https://www.scmp.com/rss/506302/feed Curated by our award-winning team of journalists, this must-read newsletter explores the impact of emerging topics originating from China, and their significance around the globe. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Frank Chen Frank Chen China is seizing its role as the chair and host of Apec 2026 to position itself as a staunch defender of multilateralism, according to analysts, and they see the platform being used to elevate the nation’s economic governance initiatives to a global level. The strategic push was on display at the two-day Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting that began on Wednesday in Shanghai, where Vice-Minister of Finance Liao Min called on members to uphold multilateralism. “Closer cooperation is... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3342353/new-apec-chair-china-positions-global-defender-pivotal-juncture-while-us-retreats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3342353/new-apec-chair-china-positions-global-defender-pivotal-juncture-while-us-retreats?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:41:33 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! With tensions in the South China Sea showing no signs of abating, countries with claims in the disputed waterway are seeking whatever means they can to stay ahead of the competition, including conducting joint exercises and forming deeper alliances. Last month, President Xi Jinping urged the United States to exercise “extreme... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3289920/waves-continue-south-china-sea-china-warns-against-provocative-actions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3289920/waves-continue-south-china-sea-china-warns-against-provocative-actions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Dec 2024 06:00:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! We were only beginning to absorb the implications of US president-elect Trump’s stunning victory in this month’s election when the focus of world attention shifted a few thousand kilometres south. Leaders representing the Apec descended on Lima, Peru, within a week of the election, before moving on to Rio de Janeiro for the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3288906/china-hot-agenda-apec-g20-gatherings-trumps-spectre-looms-large?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3288906/china-hot-agenda-apec-g20-gatherings-trumps-spectre-looms-large?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Dec 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! The re-election of Donald Trump as US president earlier this month brought with it fresh challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region, where several countries have also witnessed leadership changes. Japan’s parliament last week voted to keep Shigeru Ishiba, who had only been elected last month, as Japan’s prime... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3287952/new-leaders-asia-well-us-create-questions-donald-trumps-return-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3287952/new-leaders-asia-well-us-create-questions-donald-trumps-return-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:00:24 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! While Donald Trump’s US election win was not totally unexpected, it does not mean that much of the world was not shocked by the outcome. The world, though, now must accept that there are likely more shocks in store due to the unpredictability of Trump’s words and policies, particularly as upending the norm is part of his modus... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3286973/donald-trumps-us-election-win-creates-uncertainty-china-and-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3286973/donald-trumps-us-election-win-creates-uncertainty-china-and-world?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:00:19 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Ahead of the US election, the world was bracing itself for a long, uncertain period during which America might descend into violence as a power struggle between two candidates and their political parties played out. A landslide, the pollsters said, was possible, and with many polls putting Vice-President Harris slightly ahead... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3285993/dust-settles-trumps-win-whats-store-us-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3285993/dust-settles-trumps-win-whats-store-us-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:00:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! China may “never break through” US sanctions on advanced semiconductor production. This sobering message from one Beijing-based think tank analyst to the Post in a recent interview is a reminder of the huge hurdles that remain on China’s path towards technological self-sufficiency. Yet, recent advances in Chinese chipmaking... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3284094/us-china-tech-takes-turn-tsmc-chips-found-huaweis-ai-processors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3284094/us-china-tech-takes-turn-tsmc-chips-found-huaweis-ai-processors?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:00:11 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! China’s economic-growth figures, it could be argued, are probably the most closely watched in the world. From quarterly data to the annual GDP, markets and investors wait with bated breath in advance of headline figures from Beijing’s statistical boffins. And in the third quarter of this year, anticipation over how the world’s... https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3283157/chinas-economy-saw-its-slowest-growth-more-year-can-it-still-hit-its-target?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3283157/chinas-economy-saw-its-slowest-growth-more-year-can-it-still-hit-its-target?