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  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    Aviation accidents and safety
    South Korean plane crash kills 179

    Officials confirm death toll after Jeju Air flight carrying 181 people bursts into flames on landing

    Fire and smoke rise from the tail section of the Jeju Air aircraft after it crashed and burst into flames at Muan international airport in South Korea on Sunday
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    Parag Khanna
    India is overlooking the climate drag on its economic growth

    The country’s climate-neutral GDP forecasts require urgent revision

    A farmer sprinkles pesticide on the field as smoke rises from the chimneys of a coal power plant as the demand for coal-based power plants has risen due to the prolonged heatwave spells, in Dadri, India,
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    European equities
    French stock market on track for worst showing since Eurozone crisis

    Politics and luxury goods weigh on benchmark Cac 40 index

    A trading floor inside the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris, France
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    Beijing seeks to curb ‘shakedown’ detentions of Chinese executives

    Senior figures at more than 80 listed companies were held by local authorities in 2024, FT analysis finds

    A silhouetted pedestrian on a bridge in front of Shanghai’s Pudong business district
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    The Big Read
    How America First will transform the world in 2025

    In different ways, the US, Russia and China have all become revisionist powers that are seeking radical change to the status quo

    US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017.
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    We need to think again about what the ‘A’ in AI signifies

    Looking at the technology through a different cultural lens casts its threat and promise in a new light

    Illustration of a robot made out of brightly wrapped boxes with red ribbons around them
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korea impeaches acting president as political turmoil deepens

    Opposition-led parliament ousts Han Duck-soo over impasse on judges to hear Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment

    Han Duck-soo speaks during a cabinet meeting
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Chinese military
    China launches biggest amphibious assault ship in projection of military power

    Vessel described as ‘light aircraft carrier’ unveiled a day after test flights of new fighter jet prototypes

    A colourful display of fireworks erupts into the sky during the launching ceremony for China's first Type 076 amphibious assault ship at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai.
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan’s Nikkei index heads for best year-end close since 1989

    Equity markets have finally surpassed bubble-era levels during rally led by domestic investors

    A person wearing a mask walks past an electronic stock board displaying the Nikkei index
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    BYD Co Ltd
    BYD fires subcontractor building Brazil EV factory after forced labour claims

    Brazilian officials say conditions were ‘extremely degrading’ at construction site for Chinese carmaker

  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    LexMacau
    Macau’s big money days are behind it Premium content

    Gambling crimes bill would be highly effective in enforcing Beijing’s crackdown on illicit capital outflows from China

    A close-up of a roulette table with gaming chips
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Singapore Exchange Ltd
    Singapore’s stock exchange hits 20-year low in listed companies

    Regulator aims to encourage more listings to stem trend of companies opting for US IPOs

    A person walks past a large sign of the Singapore Stock Exchange  prominently displayed outside its premises.
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Chinese society
    How a Mao-era system creates second-class citizens in modern China

    Calls grow to scrap hukou household registration system to unleash pent-up consumption

    Composite image showing a Chinese Household Register booklet on the left and a street scene of people on scooters in winter clothing on the right
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    ObituaryManmohan Singh
    Manmohan Singh, former Indian prime minister, 1932-2024

    As finance minister, he paved the way for a transformative liberalisation of the state-controlled economy

    Manmohan Singh during a press conference with his New Zealand counterpart after their meeting in New Delhi in June 2011
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Manmohan Singh
    India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh dies

    Oxford-educated economist liberalised the country’s economy and paved the way for strong growth

    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes closing remarks at a Brics summit in Durban in March 2013
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korean opposition moves to impeach acting president

    Han Duck-soo has refused to fill vacancies on the constitutional court hearing Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment

    Han Duck-soo
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Chinese economy
    World Bank lifts China growth forecast but calls for deeper reforms

    Multilateral lender says greater detail of policies is needed to bolster household and business confidence

    The Shanghai skyline
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Asia-Pacific equities
    India roars ahead of China to top Asian IPO rankings

    Fast-growing Indian market behind only the US in money raised by company listings

    People walk past electronic boards displaying stock figures in the atrium of the National Stock Exchange of India, in Mumbai
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    China’s EV sales set to overtake traditional cars years ahead of west

    Volumes forecast to rise 20% next year, smashing international projections and Beijing’s official targets

    A row of Dolphin compact hatchback electric vehicles lined up inside a brightly lit manufacturing facility in Thailand
  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
    LexGames industry
    Games console makers will get a power up in a slower market Premium content

    Ageing hardware is still going strong for the likes of Sony and Nintendo

    Person plays the ‘Astro Bot’ video game on a Sony PlayStation 5 console in Chiba, Japan
  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
    Chinese society
    China steps up campaign for single people to date, marry and give birth

    Women receive cold-calls about family planning and universities asked to offer ‘love courses’ to tackle demographic crisis

    A woman wearing light blue scrubs looks after babies in a post-partum care centre in Shanghai
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    News in-depthPrivate equity
    Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals

    Sales and listings of Chinese companies by world’s biggest buyout groups have ground to a halt, data shows

    A woman walks past a brightly lit McDonald's sign in Hong Kong,
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    India Business Briefing
    Bollywood is losing the plot Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Nandan Nilekani’s productivity tip, and my favourites from 2024

    Tiger Shroff in Rohit Shetty’s ‘Singham Again’
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    News in-depthSouth Korea Economy
    ‘A hostage situation’: South Korea paralysed in fight against Trump tariffs

    Companies fear political vacuum in Seoul will leave them vulnerable to tariffs and loss of subsidies

    A Samsung SDI new concept electric vehicle battery pack displayed at the InterBattery exhibition in Seoul
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Semiconductors
    US launches probe into Chinese semiconductor industry

    Investigation comes just weeks before Biden administration hands over to president-elect Donald Trump

    An employee in protective clothing examines a semiconductor wafer in a clean room at a semiconductor manufacturing enterprise in Fuzhou, China.
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