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China’s population crash is so bad that it’s started taxing condoms and birth control pills

For a couple of decades the country’s one-child policy pushed fertility rates down. It worked, going from over seven in the early 1960s to 1.5 in 2015.

By Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
Singapore tries to give its flagging stock market a kickstart with a link to the NASDAQ, allowing firms to easily list in both places
By Angelica AngJanuary 16, 2026
Trump’s immigrant visa crackdown targets Southeast Asia’s Cambodia and Thailand, a decision experts find ‘puzzling’
By Angelica AngJanuary 15, 2026
The Philippines, ASEAN’s new chair, starts 2026 on a ‘weaker footing’ after trade tensions and a $2 billion corruption scandal
By Angelica AngJanuary 14, 2026
Two Southeast Asia 500 companies may merge—forming Malaysia’s largest construction conglomerate
By Angelica AngJanuary 13, 2026
Ascend Money wants to finance the 10 million-plus Thais currently being ignored by traditional banks stuck in the past
By Nicholas GordonJanuary 13, 2026
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AIAn AI-generated version of Trump’s voice is used in ad that promises an ‘all new Fannie Mae’ to tackle housing affordability
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
PoliticsMoscow cheers NATO crisis as the Ukraine war stifles Russia’s economy, forcing companies to use 4-day weeks and lay off workers
By Jason MaJanuary 18, 2026
EuropeEU mulls responding to Trump by reviving €93 billion tariff move
By Alberto Nardelli, Jorge Valero and BloombergJanuary 18, 2026
PoliticsArmy readies 1,500 paratroopers specializing in arctic operations for possible deployment to Minnesota if Trump invokes Insurrection Act
By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
BankingBlackRock’s Rick Rieder bid for Fed chair is gaining traction
By Josh Wingrove, Saleha Mohsin, Joshua Green and BloombergJanuary 18, 2026
PoliticsDemocrats think a war-powers resolution limiting Trump on Greenland would get more GOP votes than the one for Venezuela
By Stephen Groves and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
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Politics‘We believe in Allah, but we can’t do anything’: Somali shops reel in Minneapolis because ICE is bad for business
By Sarah Raza and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
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LeadershipEV giant BYD is getting serious about a Mexico plant, as Chinese EV makers hope the country can be a path into the U.S.
By Lionel LimFebruary 14, 2024
Tech‘Success breeds success’: How a 1,400-hectare plot became the hub of the global chip industry—and the world economy
By Lionel LimFebruary 11, 2024
TechBiden administration may restrict imports of Chinese EVs and their parts no matter where they are built
By MacKenzie Hawkins, Josh Wingrove, Jennifer Jacobs and BloombergFebruary 9, 2024
LeadershipLionel Messi’s no-show in Hong Kong will now cost the organizer $7.2 million in refunds to upset fans
By Alan Wong and BloombergFebruary 9, 2024
TechTwenty-one million Indonesians, almost the population of Florida, will go online by 2027. The country’s second-largest telco wants to ‘tap that opportunity’
By Lionel LimFebruary 9, 2024
FinanceSoftbank posts a $6.4 billion quarterly profit, its first in over a year, thanks to Arm, DoorDash and a surprise T-Mobile windfall
By Min Jeong Lee, Takahiko Hyuga and BloombergFebruary 8, 2024
FinanceAlibaba wakes up to competition from PDD and ByteDance, promising to ‘reignite’ growth as disappointing results send shares down 6%
By Lionel LimFebruary 7, 2024
TechTesla sold just one electric car in South Korea last month as some Korean consumers worry about vehicles made in China
By Heejin Kim and BloombergFebruary 7, 2024
FinanceThe CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank is taking a $3 million pay cut because of broken digital banking services
By Lionel LimFebruary 7, 2024
TechHuawei shrugs off U.S. sanctions to take top place in China’s smartphone market—but its new AI chips might be an even bigger achievement
By Nicholas GordonFebruary 6, 2024
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FinanceChina’s $7 trillion stock rout is getting so bad that officials are briefing President Xi Jinping on how they plan to rescue markets
By BloombergFebruary 6, 2024
LeadershipSoccer superstar Lionel Messi sat out an exhibition game in Hong Kong, and it cost the organizers $1.9 million in government money
By Nicholas GordonFebruary 5, 2024
TechSamsung’s billionaire chairman can lead the company without the threat of jail time after a court acquits him of stock manipulation charges
By Yoolim Lee, Sohee Kim and BloombergFebruary 5, 2024
RetailYour ‘made in China’ false eyelashes might have actually been made in North Korea: Report
By Hooyeon Kim and BloombergFebruary 4, 2024
TechA Taiwanese scooter startup is taking battery-swapping global—and wants to bring legacy brands like Yamaha and Suzuki along for the ride
By Lionel LimFebruary 2, 2024
FinanceChina’s EV makers continue to make inroads in Southeast Asia, as they double their market share in Thailand—the ‘Detroit of Asia’
By Lionel LimFebruary 2, 2024
TechIndiana poised to win a $15 billion chip packaging plant from South Korea’s SK Hynix that could solve a major bottleneck in the U.S. supply chain
By MacKenzie Hawkins, Yoolim Lee and BloombergFebruary 2, 2024
TechApple loses $84 billion in value after reporting weak sales in China, the ‘most competitive smartphone market in the world’
By Lionel LimFebruary 2, 2024
TechShou Zi Chew, CEO of ByteDance-owned TikTok, had to confront claims about ties to China in the U.S. Senate: ‘Senator, I’m Singaporean’
By Lionel LimFebruary 1, 2024
LeadershipByteDance CEO is mad at his employees for missing the AI wave. He’s the latest Chinese tech executive to fret about being too slow to adapt
By Lionel LimFebruary 1, 2024
FinanceA blizzard threatens to put a chill on the Lunar New Year holiday—and on Beijing’s hopes of boosting the economy
By Lionel LimJanuary 31, 2024
FinanceToyota sits on top of the world’s car market for the fourth year running, but an array of safety scandals could threaten its brand
By Lionel LimJanuary 30, 2024
FinanceSaudi Arabia orders state oil giant Aramco to drop new drilling investment in major U-turn, sparking questions over demand peak
By Rakteem Katakey and BloombergJanuary 30, 2024
LeadershipChina’s ambassador to the U.S. accuses immigration officers of harassing Chinese students: ‘This is absolutely unacceptable’
By The Associated PressJanuary 30, 2024
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FinanceBYD’s victory over Tesla may have come at a cost, as a lower-than-expected profit estimate pushes shares down almost 5%
By Lionel LimJanuary 30, 2024
TechToyota is suspending the shipment of 10 vehicle models after it found problems with diesel engine tests
By Supriya Singh and BloombergJanuary 29, 2024
TechCanon, best known for its cameras and printers, wants to undercut ASML and its $150 million chipmaking machines
By Lionel LimJanuary 29, 2024
FinanceEvergrande, the poster child for China’s property debt crisis, is ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court: ‘Enough is enough’
By Lionel LimJanuary 28, 2024
TechIndia’s population speaks over 100 languages. Microsoft thinks AI can bridge its linguistic gaps
By Nicholas GordonJanuary 27, 2024
FinanceBeijing is asking banks not to ‘blindly withdraw loans’ to China’s troubled real estate developers as Evergrande faces critical liquidation hearing
By Nicholas GordonJanuary 26, 2024
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