminate it everywhere.
Opinion

A three-part plan to eliminate COVID-19

We need capacity, funding and systems to deliver to vaccinate people

The sale of Arm underlines Son's failure to create true value at the company.
Opinion

SoftBank's 'flip' of Arm Holdings reflects Son's short-termism

Sale leaves British chipmaker vulnerable in a polarized world

Gaming and shopping are two of the pillars on which Forrest Li has built Sea. (Source photos by Kentaro Iwamoto and Ken Kobayashi)
Business Spotlight

How Singapore's Sea is surfing Southeast Asia's digital wave

Gaming and e-commerce firm will 'not compromise growth potential,' says CEO

The headquarters of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group seen in Tokyo's Nihombashi district. 
Markets

Tokyo bourse contingency plan slammed after full-day closure

Critics say market needs to be resilient to software bugs

A surveillance camera is seen in front of a Huawei logo in Belgrade, Serbia.
Huawei crackdown

Sony and Kioxia seek US approval to bypass Huawei ban

Japanese suppliers face earnings risk from loss of key customer

"We have focused on business travelers taking mainly our international flights, but that demand will not come back to where it used to be," JAL President Yuji Akasaka told Nikkei Asia. (Photo by Manami Yamada)
Interview

COVID forces Japan Airlines onto new flight path, president says

Akasaka predicts permanent downturn in business travel for flag carrier

Jack Ma performs onstage during Alibaba's 20th anniversary party in Hangzhou, China on Sept.10, 2019. During the event, Ma stepped down as chairman of the company.
Companies

In pictures: Jack Ma, Alibaba's rock star founder, bows out

Teacher-turned-entrepreneur pioneered the world's largest e-commerce market

Climate change is altering Asia's seasonal monsoons, making rainfall more concentrated and exposing tens of millions to dangerous and economically damaging flooding.
Asia Insight

Flooded Asia: Climate change hits region the hardest

From China and India to Vietnam, millions face economic peril in coming years

Lee Rae-jin, the older brother of a South Korean fisheries official killed by the North Korean military, reacts during a news conference Tuesday in Seoul.
N Korea at crossroads

3 mysteries cloud South Korean's shooting death by North Korea

Grieving family casts doubt on allegation that victim defected to the North

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks with reporters during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 5. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
Interview

Suga: Tokyo can be global financial hub

Prime minister aims to inject diversity into boardrooms via corporate reform

Left: The headquarters building at Cambodia's Ream Naval Base as it stood on Aug. 22. Right: The demolished site on Oct. 1. (Photo courtesy of CSIS)
International relations

Cambodia naval base set to undergo China-led expansion

Washington fears shift as US-funded buildings seen demolished

Separated saffron stigmas are collected on a plate next to the flowers during the drying process in the Kashmiri village of Pampore, the "saffron capital of India." 
Life

Red gold: The rich tradition of Kashmiri saffron

1 kg of the prized spice can fetch as much as $4,000

The Everton Supporters Club of Malaysia usually gathers at a bar in Kuala Lumpur when matches are aired, but the bar has been closed during the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Lynn Choo)
Tea Leaves

Watching sports is just not the same

In Asia and England, soccer fans face the same loss of shared experience