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Banking & finance
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As global spending needs grow and debt rises, business as usual won’t suffice
The increase in government debt means that nations must look elsewhere for funds required to meet socioeconomic needs.
13 Dec 2025 - 9:59PM
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Chinese overseas
Being Chinese
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The 30-word identity pitch of an overseas Chinese
13 Dec 2025 - 11:18AM
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War and conflict
As I see it
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Would the world be safer if the military were in charge of the US?
12 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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United States
Outside In
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It’s an expensive Christmas for Americans thanks to Trump’s tariffs
It’s been years since the US president extolled the virtues of trade wars: how much longer before he recognises tariffs harm the US economy?
12 Dec 2025 - 5:08PM
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People walk by shop windows decorated for Christmas in New York on December 5. Photo: dpa
Diplomacy
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Behind Russia’s show of strength in India lies a fragile partnership
Despite Russia’s display of defiance and India’s quest for autonomy, US policy shifts are pushing both into uncharted geopolitical territory.
12 Dec 2025 - 5:46AM
Australia
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Australia’s social media ban offers a path between excess and inaction
For policymakers elsewhere, Canberra’s approach to children’s social media use isn’t a model to copy but one to learn from.
11 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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China-EU relations
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How France and China offer an alternative to zero-sum diplomacy
As the countries stake their relationship on sustainability and hi-tech cooperation, they are building a new template for bilateral ties.
10 Dec 2025 - 7:11PM
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French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan gaze at the Dujiangyan irrigation system, a Unesco World Heritage site in Sichuan province on December 5. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy
Opinion
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As UK-China ties warm, Hong Kong can be a natural bridge
China’s innovation and influence present exciting opportunities for both nations, and Hong Kong plays a unique role in this equation.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:21PM
China technology
Opinion
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Why the Global South is embracing Chinese AI
The US champions AI as an autonomous agent, a content creator. China exports a vision of AI as a digital nervous system for the real economy.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:26AM
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China-EU relations
As I see it
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How Nexperia became a casualty of the US-China trade war
Unless the two superpowers reach a long-term solution to trade tensions, smaller companies and economies will get caught in the crossfire.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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European Union
Opinion
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How to preserve Europe’s liberty in the Trump 2.0 era
If Europe truly values liberty, it must build the means to defend it and start finally seeing the world as it is, not as it remembers it.
9 Dec 2025 - 9:12PM
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Africa
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How China can help Africa build human capital
To truly harness their potential, countries across the continent seeking to industrialise must develop education and infrastructure in tandem.
9 Dec 2025 - 5:47PM
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China-EU relations
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In reaching out to China, European states can’t keep acting alone
The idea of an autonomous bloc engaging Beijing from a position of strength and independence collapses when its toothless leaders visit.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:06PM
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Artificial intelligence
Opinion
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Why 2026 will be the year AI hype collides with reality
The reckoning ahead for the AI bubble promises to reprice expectations, force economic trade-offs and call out circular deals.
7 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Diplomacy
Opinion
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How China can ensure Tazara rail deal in Africa is a win-win
The Chinese-funded rail upgrade benefits Tanzania and Zambia while securing China a trade corridor and access to critical African minerals.
7 Dec 2025 - 5:38PM
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The Tanzania-Zambia railway in the Tanzania Mbeya region. Photo: Shutterstock
Climate change
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Fashion industry must tailor climate plans to Asian suppliers’ reality
Efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions in the fashion industry will not work if they rest on a Western design paired with Eastern sacrifice.
7 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
Banking & finance
Macroscope
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Inflated asset prices show markets don’t always know best
With hyperinflated sectors across multiple asset markets, the next crash could be so severe that it prompts a restructuring of global finance.
6 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
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War and conflict
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Welcome to a world where wars don’t end and sanctions don’t work
The age of ‘distributed multipolarity’ shows that superpowers alone can no longer dictate international affairs.
6 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
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Artificial intelligence
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Age of AI holds both promise and peril
Whether AI delivers widespread well-being or further slavery is a political question that must be answered with sound governance.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Middle East
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Why Gulf region’s dreams of aviation domination are built on sand
While Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Istanbul’s plans are already aggressively ambitious, Saudi Arabia’s extravagant vision seems like something from fantasyland.
5 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM
India
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Not just China: India also a piece of the US opioid puzzle
Like China, India has a large pharmaceutical sector that provides precursor chemicals. But it lacks China’s drug policy control.
5 Dec 2025 - 8:16AM
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Artificial intelligence
Opinion
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AI market will only have room for so many winners
There is not enough room in the market for all those raising billions to invest in AI, and there will inevitably be more losers than winners.
4 Dec 2025 - 9:10PM
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A woman checks a pair of Rokid glasses with display and camera using artificial intelligence and augmented reality during a presentation event in Hangzhou, in eastern Zhejiang province, on November 13. Photo: AFP
China economy
Opinion
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How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry
A market once dominated by generics is now an AI-powered pharmaceutical hub drawing billion-dollar investments from the likes of Pfizer and GSK.
4 Dec 2025 - 10:51AM
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US-China relations
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‘America first’ can’t mean America alone if West hopes to counter China
Keeping US allies onside means rolling back tariffs and coming up with a long-term strategy, both of which are counter to Trump’s strengths.
2 Dec 2025 - 9:30PM
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US-China relations
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Trump’s world view offers Beijing a window of opportunity on Taiwan
As the US reframes the dynamics between allies and adversaries, Beijing may see an opportunity to advance its cross-strait goals.
30 Nov 2025 - 8:30PM
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