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  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Vietnam
    Vietnam sugar farmers pin survival on green energy Premium content

    Reforms needed to boost investment as cheap imports threaten to swamp mills

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Retail & Consumer industry
    China’s travellers get nervous about going abroad Premium content

    Domestic tourism becomes more appealing amid growing concerns about safety

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    China
    Veteran asset manager fights for business as China’s markets open Premium content

    Barriers to entry fall but Harvest’s Henry Zhao says global managers lack local knowledge 

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Tobacco
    China’s vaping boom faces regulatory risk Premium content

    Investment has poured into the sector but a clampdown is looming 

  • Sunday, 20 October, 2019
    Tobacco
    Rowing against tide of e-cigarette prohibition in south-east Asia Premium content

    Indonesia and the Philippines see vaping technology as answer to tobacco smoking epidemic

  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s steel export woes go beyond Trump Premium content

    Market share under threat as competition grows in a slowing global economy

  • Monday, 14 October, 2019
    Malaysia
    Malaysia’s foreign investment boom masks domestic economic concerns Premium content

    Despite record inflows, business is downbeat as government infighting delays reform

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Rare earths
    How Xi Jinping threw Malaysian rare earths a lifeline Premium content

    Geopolitics trumped environmental worries after Chinese threat to curb exports

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    Mobile devices
    China’s smartphone market coalesces around Huawei and Apple Premium content

    Huawei’s dominance is proving a much bigger problem for smaller, local players than for Apple

  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2019
    Sharing economy
    China’s chastened bike-sharing survivors chase profits Premium content

    Bruising battle for market share over as regulators and big tech firms get involved

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    China’s movie business facing mass cull as hot money flees Premium content

    Thousands of production houses to close as authorities crack down and financing dries up

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Thailand
    Ghost of Asian crisis haunts Bangkok housing market Premium content

    Downturn spells more gloom for economy as Chinese buyers fail to take up slack

  • Monday, 16 September, 2019
    Vietnam
    Online sharks circle Vietnam’s vulnerable borrowers  Premium content

    Delayed regulation sees low income groups exposed as P2P lenders flee crackdown in China

  • Monday, 9 September, 2019
    Philippines
    Philippine growth threatened by Maoist revolutionaries Premium content

    Construction sector worries president’s ambitious spending plans getting bogged down 

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    South-East Asia
    Winter comes early for south-east Asia’s co-working companies Premium content

    Shake-out looms as region’s economy cools and WeWork IPO shines spotlight on valuations

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
    Chinese business & finance
    China local government leasing boom threatens to turn to bust Premium content

    Lessors chasing cash-strapped local governments through courts to recover funds 

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    Vietnam
    Vietnam’s losing battle against trade abuses risks more Trump action Premium content

    Officials struggle to tackle origin fraud as bilateral surplus grows in shadow of trade war

  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2019
    Chinese economy
    China’s big tech struggles to disrupt fresh produce shopping Premium content

    Online platforms cannot compete on price or convenience with offline sellers

  • Sunday, 11 August, 2019
    Emerging markets
    The struggle to keep Malaysia Airlines flying Premium content

    Party politics hampers commercial case for denationalising beleaguered flag carrier

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    Chinese politics & policy
    China tries to tackle its growing rubbish pile Premium content

    Billions in investment needed to process expected surge in household waste

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
    Thailand
    Thailand’s cosmetic surgery edge at risk of low-value trap Premium content

    Treatment centres see slowing growth in face of strong baht and surgeon shortage

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Ecommerce
    How Suning survived and thrived in China’s retail apocalypse Premium content

    Appliance seller anticipated the online threat but the battleground is now shifting back to the physical world

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    Philippines
    Duterte’s healthcare-for-all drive faces tough test Premium content

    Philippine politics and finances will struggle to deliver costly programme

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    Insurance
    Tragic tale fuels rush to get insured in China Premium content

    Premium growth surges as internet shapes critical illness cover supply and demand

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    Automobiles
    Chinese automakers seek second chance in south-east Asia Premium content

    Japan’s dominance could be challenged within a decade as investment in region surges

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