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Will China's digital yuan vanquish the dollar?
50 years after the 'Nixon shock,' a new era in international finance is dawning
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Leave them kids alone: Parents tire of China's world-beating education system
Cram schools and private tutoring curtailed to level the field and lower anxiety
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Losing Face: the perils of Facebook's Asia strategy
Compromises with regional governments speed access to growth markets
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Athletes upstaged by political drama as Japan's COVID Olympics open
Strict regime of isolation, masks and testing has not prevented outbreaks
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Anti-Asian attacks erode US image as Biden rebuilds Pacific ties
Trump's China rhetoric cited as source of bias against Asian Americans
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No exit: A generation of young Afghans faces the end of the US era
Chaos beckons as government forces collapse before Taliban onslaught
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The lives of the party: The Chinese Communist Party turns 100
Xi is the strongest leader in a generation. But is his strength the CCP's greatest weakness?
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The money pushers: The world is embracing Japan-style economics
While central bankers watch for inflation, the real danger in many countries may be stagnation
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Line in the sand: Chinese dredgers are stealing Taiwan, bit by bit
Officials split on whether 'gray zone' intimidation or rogue vessels
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China's tech workers pushed to limits by surveillance software
A vicious cycle of monitoring and overwork is fueling productivity -- and backlash
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Business of K-pop: Inside the pandemic-proof empire of BTS
How South Korean pop went from niche to global phenomenon
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How SoftBank taught the market to love lossmaking startups
A slew of IPOs may vindicate Masayoshi Son's growth-at-all-costs view
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Port in a storm: No end in sight to global shipping chaos
Behind the relentless online boom, stranded seafarers and soaring rates
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Biden's big Asia challenge: An A to Z survival guide
US has its work cut out in the world's biggest continent
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US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking champions
How Washington's sanctions boosted China's semiconductor sector
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Marriage equality in Japan: finally within reach?
In the only G-7 nation to prohibit same-sex unions, the mood is changing
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Air pollution: Asia's deadliest public health crisis isn't COVID
As governments fail to curb the world's worst air, millions are dying avoidable deaths
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Failed state: Myanmar collapses into chaos
A divided international response, a fractured country and a murderous regime