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China-Asean relations
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Vietnam and China are now perfectly aligned
The emerging partnership enables Vietnam to preserve diplomatic flexibility and advance economic diversification in the face of US pressure.
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South China Sea
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Without restraint, Beijing and Manila can’t deliver the South China Sea code
17 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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India
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Why India feels exposed by Pakistan’s diplomacy in Iran war
16 Apr 2026 - 11:11PM
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India
Macroscope
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How the rupee’s fall shows India’s struggle to overcome vulnerabilities
While India’s economy is stronger than it was in previous sell-offs, lingering weaknesses are coming to the fore and driving new tensions.
16 Apr 2026 - 5:22PM
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A man counts Indian rupee notes at a roadside currency exchange stall in the old quarters of Delhi on February 2. Photo: Reuters
North Korea
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After years of neglect, China emerges as North Korea’s ‘top priority’
In a world of shrinking options and rising risks, Pyongyang recognises its alliance with Beijing is too important to ignore.
16 Apr 2026 - 7:33AM
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Diplomacy
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How Pakistan outmanoeuvred India in Iran war diplomacy with China’s help
Beijing’s indirect influence has allowed Islamabad to take advantage of New Delhi’s strategic constraints.
15 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
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Pakistan has the world’s attention. Now it must focus inwards
For Islamabad, sustaining its diplomatic success will also depend on how effectively it addresses internal challenges.
14 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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Workers remove a billboard after the peace talks between the US and Iran ended without a deal, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12. Photo: EPA
Singapore
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Others in Asia would love to have Singapore’s housing market problems
The city state’s problems pale beside those in other Asia-Pacific markets facing supply shortages that drive up prices and rents.
13 Apr 2026 - 5:16PM
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Central Asia
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Why China is looking to Central Asia as Middle East grows riskier
The region’s strategic value as a corridor of resilience is becoming harder to ignore.
12 Apr 2026 - 8:30PM
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Technology
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AI pessimism is a luxury the Global South cannot afford
Young, developing states must ride the tech waves if they don’t want to fall further behind and learn from others’ mistakes.
12 Apr 2026 - 4:30PM
Asean
Asian Angle
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Doubts about Trump strain Southeast Asia’s US-China balancing act
An increasingly unpredictable Washington is making the region’s traditional hedging strategy harder to sustain.
12 Apr 2026 - 12:00PM
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US President Donald Trump (centre) stands for a group photo with Southeast Asian leaders at the 13th Asean-United States Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, 2025. Photo: AFP
Renewable energy
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Hormuz crisis a chance to spur Asia’s shift to clean, secure energy
The US war on Iran should be a catalyst for governments and industries to accelerate the transition to renewables.
12 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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Banking & finance
Macroscope
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Can World Bank and IMF leaders rescue a global economy on the brink?
By attacking Iran, the US has put the global economic order in jeopardy.
11 Apr 2026 - 4:30PM
Vietnam
Asian Angle
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Who is Vietnam’s new Prime Minister Le Minh Hung?
The ex-central banker has the credentials to succeed. Whether he has the political capital remains to be seen.
11 Apr 2026 - 1:00PM
Apple
Outside In
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My love-hate relationship with Apple as an Android user
As Apple marks 50 years amid market and political pressures, the company has inspired jealousy but also admiration for what it has achieved.
10 Apr 2026 - 4:30PM
Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York, US, on June 16, 2020. Photo: AP
US-China relations
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A stark clash of world views will overshadow Trump’s visit to China
As Xi and Trump prepare to meet, the divergence between their visions of global order has never been more acute.
10 Apr 2026 - 10:29AM
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War and conflict
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For Asia, US-Iran ceasefire offers little relief – and much uncertainty
What may be coming is neither stable peace nor uninterrupted war, but something in between: a prolonged condition of managed instability.
9 Apr 2026 - 10:30PM
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War and conflict
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China’s role in the Iran-US ceasefire reflects its strategic distance
In taking a back seat in de-escalation efforts with Pakistan, China is decoupling its influence from responsibility.
9 Apr 2026 - 8:30PM
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning answers questions from journalists regarding US attacks on Iran, on March 2, in Beijing. Photo: dpa
India
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Asia’s flood of cheap Ozempic generics opens gates to weight-loss abuse
Cheaper semaglutides as patent ends is good news for diabetics. But lax regulation also means a risk of abuse by those desperate to lose weight.
9 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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Cambodia
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To beat Cambodia’s scam gangs, US must work with China – not blame it
Taking down the deeply rooted, well-connected syndicates would require both Washington’s economic leverage and Beijing’s operational efforts.
8 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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War and conflict
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Why Donald Trump now needs a ‘forever war’
The US president and America are starting to understand you can’t go fascist at home and imperialist abroad halfway.
7 Apr 2026 - 8:30PM
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Technology
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In Asia-Pacific, the real maritime contest is over satellite surveillance
States’ ability to exercise territorial rights is increasingly mediated by their access to satellite data and analytics, but the tech is dominated by a powerful few.
7 Apr 2026 - 9:30AM
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A J-15 fighter jet from the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong making an unusual approach to a Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force P-3C patrol aircraft conducting surveillance above the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2025. Photo: Handout /Japan’s Ministry of Defence / AFP
Technology
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The danger in the Global South’s pursuit of AI as a magical cure
Rushing in without local R&D, literacy or governance risks leaving countries as testing grounds and passive consumers of foreign tech.
7 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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Asia housing and property
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Quirks of Asia’s energy markets work to the benefit of data centres
Asia’s unique energy markets, power sourcing strategies and vast digital infrastructure requirements underpin the sector’s resilience.
6 Apr 2026 - 5:20PM
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Global South
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Global South nations are insulating themselves from the heat of US actions
The ‘Great Insulation’ is coming – not major powers decoupling top-down but small and middle powers building a firewall from the bottom up.
6 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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