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By Angelica AngJanuary 22, 2026

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TechBiden’s big play to attract foreign chip and EV investments could be stumbling as Samsung, TSMC, and others reportedly balk at high costs
By Lionel LimMarch 14, 2024

TechTikTok is trying to distance itself from Beijing but U.S. lawmakers aren’t having it: ‘There’s no such thing as a private company in China’
By Didi Tang and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2024

By Lionel LimMarch 13, 2024

LeadershipEast Asian societies have the world’s lowest birth rates—and are learning that ‘throwing a bit of money’ at the problem isn’t solving anything
By Lionel LimMarch 12, 2024

LeadershipChina’s richest person has a new headache: Nationalist Chinese social media users are claiming his bottled water brand, Nongfu Spring, is pro-Japan
By Lionel LimMarch 12, 2024

TechU.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo wants to double the size of the Philippines’ chip industry to fix a ‘way too concentrated’ supply chain
By Cliff Venzon and BloombergMarch 12, 2024

TechU.S. will ‘do whatever it takes’ to curb China’s access to cutting edge chips and might tighten controls, Commerce Secretary Raimondo says
By Andreo Calonzo, Philip J. Heijmans and BloombergMarch 11, 2024

TechThe Chinese company at the center of Biden’s crane concerns denies it’s a threat to U.S. national security
By Lionel LimMarch 11, 2024

TechEV competition in China is so fierce that built-in fridges are passé and Tesla-beating BYD offers drones and gaming-friendly detachable steering wheels
By BloombergMarch 10, 2024

TechThe rise and stunning fall of Paytm, which once had India’s largest IPO but is now the target of a central bank crackdown that could kill its business
By Nicholas GordonMarch 9, 2024


LeadershipAkira Toriyama’s death is being felt around the world as global leaders and millions of fans remember one of Japan’s most influential icons
By Nicholas GordonMarch 8, 2024

FinanceSaudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund gets an Uber-size stake in oil giant Aramco as it bets on airlines, video games, and sports
By Lionel LimMarch 8, 2024

LeadershipAkira Toriyama, whose Dragon Ball manga series sold over 260 million copies worldwide, dies aged 68
By Ryotaro Nakamaru and BloombergMarch 8, 2024

By Cagan Koc, MacKenzie Hawkins and BloombergMarch 7, 2024

TechA drop in deliveries triggers another round of price wars in the Chinese EV market—and that’s bad news for Tesla
By Lionel LimMarch 7, 2024

LeadershipBrazil’s vice president shares an X post featuring Goku and Pikachu to thank Toyota for its $2.2 billion hybrid car investment
By Lionel LimMarch 6, 2024

LeadershipIndonesia’s presumed next president wants the ‘very, very messy’ democracy to have 8% GDP growth within 5 years
By Lionel LimMarch 6, 2024

FinanceDemand for Pringles is so high, the manufacturer has to build more factories in Asia to keep up: ‘We’re selling every can of Pringles we can make’
By Leslie Patton and BloombergMarch 5, 2024

TechAMD, like Nvidia, tried to make a weaker chip for the Chinese market—but Washington says it’s still too powerful
By Jane Lanhee Lee, MacKenzie Hawkins and BloombergMarch 5, 2024

TechTesla’s weak China sales—and a 7.2% plunge in share price—help to knock Elon Musk off his perch as the world’s richest person
By Lionel LimMarch 5, 2024

TechAlibaba joins Silicon Valley peers like Microsoft in placing big bets on generative AI, leading $600 million financing round for Chinese AI startup MiniMax
By Jane Zhang and BloombergMarch 5, 2024

FinanceChina tries to project confidence with a 5% growth target—yet Goldman Sachs’ wealth management chief investment officer is telling investors to stay away
By Lionel LimMarch 5, 2024

FinanceTaylor Swift reportedly got millions from Singapore to only perform there in Southeast Asia. Now Thai and Philippine politicians are hitting back
By Philip J. Heijmans and BloombergMarch 4, 2024

FinanceChinese retailers like Shein have offered Americans deep bargains on clothes for years—but that could soon change
By Didi Tang and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2024

TechLi Auto wants to sell an electric minivan, complete with fridge and sofa, as it tries to stave off a sales decline
By Lionel LimMarch 4, 2024

FinanceJapan’s Nikkei index continues its record-breaking bull run by breaking 40,000 for the first time in its history
By Lionel LimMarch 3, 2024

TechJapan lost its early lead in chips to companies in Korea and Taiwan. Now a new TSMC project could lead the way to ‘a renaissance of semiconductors’
By Lionel LimMarch 2, 2024
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