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:00:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! How much do we love milk tea? Let us count the ways. With more than 2 million cups consumed every day in Hong Kong alone, the sweet and creamy allure of this drink reveals that it is more than just a solid recipe – it represents an identity that transcends borders. Milk tea, you could say, is in Hong Kong’s DNA. Around the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3282220/milk-tea-noodles-history-and-influence-chinese-food-culture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3282220/milk-tea-noodles-history-and-influence-chinese-food-culture?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Oct 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Frictions in the South China Sea have shown no sign of easing, raising concerns that tensions will continue to bedevil one of the world’s busiest maritime waterways. This week, just as China celebrated its 75th National Day, the People’s Liberation Army conducted a naval drill in the South China Sea to demonstrate Beijing’s... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3281309/china-philippines-continue-clash-south-china-sea-new-flashpoint-emerging?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3281309/china-philippines-continue-clash-south-china-sea-new-flashpoint-emerging?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 2024 06:00:15 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! China was top of mind for outgoing US President Joe Biden and his administration recently, along with the increasingly related war against Ukraine by Russian forces. With a transatlantic consensus over China’s “very substantial” support for the Kremlin’s military production base solidifying, Biden used his final speech before... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3280464/china-remains-talking-point-election-day-looms-trump-and-harris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3280464/china-remains-talking-point-election-day-looms-trump-and-harris?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:00:10 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! September had, seemingly, started somewhat well for China’s economy as trade data for August showed its signature exports grew at their fastest pace in 17 months. But after President Xi Jinping had subtly toned down China’s focus on achieving its annual economic growth goals this year, disappointing data for August led... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3279542/chinas-time-running-out-meet-economic-growth-target-august-figures-falter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3279542/chinas-time-running-out-meet-economic-growth-target-august-figures-falter?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:00:12 +0000 Matt Haldane Matt Haldane Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Ahead of the August 20 global release of the video game Black Myth: Wukong, anticipation caused so much excitement in China that sales of Sony’s PlayStation 5 skyrocketed over the preceding seven days, leading to long wait times at bricks-and-mortar shops. The Wukong mania that swept the nation shows how far the domestic video... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3278643/chinas-video-game-achievement-may-be-anomaly-years-come-despite-black-myth-wukong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3278643/chinas-video-game-achievement-may-be-anomaly-years-come-despite-black-myth-wukong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:00:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Even as Japan deals with military challenges and diplomatic skirmishes with China, it is beset by domestic worries and anxieties, including the resignation of its prime minister, health scares and a series of earthquakes, with authorities even warning of an impending mega earthquake. In recent months, Tokyo has reported an... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3277706/japan-faces-uncertainties-amid-threats-china-abroad-and-political-and-earthquake-fears-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3277706/japan-faces-uncertainties-amid-threats-china-abroad-and-political-and-earthquake-fears-home?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Sep 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Since the death of Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping in 1997, China has been holding high-profile events to commemorate his birthday every 10 years. In 2004, China went big to mark the centenary of Deng’s birthday, including the unveiling of a bronze statue in his hometown of Guang’an, a grand concert by 200 pianists in... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3276794/china-celebrates-deng-xiaoping-how-has-true-heir-xi-jinping-taken-reins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3276794/china-celebrates-deng-xiaoping-how-has-true-heir-xi-jinping-taken-reins?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:00:10 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! International affairs occupy a relatively low ranking when it comes to concerns of American voters, especially when the current election cycle has been marked by bloodshed and other intrigue largely unrelated to foreign policy. When US presidential candidate Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz, the governor of the upper midwest state... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3275861/harris-walz-spotlight-over-china-ties-democrats-rubber-stamps-ticket?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3275861/harris-walz-spotlight-over-china-ties-democrats-rubber-stamps-ticket?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! In the past couple of years, China has tightened its drone-export controls amid growing international pressure on the top maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to curb its dual-use product sales. In the latest policy to take effect from September 1, Chinese authorities have banned unpermitted exports of drones and parts of... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3274968/china-expands-export-controls-drones-parts-potential-military-use?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3274968/china-expands-export-controls-drones-parts-potential-military-use?