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Macroscope David Brown

Investors: get set for 2019, the year of living dangerously

17 Dec 2018 - 10:35pm

My Take Alex Lo

For the US, Hong Kong is already ‘just another mainland city’

14 Dec 2018 - 10:40pm 13

The View Richard Harris

Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng’s arrest: why it’s not all bad

14 Dec 2018 - 2:31pm 54

My Take Alex Lo

‘Boy Scout’ Canada caught in a nasty fight between two superpowers

12 Dec 2018 - 10:08pm 15

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 7. Photo: Bloomberg

Investors: get set for 2019, the year of living dangerously

With indicators turning negative and austerity the norm, investors may be well-advised to liquidate and remember that cash is king.

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Despite the facade provided by the Hong Kong Policy Act, Americans already treat Hong Kong as “just another mainland city” when it comes to the trading of strategic commodities. Photo: AP

For the US, Hong Kong is already ‘just another mainland city’

14 Dec 2018 - 10:40pm 13

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters

Britain should pause and step away from no-deal Brexit

14 Dec 2018 - 9:13pm 7

Huawei chief financial officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou leaves her home, escorted by a security guard, in Vancouver on December 12. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP

Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng’s arrest: why it’s not all bad

14 Dec 2018 - 2:31pm 54

Isolating firms such as Huawei and ZTE will only fragment 5G standards and services. Photo: Reuters

World will be worse off if US tries to kill Chinese telecoms giants

13 Dec 2018 - 11:11pm 12

Huawei executive Sabrina Meng Wanzhou’s arrest at Vancouver airport on December 1 came while President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump were holding crucial talks on the trade war. Photo: Handout

Canada caught in crossfire as Trump mixes business with politics

12 Dec 2018 - 10:08pm 13

Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig has been detained in China. Photo: AP

‘Boy Scout’ Canada caught in a nasty fight between two superpowers

12 Dec 2018 - 10:08pm 15

How often the Federal Reserve, under the direction of Jerome Powell, will raise interest rates in 2019 is one of the major questions for investors. Photo: AFP

As the US and the rest diverge, here’s what 2019 holds for investors

12 Dec 2018 - 10:25pm

Germany’s Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has led governments at local and state levels and having risen through the ranks of her party. Photo: AFP

Germany’s likely new leader will have to walk a tightrope

11 Dec 2018 - 11:21pm 1

Anti-Brexit demonstrators protest outside Parliament, in London on December 10, as Theresa May announced a postponement of a crucial vote on the Brexit agreement struck with EU leaders last month. Photo: AFP

May’s failed vote leaves UK on collision course with hard Brexit

11 Dec 2018 - 8:30pm 2

Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping faces the prospect of a long jail sentence. Photo: SCMP

Patrick Ho case should serve as a lesson for Chinese firms doing business abroad

10 Dec 2018 - 11:16pm 17

Brexit supporters take part in the “Brexit Betrayal Rally” in London on December 9. Photo: Xinhua

Theresa May’s desperate Brexit deal should be put to the people

10 Dec 2018 - 6:34pm 6

Slumping economic data from China may not be all investors have to worry about in the near future. Photo: Simon Song

Forget ‘America first’, it’s time for a ‘China first’ stimulus

10 Dec 2018 - 10:32pm 6

Don’t ask why US acted against China’s Huawei. Ask: why now?

Don’t ask why US acted against China’s Huawei. Ask: why now?

12 Dec 2018 - 8:45pm 73

How Donald Trump’s ‘disruption’ may ultimately be good for global trade

How ‘disruption’ under Trump may benefit global trade

10 Dec 2018 - 10:27am 2

Forget Trump-Xi trade war ‘truce’, the US-China rivalry is just getting started

Forget the ‘truce’, the Trump-Xi rivalry is just getting started

10 Dec 2018 - 2:50pm 25

The seizure of the Huawei executive could not have come at a worse time, and it is essential the truce between Washington and Beijing holds. Photo: Reuters

Focus should remain on talks in trade war despite Meng arrest

12 Dec 2018 - 8:51pm 5

Huawei’s chief financial officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou. Photo: Reuters

Huawei more wronged than doing wrong

12 Dec 2018 - 8:51pm 76

Voters in Taiwan have rejected reform of the civil code to allow same-sex unions. Photo: AP

Battle of hearts and minds has yet to be won on gay marriage

6 Dec 2018 - 11:33pm 20

Patrick Ho, a former Hong Kong home affairs secretary, has been convicted in New York on seven of eight counts of bribery and money laundering. Photo: SCMP

The long – and political – arm of US law

12 Dec 2018 - 8:55pm 17

Given the ability of chemists to reinvent dangerous psychoactive substances like fentanyl, China faces a battle to make meaningful inroads into the growing trade. Photo: AFP

War against synthetic opioids must be won

5 Dec 2018 - 9:48pm 3

US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and their respective teams attend a working dinner after the G20 leaders’ summit in Buenos Aires on December 1. Photo: Reuters

Still destined for war? What Xi-Trump trade talks didn’t change

5 Dec 2018 - 10:32pm

Afghan security forces gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan last month. Photo: AFP

How China and India can succeed in Afghanistan where US failed

5 Dec 2018 - 2:11pm 8

Even if all the current cryptocurrencies go under, blockchain is still a valid technology for finance and trade. Photo: Bloomberg

The technology behind bitcoin will survive, even if the currency does not

4 Dec 2018 - 10:18pm 2

China’s economy will not go the way of Japan’s or the Soviet Union’s, despite the pessimism and US pressure

Three reasons why China’s economy will continue its climb

4 Dec 2018 - 9:56am 57

The G20 communique tackled some important issues that go to the heart of the US-China dispute. Photo: EPA-EFE

G20 has quietly but surely tackled important issues that go to heart of China-US dispute

3 Dec 2018 - 11:32pm 3

George H.W. Bush’s kinder and gentler style of politics and diplomacy are what he is remembered for. Photo: AP

The days of Bush are what China needs

3 Dec 2018 - 11:32pm 3

Firemen tackling a blaze at a blast site near Shenghua chemical plant in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei province, China, on November 28. Photo: EPA-EFE

Mainland China must better enforce existing rules for workplace safety

1 Dec 2018 - 9:29pm 4

After the moon, Mars is being targeted for manned missions in the coming decades, mainly by China and the US. Photo: AFP/Nasa

Work together on a mission to Mars

1 Dec 2018 - 9:29pm 1