Nicholas Gordon

Nicholas Gordon

Nicholas Gordon is an Asia editor based in Hong Kong, where he helps to drive Coins2Day’s coverage of Asian business and economics news. He also handles commentary from the Asia-Pacific region, and serves as a co-chair for Coins2Day’s Asia conferences including Brainstorm Design, and supports the creation of Asia lists like the Southeast Asia 500. Prior to joining Coins2Day, he worked as a researcher and writer for a Hong Kong-based economic development think tank. He is a graduate of Harvard University and Oxford University.

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  • People visit a showroom for Japanese automaker Nissan in Tokyo on February 5, 2025. Nissan shares plunged on February 5 as media reports said the struggling Japanese carmaker was walking away from merger talks with rival Honda. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Nissan suspends merger talks with Honda, potentially ending the dream of a new Japanese car giant

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  • MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 12: A United States Postal Service truck is used to deliver mail on September 12, 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida. The National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors warned the Postmaster General that problems with the postal service might disenfranchise voters in the upcoming election. They cited USPS mail delivery delays and other issues. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Politics

    U.S. Postal Service reverses decision to stop accepting packages from China, after Trump ends ‘de minimis’ exemption used by Temu and Shein

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  • GM once dominated the China market. No longer.Magazine

    GM’s 100-year-old China business can’t keep up with the EV boom there

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  • QINGDAO, CHINA – JANUARY 05: In this photo illustration, the logo of Deepseek is displayed on a smartphone screen on January 5, 2025 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)Tech

    How a Chinese AI startup with a ‘joke of a budget’ won over experts—and spooked investors, the tech sector and the U.S. government

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  • Magazine

    Donald Trump is about to relaunch his trade war with China—and create even more corporate upheaval in the process

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  • Yun B. Choi, chairman of Korea Zinc Co., speaks during an interview at the company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Choi working to regain shareholders’ trust after being forced to scrap a $1.8 billion share sale last week, a setback in the bitter battle for control with the company’s top shareholder that he described as his “one real mistake.” Photographer: Jean Chung/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Korea Zinc wants to be a ‘U.S.-friendly’ producer of metals used in EVs and green energy. The chairman just needs to survive a nasty takeover battle first

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  • Signage at the Xiaohongshu Technology Co. headquarters in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Xiaohongshu part Instagram, part Pinterest has boomed in recent years as a combination of top influencers, its artificial intelligence technology and soft marketing tactics make it a lifestyle bible for many of China’s high-income earners. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    What is Xiaohongshu, the Chinese app also known as RedNote that’s topping the charts ahead of a possible TikTok ban?

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  • Tencent Holdings Ltd. offices in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. The US has blacklisted Tencent and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) for alleged links to the Chinese military, targeting the world’s biggest gaming publisher and top electric-vehicle battery maker in a surprise move weeks before Donald Trump takes office. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Tencent loses billions in market value after the U.S. accuses the video game giant of links to China’s military

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  • Sculptures of water buffaloes outside the Exchange Square complex, left, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Hong Kong had more than 2,700 single-family offices based in the city last year, following the government’s push to bolster its status as an Asian wealth hub. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Venture capital continued its slump in 2024—with Asian deals hitting their lowest count in a decade

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  • Can’t Wait to Learn, the edtech initiative from NGO War Child Alliance, won the this year’s Yidan Prize for education development.Tech

    How do you teach kids in a war zone? An award-winning edtech team explains how to support teachers in a crisis

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  • Gui Shengyue, chief executive officer of Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-listed arm of billionaire Li Shufu’s auto empire, posted earnings that beat estimates and reiterated an outlook for further sales growth this year despite a slowing Chinese car market. Photographer: Jessica Lee/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Geely, one of China’s biggest carmakers, resists the push to go all-electric

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  • Dan Shapero LinkedInLeadership

    Work trends like AI are forcing Asian professionals to adapt, and fast: ‘The pace of change is speeding up’

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  • Coins2Day Brainstorm DesignConferences

    Inside the secret history of Design for Good, an alliance between companies with $4 trillion in market cap to devise solutions to the world’s biggest problems

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  • Coins2Day Brainstorm DesignConferences

    General Mills’ top designer refreshed the Pillsbury Doughboy and risked defying its No. 1 rule: ‘Don’t break the billion-dollar brand’

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  • Anthony Lo, chief design officer of BAIC Group, speaking at Coins2Day Brainstorm Design in Macau on Dec. 5.Tech

    China’s rapid rollout of EVs has a downside: The cars all look the same

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