Workers put up a solar panel on the rooftop on the outskirts of New Delhi, India on February 20. Photo: AP

Opinion | Asian economies must go green to keep their competitive edge

Countries such as Bangladesh and Cambodia may face hurdles when trading with developed nations due to new cross-border environmental regulations. Asian markets can embrace sustainability through artificial intelligence, clean energy investments and more collaboration among industries.

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Opinion | The real reason Macron openly suggested Western troops in Ukraine

A dragged-out war, a boon for the US, will leave Europe drained and weaker as a geopolitical player. In suggesting Western troops in Ukraine, Macron has shone a spotlight on the unviability of Nato’s strategy

A dragged-out war, a boon for the US, will leave Europe drained and weaker as a geopolitical player. In suggesting Western troops in Ukraine, Macron has shone a spotlight on the unviability of Nato’s strategy

19 Mar 2024 - 10:13AM

My Take | Police in West increasingly ignore ‘minor’ crimes

‘Unfree’ Hong Kong people should be grateful their police still respond to their complaints and calls, while keeping their streets safe.

‘Unfree’ Hong Kong people should be grateful their police still respond to their complaints and calls, while keeping their streets safe.

18 Mar 2024 - 9:00PM

Inside Out | How will the world satisfy AI’s voracious appetite for electricity?

It’s not just how we can produce and afford the electricity, but also how we ensure we don’t aggravate global warming and squeeze domestic water supplies.

It’s not just how we can produce and afford the electricity, but also how we ensure we don’t aggravate global warming and squeeze domestic water supplies.

17 Mar 2024 - 9:15PM

Opinion | Welcome thaw in Arctic relations but Russia’s shadow looms large

After two years of frosty relations and a stalled LNG project in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there is sign of a thaw amid pressing climate concerns: Arctic Council working group meetings are resuming virtually.

After two years of frosty relations and a stalled LNG project in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there is sign of a thaw amid pressing climate concerns: Arctic Council working group meetings are resuming virtually.

17 Mar 2024 - 10:07AM

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Kenyan graffiti artist Kevin Agwona, popularly known as “Bankslave”, stands in front of his mural advocating for clean air, during the sixth UN Environment Assembly, in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 29. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Rich world must follow China’s lead and support Africa’s green revolution

Rising temperatures and falling agricultural productivity are not just harming food security but exacerbating human displacement and the potential for conflict. Africa needs wealthy nations to join China in funding its climate change fight and supporting its push for green mobility.

16 Mar 2024 - 4:30PM

Outside In | What price chocolate as climate change hits cocoa crops of poor farmers?

Chocolate will stay expensive as the cocoa crop faces existential challenges while demand continues to surge, including from China. The most urgent task is to grow cocoa without harming the environment, and ensure that cocoa farmers can lift themselves out of poverty in the process.

Chocolate will stay expensive as the cocoa crop faces existential challenges while demand continues to surge, including from China. The most urgent task is to grow cocoa without harming the environment, and ensure that cocoa farmers can lift themselves out of poverty in the process.

15 Mar 2024 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Middle powers’ global clout is growing but not in power politics

The growing influence of middle powers – those too small to be superpowers but still seen as ranking above developing countries – can shape global events. But, as long as great powers can ignore them with unilateral action or by using their veto, this influence is unlikely to shake the core of power politics.

The growing influence of middle powers – those too small to be superpowers but still seen as ranking above developing countries – can shape global events. But, as long as great powers can ignore them with unilateral action or by using their veto, this influence is unlikely to shake the core of power politics.

15 Mar 2024 - 9:09PM

Opinion | Australia summit shows Asean wants climate partners. Hong Kong, step up

Melbourne meeting reaffirmed Asean’s carbon neutrality strategy and unveiled partnerships with Australia. Asean’s climate investment gap is a chance for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.

Melbourne meeting reaffirmed Asean’s carbon neutrality strategy and unveiled partnerships with Australia. Asean’s climate investment gap is a chance for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.

15 Mar 2024 - 9:30AM

Opinion | The real reason for US, EU gripes about Chinese overcapacity

They are defensive because China threatens their dominance in advanced manufacturing, but fail to see how Chinese manufacturing helps the global energy transition and benefits Global South consumers.

They are defensive because China threatens their dominance in advanced manufacturing, but fail to see how Chinese manufacturing helps the global energy transition and benefits Global South consumers.

15 Mar 2024 - 5:30AM

Opinion | The risks and rewards as China makes a big push for science and tech

Amid a US tech war, China is boosting its war chest by 10 per cent and focusing on basic research, moves that could establish its tech supremacy. But internal challenges remain.