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Aug 2024 06:00:17 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! China has, for quite some time, been struggling to find a way to boost domestic demand. Exports will, it is expected, provide a pillar for China as they have in the past, but getting people inside the country to part with their hard-earned cash has long troubled officials in Beijing. A much-touted trade-in scheme has not yet... https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3274077/trade-inflation-data-offers-hope-chinas-economy-there-still-long-way-go?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3274077/trade-inflation-data-offers-hope-chinas-economy-there-still-long-way-go?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Aug 2024 06:00:16 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! History, controversy and gold medals have seemingly gone hand in hand for China at the Paris Olympics, and we’re just a week in – was it really only last Saturday that the world was shaking its collective head at the French take on an opening ceremony? Still, that’s water under one of the River Seine’s many bridges, and as... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3273181/olympic-games-are-and-running-rivals-claim-china-success-not-humanly-possible?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3273181/olympic-games-are-and-running-rivals-claim-china-success-not-humanly-possible?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Aug 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Kazakhstan for the second time in less than two months on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, making him the world leader with the most frequent contact with the isolated Russian strongman. In May in Beijing, both... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3272240/russias-priority-friendship-china-beyond-raises-concerns-over-regional-insecurity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3272240/russias-priority-friendship-china-beyond-raises-concerns-over-regional-insecurity?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jul 2024 06:00:10 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! The communique released summarising China’s third plenum – one of several gatherings of the Communist Party’s elite Central Committee – was seen as seeking a delicate balance between growth and security in the face of mounting uncertainties. It was released at the end of the four-day session, typically an occasion for the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3271338/promises-abound-deepened-reform-what-did-chinas-third-plenum-tell-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3271338/promises-abound-deepened-reform-what-did-chinas-third-plenum-tell-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:00:15 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! The recent clash in the South China Sea – one of the most intense skirmishes in recent memory – revealed the fragility of peace in this volatile region. Following the incident, officials from China and the Philippines convened in Manila, striving to navigate their stark maritime disagreements over this strategic and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3270433/south-china-sea-clash-raises-stakes-even-higher-scepticism-surrounds-manilla-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3270433/south-china-sea-clash-raises-stakes-even-higher-scepticism-surrounds-manilla-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jul 2024 06:00:11 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! China’s leaders reiterated their defence of its new-energy sector, criticised Western decoupling policies and hinted at the agenda for the upcoming third plenum during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions – also known as Summer Davos – last week in Dalian. In a port city on China’s northeastern coast,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3269532/china-comes-out-swinging-summer-davos-talks-markets-and-us-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3269532/china-comes-out-swinging-summer-davos-talks-markets-and-us-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jul 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! China’s elite will assemble in Beijing next month for the long-awaited third plenum, which comes at a time of much turmoil for the world’s second-largest economy. With this in mind, Beijing set the tone for the long-anticipated conclave by presenting ambitious economic and tech development goals for the next decade. The... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3268795/china-eyes-tech-and-economic-goals-third-plenum-few-drastic-changes-expected?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3268795/china-eyes-tech-and-economic-goals-third-plenum-few-drastic-changes-expected?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2024 06:00:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! We’re little more than four months away from the US election, and with two wars raging and geopolitical alliances shifting, the mental acuity of the two main White House contenders has become a subject worthy of global attention. While some point to US President Joe Biden’s gaffes, moments of confusion and persistent... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3267750/joe-biden-forging-ahead-efforts-counter-china-donald-trump-election-loom-large?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3267750/joe-biden-forging-ahead-efforts-counter-china-donald-trump-election-loom-large?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:00:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party may have secured a third term this month, but the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to achieve an outright parliamentary majority, forcing it to rely on coalition partners to remain in power. This prompted analysts to suggest that the outcome represented “a setback to the massive... