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  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    China’s stock rally for the ages shows power of crowds

    Market shunned by foreign investors suddenly skyrockets

    Montage of Chinese flag with bar chart design overlaid
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU member states agree to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

    China’s carmakers have been increasing market share in Europe

    New vehicles are being loaded on to special frame transports at the International Container Terminal in Taicang Port, Suzhou, China.
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    EU countries set to greenlight tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: European governments ramp up evacuations from Lebanon

    An aerial photo of BYD electric cars awaiting export
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    How to fragment the global economy Premium content

    The many ways in which the big blocs can make it hard to stay non-aligned

    Cranes used for shipping containers rise from the Port of Newark, visible across the water. In the foreground, people with bicycles stand near a railing looking out over the water
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    LexChinese equities
    Retail investors can sustain China’s market bounce Premium content

    Beijing’s stimulus efforts may not be enough to win over battered foreign investors

    Investors sit on chairs in front of an electronic stock board displaying rows of numbers and Chinese characters in red and yellow at a securities brokerage in Shanghai, China.
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Yen
    New Japanese prime minister’s dovish comments rekindle yen carry trade

    Currency falls after Ishiba says Japan’s economy is ‘not in an environment’ for further interest rate rises

    Shigeru Ishiba speaking to reporters at the entrance to the prime minister's office in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    Why the US can’t impose its will over global trade in electric cars

    The American market is too small to give Washington leverage over Chinese software in EVs

    An employee works at the BYD Coach and Bus manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    News in-depthIndian economy
    India’s economic mismatch: not enough jobs and not enough workers

    Employment crisis looms over Narendra Modi’s third term as opposition looks to unseat ruling BJP in regional polls

    Indian job-seekers attend a walk-in interview session at a state-level job fair organised by India’s Karnataka state government in Bengaluru
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s foreign investors hope stimulus will end ‘deep winter’

    International backers of Chinese equities want package to be accompanied by fiscal spending and reforms

    A bull statue in front of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
    China’s ‘World Bank’ gives backing to wave of renminbi bonds

    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will provide guarantees and support for developing nations’ ‘panda bonds’

    Jin Liqun speaks during an interview at the bank's headquarters in Beijing, with the AIIB logo in the background
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Automobiles
    European carmakers brace for a deeper and longer downturn

    Profit warnings have come from a sector facing weak sales at home, intense competition in China and slowing EV demand

    A man looks at an Volkswagen ID.Next concept car at an auto show in Shanghai
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessEleanor Olcott
    Signs of China’s troubles around Hainan’s white beaches

    Province is scattered with unfinished projects conceived when country’s growth appeared unassailable

    Ocean Flower Island, the artificial archipelago off the north coast of Danzhou in Hainan
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Chinese equities
    Chinese stocks surge 8.5% in best day since 2008

    Investors bet that rally which began with Beijing’s stimulus package has further to run

    Shanghai skyline with a rising bar chart in the background.
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Markets InsightStephen Roach
    Why China needs a ‘Three Arrows’ strategy

    Beijing should err on the side of acceptance rather than denial and make major efforts to avoid the mistakes of Japan

    China’s President Xi Jinping walks to the podium during a reception on the eve of National Day at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Japan’s biggest pension fund faces more pressure to deliver

    Changes to GPIF’s investment policies to take on more risk have been lauded — but the country’s system is under strain

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Thailand
    Thailand kicks off bumper cash handouts to boost ailing economy

    Long-awaited scheme may not be enough to turn around slow growth in south-east Asia’s second-largest economy

    An elderly person stands outside a bank in Bangkok, Thailand, holding multiple 1,000 baht banknotes after withdrawing money
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Chinese equities
    Chinese stocks post best week since 2008 after stimulus blitz

    Beijing’s pledge to support capital markets and economic growth targets also helps lift European stocks and metals prices

    A montage of Chinese president Xi Jinping and the emblem of the People’s Republic of China
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China’s bumper stimulus leaves consumers wanting more

    Struggling homeowners highlight Beijing’s challenge in reigniting consumer confidence

  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Middle East war
    Hizbollah’s exploding walkie-talkies probably among many counterfeits, says radio maker

    Director at Japan’s Icom stresses company discontinued devices 10 years ago

    Icom director Yoshiki Enomoto holds up the company’s V82 radio device
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Ikea
    Ikea says confidence returning in China after $1bn investment

    Ingka Centres opens retail and commercial centre in Shanghai amid economic slowdown

    An aerial view of the Livat Shanghai mixed-use development
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    LexHong Kong
    There is no quick recovery from Hong Kong’s property slump Premium content

    Despite last week’s interest rate cut, new home sales have only fallen further

    Tourists relax by the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Hong Kong
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China lifts markets with promise of more support for economy

    Chinese and European shares buoyed as politburo promises to drive investment

    Xi Jinping waves in front of a red backdrop and a Chinese Communist party flag with a yellow hammer and sickle
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    News in-depthIndustrial espionage
    How a Chinese billionaire’s Silicon Valley splurge caught the eye of the FBI

    Shan Xiangshuang’s $10bn buyout group quietly became a top US tech investor. That has triggered official concern

    A composite image of Shan Xiangshuang, an aerial photo of Silicon Valley and the FBI crest
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    China’s accelerating green transition

    Two-thirds of all new solar and wind power projects are based in the country. But to wean industry off coal, Beijing needs to set up a real energy market

    Montage of images of Xi Jinping against a backdrop of solar panels, wind turbines and power pylons
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Will China’s $100bn war chest for shares lift the real economy?

    Investors welcome ‘unprecedented’ central bank loans to try to boost markets but analysts say fiscal stimulus is needed

    A man walks past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing
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