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Beijing's new infrastructure binds Hong Kong to mainland
An interactive look at the string of Chinese-backed rail and real estate plans fusing city to Greater Bay Area
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China crests first infection wave since abandoning zero-COVID
Overloaded hospitals and morgues suggest true death toll is hidden and worst is to come
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Your predictions for Asia in 2023
Taiwan, Twitter and tanks: We asked our readers what's on the cards this year for geopolitics, business and more
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Chips, churches and China: The best of the Big Story 2022
A look back at some of Nikkei Asia's most memorable cover stories of the year
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Kazakhstan's love of bitcoin undimmed by 'crypto winter'
With 'fully legal' cryptocurrencies, the country hopes to compete in the big leagues of global finance
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South Korea's chip ambitions threaten big environmental toll
As chip giants like Samsung and SK Hynix expand production, locals fear water contamination
Women's Wealth
From Pakistan to the Philippines, women break open closed industries
Female pioneers make their mark as combat pilots, cricketers and chip technologists
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China's chip industry fights to survive U.S. tech crackdown
Battered by sanctions, Huawei leads the way in stealthily building a domestic semiconductor supply chain
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Inside the Trilateral Commission: Power elites grapple with China's rise
Enigmatic group linking Asia, the U.S. and Europe opens up on eve of 50th anniversary
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Asia's scamdemic: How COVID-19 supercharged online crime
Internet predators are often the prey in Thailand's lawless border zones
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The precarity of progress: Asia confronts post-pandemic era of insecurity
Amid the Ukraine war and rising inequality, is economic development really making lives better?
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Counting the cost of climate change
Developing countries seek compensation for 'loss and damage' from global warming at upcoming COP27 summit
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Xi's clean sweep: China marks new era with loyalist lineup
New standing committee shows party and the world Xi will brook no dissent in third term
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Dirty metals for clean cars: Indonesian nickel could be key to EV battery industry
Rich nickel reserves attract Chinese investment but environmental hurdles remain
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Self-isolated: China's lonely zero-COVID battle in spotlight as Xi seeks third term
As 20th Party Congress approaches, China appears trapped by draconian anti-virus policies
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The money blizzard: Asia's central banks reckon with the aftermath of COVID-19
Governments from Japan to Thailand grapple with inflation, currency chaos and 'zombie companies' after biggest-ever bailout
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Asia's ticking debt bomb: Sri Lanka crisis sounds alarm bells across region
Disaster looms in Laos, Bangladesh and elsewhere as China seems reluctant to take losses on Asian loans
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Vietnam's battle to climb the global value chain
The country earns global factory status but fears it will remain an 'assembly platform'
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Pakistan floods drive calls for climate justice
The rift between rich, carbon-emitting countries and the vulnerable, developing world is widening
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Strings pulled: Dissecting Japan's Unification Church problem
LDP scandal exposes religion's potential role in gender policy and LGBTQ rights
