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Analysis: Xi's new tax threatens China's invincible housing market

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Energy

Why is Asia paying five times more than America for natural gas?

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Belt and Road

Back to America: Pakistan pitches China's Belt and Road to U.S.

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Climate Change

Daikin chases 'rival' Tesla with new tech, driven by green pressure

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Finance

Shares of Chinese payment systems company plunge after FBI raid

| Hong Kong

Opinion

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Paying Japan asset managers more will not deliver higher returns

| Japan
Stephen Givens

Automobiles

Vingroup charges into Asian EV brand race in U.S. and Europe

| Vietnam

Economy

Sri Lanka's economy seen as a 'ticking time bomb'

| Sri Lanka

Coronavirus

China holds out on 'zero COVID' goal ahead of Beijing Olympics

| China

Life

Book review: Exploring the story of sushi, past, present and future

| Japan

Indo-Pacific

Analysis: Pentagon has a Pacific posture predicament

White House and admirals can't agree on how to deter China

| U.S.

The Big Story

Asia's self-destructive coal addiction

| Southeast Asia

Semiconductors

TSMC founder chides U.S. plan for full chip supply chain onshore

| Taiwan

Arts

What the Chopin Competition tells us about classical music's future

| Japan

Latest Headlines

Coronavirus latest: Beijing promises 'simple and safe' Winter Olympics

| East Asia

Analysis: Xi's new tax threatens China's invincible housing market

| China

China holds out on 'zero COVID' goal ahead of Beijing Olympics

| China

Vingroup charges into Asian EV brand race in U.S. and Europe

| Vietnam

Why is Asia paying five times more than America for natural gas?

| U.S.

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China's global vaccine gambit: Production, politics and propaganda

How Beijing has shaped the world's COVID immunization drive

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Interview

Evergrande crisis heralds more distressed debt: Howard Marks

Oaktree founder sees Chinese economy changing from constant boom to cyclical 'reality'

| China

China debt crunch

The rise and fall of Evergrande founder Xu Jiayin

| China

China debt crunch

Evergrande remains on brink despite averting default

| China

China debt crunch

China Evergrande shares tumble after failure of sale talks

| Hong Kong
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Nothing to 'like' about Facebook's impact on Asian democracy

Social media platform gives strongmen leaders power to silence opposing voices

| India
William Pesek
Lionel Barber

Wall Street doubles down on China

| China
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Richard Maude

Can ASEAN coexist with the Quad?

| Southeast Asia
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Ben Scott

International rules make U.S.-China conflict more likely

| China
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Japan drone maker's flying motorcycle to hit the skies next year

Shares of Chinese payment systems company plunge after FBI raid

Japan election

Japan ruling coalition within majority reach in election: Nikkei poll

Kishida's LDP in heated race in about 40% of single-seat districts

| Japan

Japan election

Japan's parties draw battle lines as election campaign begins

| Japan

Japan election

Japan's 30-year wage slump hangs over distribution debate

| Japan

Japan election

Kishida dissolves parliament for Japan election: 5 things to know

| Japan
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Climate Change

ASEAN urges developed world to lift climate financing over $100bn

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Afghanistan turmoil

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| Afghanistan

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What the Chopin Competition tells us about classical music's future

Rich multiplicity of spirit keeps Polish composer's work alive

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Tea Leaves

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Market Data

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    • -1.03%
    • Nikkei 225
    • 29,098.24
    • -7.77
    • -0.03%
    • Shanghai Comp.
    • 3,562.30
    • -35.33
    • -0.98%
    • Hang Seng
    • 25,628.74
    • -409.53
    • -1.57%
    • Singapore STI
    • 3,218.17
    • +13.60
    • +0.42%
    • Sensex
    • 61,143.33
    • -206.93
    • -0.34%
    • Dow Jones Ind.
    • 35,572.12
    • -184.76
    • -0.52%
    • USD/JPY
    • 113.78
    • -0.26
    • -0.23%
    • USD/CNY
    • 6.39
    • 0.00
    • 0.00%

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Automobiles

Hyundai Motor expects more chip shortage production disruptions

| South Korea

Technology

Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong fined $60,000 for sedative abuse

| South Korea

Electronics

Samsung family prepares to pay $10bn inheritance tax on Lee Kun-hee wealth

| South Korea

Commodities

Posco Q3 operating profit quadruples on rising steel prices

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Transportation

Indonesia and Foxconn in talks over electric vehicle investment

| Indonesia

Telecommunication

India's telecom price war threatens to hold up 5G investments

| India

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