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Full tanks, empty pockets
Hong Kong consumers complain they are being fleeced at the petrol pumps with the city’s filling stations charging the highest prices in the world. With the price of crude oil falling, the Competition Commission is urging government officials and oil companies to draw up a more transparent pricing system
How oil’s historic surge is impacting Asia’s stock markets
The historic surge in oil is reshaping the outlook for Asian equity and currency markets, with outflows from equities in India and South Korea, while Australia is among the beneficiaries.
The historic surge in oil is reshaping the outlook for Asian equity and currency markets, with outflows from equities in India and South Korea, while Australia is among the beneficiaries.
Explainer | Why is there a global shipping container crisis?
The world’s dependence on China for goods comes into sharp focus as the coronavirus pandemic lays bare vulnerabilities in the global supply chain.
The world’s dependence on China for goods comes into sharp focus as the coronavirus pandemic lays bare vulnerabilities in the global supply chain.
China’s coal capital is dying as local natural resources are exhausted
For more than a century, coal was the centre of life for the residents of Fushun, 50km from the Liaoning provincial capital of Shenyang, earning the city the nickname “capital of coal”.
For more than a century, coal was the centre of life for the residents of Fushun, 50km from the Liaoning provincial capital of Shenyang, earning the city the nickname “capital of coal”.
How China is looking beyond borders
The “Belt and Road Initiative” was announced by the Chinese government in 2013 as a global trade strategy based on the ancient Silk Road trading route.
The “Belt and Road Initiative” was announced by the Chinese government in 2013 as a global trade strategy based on the ancient Silk Road trading route.