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3266846/challenges-remain-narendra-modi-despite-securing-third-term-indias-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3266846/challenges-remain-narendra-modi-despite-securing-third-term-indias-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Jun 2024 06:00:16 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! If ever there was doubt about just how much artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the imagination of investors and the public at large, simply look at the rock-star treatment of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at Computex in Taipei at the start of June. There he unveiled plans for an annual release cycle of chips that would power... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3266096/china-risks-falling-behind-ai-race-can-cutthroat-price-war-balance-scales?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3266096/china-risks-falling-behind-ai-race-can-cutthroat-price-war-balance-scales?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:00:12 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! After Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD last week unveiled its fifth-generation DM-i platform and launched the first two fuel-efficient models fitted with the new hybrid technology, it sent yet another shock wave through the domestic and global automotive markets amid the industry’s transition from petrol cars to electric... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3265110/price-war-home-spreading-overseas-and-tariff-war-us-and-eu-chinas-ev-industry-bracing-itself-despite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3265110/price-war-home-spreading-overseas-and-tariff-war-us-and-eu-chinas-ev-industry-bracing-itself-despite?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! When Chinese President Xi Jinping hugged his “old friend” Vladimir Putin as he escorted his visiting Russian counterpart out of the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing last week, it again laid bare the closeness between the two countries. However, despite the solidarity showcased during the Russian president’s second... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3264198/no-limits-partnership-or-priority-partners-china-russia-seek-define-relationship-western-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3264198/no-limits-partnership-or-priority-partners-china-russia-seek-define-relationship-western-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 May 2024 06:00:11 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Chinese President Xi Jinping did not need to travel all the way to Europe to know the continent is not united on how best to deal with Beijing. But as the dust settles on his first trip to European turf for five years, observers have noted that the dividing lines are clearer than ever. First came the tricky bit. In Paris, Xi... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3263295/global-impact-europe-seemingly-still-split-over-china-after-xi-jinpings-whistle-stop-tour-does?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3263295/global-impact-europe-seemingly-still-split-over-china-after-xi-jinpings-whistle-stop-tour-does?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 May 2024 06:00:17 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! The series kicked off with political scientist Li Cheng, founding director of the University of Hong Kong’s Centre on Contemporary China and the World, saying that tensions between China and the US would be “with us for a long time”. Li said it would likely take between 10 and 15 years for China and the US to return to the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3262563/global-impact-will-golden-times-return-china-analysts-observers-and-military-personnel-have-their?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3262563/global-impact-will-golden-times-return-china-analysts-observers-and-military-personnel-have-their?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 May 2024 06:00:10 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! As Taiwan is about to see a changing of the guard amid rising cross-strait tensions, mainland China’s response has been closely watched. Since the independence-leaning William Lai Ching-te – branded by Beijing as a “separatist” – won the island’s presidential election in January, mainland China has ramped up efforts to win... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3260729/global-impact-mainland-china-pins-its-hopes-taiwans-former-leader-ma-ying-jeou-after-meeting-xi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3260729/global-impact-mainland-china-pins-its-hopes-taiwans-former-leader-ma-ying-jeou-after-meeting-xi?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:00:23 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! As former US president Donald Trump fights hush money charges in a New York courthouse, his successor and 2024 election rival Joe Biden was busy adopting the same hawkish posture on China which characterised much of Trump’s own administration. Biden on Wednesday called for the tripling of current tariffs on Chinese steel and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3259838/global-impact-china-posts-better-expected-first-quarter-growth-us-trade-actions-test-outlook?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3259838/global-impact-china-posts-better-expected-first-quarter-growth-us-trade-actions-test-outlook?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:00:26 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! We’re coming up on six years since former US president Donald Trump started a trade war with China and marked the beginning of a new, more contentious approach by Washington towards Beijing to address perceived threats to American economic interests and national security. While the punitive tariffs seemed to do very little... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3258993/global-impact-chinese-owned-social-media-platform-tiktok-facing-ban-us-china-hits-back-never-ending?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3258993/global-impact-chinese-owned-social-media-platform-tiktok-facing-ban-us-china-hits-back-never-ending?