Daigou, or personal shoppers for mainland Chinese consumers, used to account for billions of dollars of products sold by Australian businesses.

The Australian PM was incensed after Musk’s X ignored a court order to remove videos of a stabbing attack in Sydney.

Two stabbing incidents involving a man and a teenager have put Australia’s social tensions under the spotlight.

The government’s ongoing public-sector job cuts have resulted in the worst-ever employment market, recruiters say.

Canberra insists the Aukus submarines are being acquired to strengthen Australia’s defence, and maintain that the nation will have sovereignty over the vessels.

Despite having a wealth of innovative start-ups, Malaysia can’t seem to attract the same amounts of venture capital funding as its regional rivals. But all that could change.

Nepal and the Philippines are Australia’s top source markets for international students, after China and India. Lax oversight, regulations and visa rules that allow unlimited work rights are part of the reason.

Few members of Australia’s Asian diaspora have been nominated as Canberra’s 10 new Southeast Asian business champions to boost commercial ties with Asean.

Restaurants have been forced to scale back as the global economy continues to slow, with inflation, higher costs of living and other factors taking their toll.

In a ‘positive’ meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says both countries should always seek to be partners and respond to global challenges together.

A lack of risk appetite for developing markets and different ways of doing business are among the factors holding back Australian investors, experts say.

Yanis Varoufakis says diplomacy is a ‘far better way’ for Canberra to engage with Beijing, and that the Aukus deal would ‘turbocharge a new Cold War’.

Manila and Canberra’s interests are ‘intertwined’, President Marcos Jnr said in remarks seen as a subtle message to China it has the West’s security support if needed.

He also called out the West’s hypocrisy in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but not supporting a ceasefire in Gaza.

Southeast Asian nations typically avoid a zero-sum position between superpowers US and China, analysts say, despite growing Chinese influence in the region.

The Philippines is determined to rely on diplomacy to resolve the row with China, with which it has historical ties, President Marcos Jnr said in Australia.

Read on for the Nepali businessman’s thoughts about giving back to society – and his dream of creating ‘small universes under a big universe’ for his company.

In a wide-ranging interview with This Week in Asia, the third-generation inheritor of one of Asia’s most visible corporate brands said he had set his sights on elevating his home nation.

Asia continues to have some of the widest gender pay gaps, with women facing deep-rooted obstacles to financial security or access to jobs.

The ship might have sailed on Australia’s nickel industry, but there’s still time for lithium, rare earth and many other green technology minerals.

The third-generation heir to Malaysia’s famous snack brand talks about family legacy, making Instagrammable products – and why Mamee isn’t a ‘family business’.

The youngest daughter of Indonesian tycoon Sukanto Tanoto talks about the family business, the rise of climate-friendly industries – and explains why China remains crucial to the world economy.

As Asia’s richest families prepare to hand down US$2.5 trillion in wealth by 2030, an intergenerational divide emerges over how and where the money should be spent.

Canberra has placed nickel in its critical minerals list, which allows industry players access to billions of dollars.

Analysts say there will be ‘considerable community concern’ if an ally of Australia incarcerates a local journalist for doing his job.

Food inflation and public furore over potential price gouging by Australia’s supermarket duopoly are pushing more people to shoplift groceries.

In a soft-power move that is becoming a staple in the Australia-PNG relationship, Canberra will extend funding of PNG’s professional rugby team in the Queensland cup.

Canberra says its latest measures are aimed at preserving the housing supply for local buyers and tenants.

Canberra says the business visa programme remains open, despite multiple reports in the past weeks saying it had been ‘axed’.

Australia’s former foreign minister Bob Carr and 49 others are supporting an appeal for easing of hostility between the two superpowers.