Amid a US tech war, China is boosting its war chest by 10 per cent and focusing on basic research, moves that could establish its tech supremacy. But internal challenges remain.

14 Mar 2024 - 6:52AM

Opinion | There’s more than one approach to multipolarity. Ask China and Russia

As multipolarity becomes a trend, it’s necessary to compare differences among emerging nations as well as between those countries and the West. Russia and China have a close strategic partnership but very different outlooks and behaviour on the world stage.

As multipolarity becomes a trend, it’s necessary to compare differences among emerging nations as well as between those countries and the West. Russia and China have a close strategic partnership but very different outlooks and behaviour on the world stage.

13 Mar 2024 - 11:09PM

The View | However innovative, China needs a network to become chip self-sufficient

The Western semiconductor landscape is an intertwined global network, fostered by decades of collaborative research and intellectual property sharing. Beijing must learn to marshal its domestic and international resources in a similar way to realise its ambitions.

The Western semiconductor landscape is an intertwined global network, fostered by decades of collaborative research and intellectual property sharing. Beijing must learn to marshal its domestic and international resources in a similar way to realise its ambitions.

12 Mar 2024 - 9:12PM

Opinion | Australia’s offer to fund Asean security must be met with extreme caution

Amid US-China tensions, South China Sea spats and a tense Taiwan Strait, what the region needs to secure peace and economic security is not more weapons but greater diplomacy.

Amid US-China tensions, South China Sea spats and a tense Taiwan Strait, what the region needs to secure peace and economic security is not more weapons but greater diplomacy.

12 Mar 2024 - 5:30AM

Inside Out | Trade reforms swept under the carpet as WTO meeting achieves little

Little was expected of the thousands of trade officials gathered in the UAE for the WTO ministerial conference, and they delivered just that. At a time when pressure for reform and the need for global cooperation are mounting, the WTO is still struggling to get out of its own way.

Little was expected of the thousands of trade officials gathered in the UAE for the WTO ministerial conference, and they delivered just that. At a time when pressure for reform and the need for global cooperation are mounting, the WTO is still struggling to get out of its own way.

10 Mar 2024 - 8:30PM

Macroscope | China’s rise as world’s green factory has put West on the back foot

China’s growing dominance in solar panels, electric cars and batteries is putting US and European manufacturers at a disadvantage and is attracting defensive hostility.

China’s growing dominance in solar panels, electric cars and batteries is putting US and European manufacturers at a disadvantage and is attracting defensive hostility.

9 Mar 2024 - 5:30PM

Opinion | Second Trump term would worsen Palestinian cause

The former US president has a track record of helping Israel at the Palestinians’ expense. If he wins a second term, Donald Trump’s foreign policy could lead to increased warfare in the region.

The former US president has a track record of helping Israel at the Palestinians’ expense. If he wins a second term, Donald Trump’s foreign policy could lead to increased warfare in the region.

9 Mar 2024 - 7:59AM

Opinion | In a risky, fragmenting world, we can all forge our own development path

Whether it’s macroeconomic modelling or export-led industrialisation, the game has changed with peak globalisation, technology diffusion and climate change. Development and how to finance it is the question, and brave countries can adopt very different models from the past.

Whether it’s macroeconomic modelling or export-led industrialisation, the game has changed with peak globalisation, technology diffusion and climate change. Development and how to finance it is the question, and brave countries can adopt very different models from the past.

8 Mar 2024 - 9:55PM

Opinion | Focus on industrial policy holds promise, and risk, for China’s economy

As China pursues its economic goals, it must pay attention to the delicate balance between ambitious growth and the sustainable management of resources. Pursuing economic growth via domestic industrial policy without due caution risks making inequality worse and exacerbating trade frictions with other countries.

As China pursues its economic goals, it must pay attention to the delicate balance between ambitious growth and the sustainable management of resources. Pursuing economic growth via domestic industrial policy without due caution risks making inequality worse and exacerbating trade frictions with other countries.

8 Mar 2024 - 4:30PM

Opinion | As Trump 2.0 looms, China and EU must overcome their differences

Trump is likely to escalate hostilities against China and the EU, with higher tariffs and a possible US exit from Nato. To prepare, Beijing and Brussels must start tackling their geopolitical, security and trade differences.

Trump is likely to escalate hostilities against China and the EU, with higher tariffs and a possible US exit from Nato. To prepare, Beijing and Brussels must start tackling their geopolitical, security and trade differences.

6 Mar 2024 - 9:36PM