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:00:35 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! So, what is life like under Hong Kong’s new domestic national security law? It hasn’t made any difference to the vast majority of this city’s 7.5 million residents going about their daily lives so far – but barely two weeks have gone by since it was enacted, so the real impact will become apparent based on how it is applied in... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3258171/global-impact-article-23-here-what-does-hong-kongs-national-security-law-mean-foreign-governments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3258171/global-impact-article-23-here-what-does-hong-kongs-national-security-law-mean-foreign-governments?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Apr 2024 06:00:13 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! On Valentine’s Day, eight multicoloured lions carried out a boisterous dance around a ceremonial gong at Hong Kong’s stock exchange to mark the first trading day of the lunar calendar’s Year of the Dragon. Chairwoman Laura Cha Shih May-lung and Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po kicked off the day’s transactions by striking... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3255732/global-impact-hong-kongs-stock-market-eyes-light-end-tunnel-after-3-years-doldrums?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3255732/global-impact-hong-kongs-stock-market-eyes-light-end-tunnel-after-3-years-doldrums?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Mar 2024 06:00:25 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! In the 10 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, Jiang Hui, son of a passenger on the plane, has never stopped searching. He has visited search teams in Australia, searched the beaches of Mauritius, Madagascar and Réunion to scour for debris and to implore governments not to give up. During his many... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3254892/global-impact-10-years-questions-remain-over-fate-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-amid-hopes-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3254892/global-impact-10-years-questions-remain-over-fate-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-amid-hopes-new?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:00:17 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! With the world clouded with uncertainty as conflicts rage in the Middle East and Ukraine, nearly 3,000 Chinese lawmakers and other members of the political elite are set to converge on Beijing. There, they will deliberate on plans to maintain stability in the world’s second-largest economy. Starting next week, lawmakers will... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3254027/global-impact-chinas-two-sessions-rolls-around-decisive-moment-worlds-second-largest-economy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3254027/global-impact-chinas-two-sessions-rolls-around-decisive-moment-worlds-second-largest-economy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Mar 2024 06:00:12 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Hours after the polls closed in Indonesia last week, Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto took to the stage in front of thousands of his supporters to declare his presidential victory was one “for all Indonesians”. This was the former military general’s third bid for the top job after losing two bitterly contested presidential... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3253175/global-impact-cuddly-grandpa-prabowo-subianto-claims-victory-all-indonesians-defence-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3253175/global-impact-cuddly-grandpa-prabowo-subianto-claims-victory-all-indonesians-defence-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:00:17 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! As two conflicts continue to ravage the Middle East – the Israel-Gaza war and the attacks in the Red Sea – China’s response has been closely scrutinised by the world. Since the war erupted in October, Washington and its Western allies have put pressure on Beijing to step up and use its influence in the region to do more. But... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3252365/global-impact-what-does-chinas-response-israel-gaza-war-and-red-sea-crisis-say-about-its-position?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3252365/global-impact-what-does-chinas-response-israel-gaza-war-and-red-sea-crisis-say-about-its-position?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Feb 2024 06:00:26 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Nearly three months after the long-awaited summit between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in California, it’s time to check on how the meeting has changed the bilateral relationship. Although far from rapprochement or a reversion to robust economic engagement, the two sides have at least followed through with high-level meetings,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3251888/global-impact-what-does-post-apec-us-china-relationship-and-their-global-competition-look?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3251888/global-impact-what-does-post-apec-us-china-relationship-and-their-global-competition-look?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:00:21 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Tensions in the South China Sea show no signs of abating, with the Philippine navy expressing alarm this week over the growing presence of Chinese warships and maritime militia boats around Mischief Reef in the disputed waterway. Navy spokesman Roy Vincent Trinidad said about 200 vessels, including coastguard fleets, were... