China’s carmakers cut supplier payment cycles amid Beijing’s price war crackdown
Major Chinese carmakers have cut their lengthy supplier payment cycles – previously used to offset costs and stay competitive in the country’s vast auto...
Government Poll Shows Public Support for Defense Exports as Tokyo Considers Easing Key Restrictions
On January 9, Japan’s Cabinet Office released survey data showing that 68.3% of respondents broadly backed promoting defense equipment exports under certain rules, with...
Is Japan’s US$550-billion promise to Trump just a ‘signing bonus’ with strings attached?
Despite US President Donald Trump having congratulated Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her recent election triumph, Tokyo is under pressure to deliver on...
Hong Kong banks’ profit growth slows as rising bad debts offset wealth-management income
Hong Kong’s retail banks posted 7.3 per cent pre-tax profit growth last year, as rising bad debts and a narrower net interest margin offset...
Singapore budget: Lawrence Wong unveils AI ambitions in uncertain world
Singapore’s leader and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong has announced that the country will move aggressively to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) with help extended to...
Japan will soon learn how far Takaichi can ride her luck
For many decades, Australia was known as the “lucky country”. Its long period of uninterrupted growth stretching back to the 1990s was a rarity...
Free trade or fortress Europe? The battle for the soul of the EU economy
A 16th-century Flemish castle is the setting on Thursday as European leaders try to resolve a set of economic tensions haunting Europe that are...