Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Letters to the Editor, September 14, 2012

14 Sep 2012

Dialogue key over national education

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's decision not to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Russia, which no former chief executive has...

2:26AM

Still searching for the Apec identity

14 Sep 2012

Former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans famously quipped that Apec was "four adjectives in search of a noun". Almost two decades on, not much seems to have changed, with the gathering...

2:20AM

Hu Jintao pledges boost for world economy despite China slowdown

9 Sep 2012

President Hu Jintao yesterday warned of a further slowdown in the Chinese economy and pledged to boost domestic demand to help counter the obstacles hindering a global recovery.

4:06AM

Australian prime minister Gillard leaves Apec summit as father dies

9 Sep 2012

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard left the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Russia early to return home after learning of her father's death.

5:14AM

HK has much to gain from TPP trade pact

6 Sep 2012

Far removed from today's headlines for the most part, a small but highly influential group of major trading countries has been meeting over the past two years to map out the next generation of...

1:22AM

Don't just wait for Russia to look East

5 Sep 2012

Russia's head lies in Europe while its feet paddle in the Pacific. It is the only European country that is also a Pacific nation, an attribute reflected in its former imperial, and now resurrected...

11:51PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

Updated 4:40AM

Russia's far east should be on Apec's agenda

The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation grouping was once described by former Australian premier Paul Keating as "a talk shop of debatable output".

2:46AM

HK economy contracts 0.1pc on decline in exports

Hong Kong's economy contracted 0.1 per cent in the second quarter, reversing the 0.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter growth in the first three months of the year.

11:27PM

Wary applause as China's trade soars in May

China's exports and imports increased sharply in May but economists said the encouraging data did not signal a turnaround for the slowing economy.

5:16PM

Hong Kong is well placed to ride out coming slump

These are nervous days in Hong Kong. Earlier this week Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said there are turbulent times ahead, warning that Hong Kong's economy will suffer if the euro-zone...

5:04PM

Strong and steady

Hong Kong's home prices are still hovering at record levels despite fresh local economic worries and uncertainty about the euro-zone debt crisis arising from election results in France and Greece...

3:40PM

Shaky global economy clouds Hong Kong outlook

We at the IMF have become more cautiously optimistic in our outlook for global growth over the past few months.

2:39PM