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3250921/global-impact-china-warns-infringing-its-sovereignty-philippines-plans-first-submarine-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3250921/global-impact-china-warns-infringing-its-sovereignty-philippines-plans-first-submarine-south-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Feb 2024 06:00:19 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! China is facing an unprecedented challenge to sustain robust and sustained economic growth this year. The 5.2 per cent year-on-year growth in 2023, which was reported earlier this month, could create envy for some, including those who are fighting the effects of the protracted Ukraine war and elevated inflation. Electric... https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3250101/global-impact-chinas-economic-demographic-dilemma-2024-problems-continue-worlds-second-largest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3250101/global-impact-chinas-economic-demographic-dilemma-2024-problems-continue-worlds-second-largest?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:00:32 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Taiwan’s much-watched presidential election ended last Saturday, with William Lai Ching-te, from the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) claiming victory in the poll that determines the trajectory of the self-ruled island and affects regional security. The ruling DPP secured an unprecedented third straight... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3249280/global-impact-william-lais-presidential-victory-taiwan-does-little-cool-us-mainland-china-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3249280/global-impact-william-lais-presidential-victory-taiwan-does-little-cool-us-mainland-china-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Jan 2024 06:00:21 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Japan faced a stable of diplomatic, security and domestic challenges, even local domestic mishaps, as it wrapped up 2023 and headed towards 2024. Amid growing tensions in the South China Sea, Japan strengthened maritime security cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) during the commemorative summit... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3248422/global-impact-earthquake-plane-collision-not-best-start-year-japan-it-faces-pressure-home-and-abroad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3248422/global-impact-earthquake-plane-collision-not-best-start-year-japan-it-faces-pressure-home-and-abroad?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:00:23 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! In just one week, the hotly anticipated presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan will be finished, and the choice of the self-ruled island’s voters will finally be known. Candidates of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Beijing-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) are vying for the top... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3247604/global-impact-taiwan-heads-polls-what-does-islands-presidential-election-mean-cross-strait-and-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3247604/global-impact-taiwan-heads-polls-what-does-islands-presidential-election-mean-cross-strait-and-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jan 2024 06:00:22 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! The world in 2023 was more challenging, costlier and hotter than before. There were several major conflagrations: Russia was still embroiled in Ukraine nearly two years after invading its neighbour. Israel’s military operations claimed an estimated 20,000 lives as of December 22 in Gaza, 11 weeks after Hamas terrorists killed... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3246936/global-impact-time-reflect-2023-mainland-china-hong-kong-and-rest-world-and-look-ahead-2024?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3246936/global-impact-time-reflect-2023-mainland-china-hong-kong-and-rest-world-and-look-ahead-2024?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:00:14 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Online scamming is a significant concern in China, as it is in many other countries. The Chinese government has been actively taking measures to combat the problem, including implementing stricter regulations, increasing public awareness and strengthening law enforcement efforts. It is often challenging to assert the exact... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3246171/global-impact-woman-iron-uterus-no-such-thing-free-lunch-scammers-china-try-weird-and-wonderful-earn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3246171/global-impact-woman-iron-uterus-no-such-thing-free-lunch-scammers-china-try-weird-and-wonderful-earn?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Dec 2023 06:00:30 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Cop28, the 28th United Nations climate change conference attended by negotiators from 197 nations and the European Union, concluded with a historic consensus on Wednesday in Dubai. Following two weeks of intense negotiations, the 198 parties agreed on a landmark deal that calls on nations to “transition away” from fossil fuels... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3245405/global-impact-cop28-hails-historic-transition-away-oil-gas-and-coal-really-end-fossil-fuel-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3245405/global-impact-cop28-hails-historic-transition-away-oil-gas-and-coal-really-end-fossil-fuel-era?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Dec 2023 06:00:22 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! When Laura Cha Shih May-lung struck the ceremonial gong at the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEX) with the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute’s governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan, they kicked off the biggest gathering of Saudi government ministers and business executives ever assembled in the city. More than 1,000 participants... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3244590/global-impact-economic-centre-gravity-moving-towards-asia-saudi-ministers-executives-descend-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3244590/global-impact-economic-centre-gravity-moving-towards-asia-saudi-ministers-executives-descend-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Dec 2023 06:00:15 +0000