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Asia-Pacific economy

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s foreign investors hope stimulus will end ‘deep winter’

    International backers of Chinese equities want package to be accompanied by fiscal spending and reforms

    A bull statue in front of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
    China’s ‘World Bank’ gives backing to wave of renminbi bonds

    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will provide guarantees and support for developing nations’ ‘panda bonds’

    Jin Liqun speaks during an interview at the bank's headquarters in Beijing, with the AIIB logo in the background
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Automobiles
    European carmakers brace for a deeper and longer downturn

    Profit warnings have come from a sector facing weak sales at home, intense competition in China and slowing EV demand

    A man looks at an Volkswagen ID.Next concept car at an auto show in Shanghai
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessEleanor Olcott
    Signs of China’s troubles around Hainan’s white beaches

    Province is scattered with unfinished projects conceived when country’s growth appeared unassailable

    Ocean Flower Island, the artificial archipelago off the north coast of Danzhou in Hainan
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Chinese equities
    Chinese stocks surge 8.5% in best day since 2008

    Investors bet that rally which began with Beijing’s stimulus package has further to run

    Shanghai skyline with a rising bar chart in the background.
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Markets InsightStephen Roach
    Why China needs a ‘Three Arrows’ strategy

    Beijing should err on the side of acceptance rather than denial and make major efforts to avoid the mistakes of Japan

    China’s President Xi Jinping walks to the podium during a reception on the eve of National Day at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Japan’s biggest pension fund faces more pressure to deliver

    Changes to GPIF’s investment policies to take on more risk have been lauded — but the country’s system is under strain

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Thailand
    Thailand kicks off bumper cash handouts to boost ailing economy

    Long-awaited scheme may not be enough to turn around slow growth in south-east Asia’s second-largest economy

    An elderly person stands outside a bank in Bangkok, Thailand, holding multiple 1,000 baht banknotes after withdrawing money
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Chinese equities
    Chinese stocks post best week since 2008 after stimulus blitz

    Beijing’s pledge to support capital markets and economic growth targets also helps lift European stocks and metals prices

    A montage of Chinese president Xi Jinping and the emblem of the People’s Republic of China
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China’s bumper stimulus leaves consumers wanting more

    Struggling homeowners highlight Beijing’s challenge in reigniting consumer confidence

  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Middle East war
    Hizbollah’s exploding walkie-talkies probably among many counterfeits, says radio maker

    Director at Japan’s Icom stresses company discontinued devices 10 years ago

    Icom director Yoshiki Enomoto holds up the company’s V82 radio device
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Ikea
    Ikea says confidence returning in China after $1bn investment

    Ingka Centres opens retail and commercial centre in Shanghai amid economic slowdown

    An aerial view of the Livat Shanghai mixed-use development
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    LexHong Kong
    There is no quick recovery from Hong Kong’s property slump Premium content

    Despite last week’s interest rate cut, new home sales have only fallen further

    Tourists relax by the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Hong Kong
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China lifts markets with promise of more support for economy

    Chinese and European shares buoyed as politburo promises to drive investment

    Xi Jinping waves in front of a red backdrop and a Chinese Communist party flag with a yellow hammer and sickle
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    News in-depthIndustrial espionage
    How a Chinese billionaire’s Silicon Valley splurge caught the eye of the FBI

    Shan Xiangshuang’s $10bn buyout group quietly became a top US tech investor. That has triggered official concern

    A composite image of Shan Xiangshuang, an aerial photo of Silicon Valley and the FBI crest
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    China’s accelerating green transition

    Two-thirds of all new solar and wind power projects are based in the country. But to wean industry off coal, Beijing needs to set up a real energy market

    Montage of images of Xi Jinping against a backdrop of solar panels, wind turbines and power pylons
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Will China’s $100bn war chest for shares lift the real economy?

    Investors welcome ‘unprecedented’ central bank loans to try to boost markets but analysts say fiscal stimulus is needed

    A man walks past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    India wrestles with unsecured lending hangover

    Young Indians are racking up personal loan and credit card debts

    Shopping centre in New Delhi, India
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    China’s stimulus is hefty but insufficient

    A targeted fiscal boost and an untethering of the private sector is the next step

    People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng, National Financial Regulatory Administration Minister Li Yunze and China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Wu Qing at a press conference in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    China threatens Calvin Klein owner with blacklist over Xinjiang cotton

    Investigation could lead to first use of security measure against foreign company with significant Chinese interests

    A Calvin Klein Jeans store in Hong Kong
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China unleashes stimulus blitz to lift growth

    Central bank cuts benchmark rate and unveils support for property and stock markets to boost demand

    People walk past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing.
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Foreign exchange
    Foreigners are piling into China’s free money trade. How long can it last?

    CD players

  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    LexGeely Automobile Holdings Co Ltd
    On China tariffs, Geely goes made in Vietnam Premium content

    Trade restrictions may start a new trend of automakers assembling EVs overseas

    People gather round a Geely Zeekr 001 electric vehicle on display at a showroom in Shanghai, China
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Bank of Korea
    South Korea’s central bank chief warns over Gangnam-style housing boom

    Rhee Chang-yong calls for caps on university admissions from upmarket capital districts to check price growth

    Pedestrians walk along a street in the Gangnam district of Seoul, with modern buildings and trees lining the sidewalk. A person is seen sweeping the pavement on the left side of the image.
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    US proposes banning Chinese software and components in vehicles

    Move prompted by fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers and hack internet-connected cars

    Connected vehicles include EVs like this Seagull car from Chinese automaker BYD on display in a showroom in Beijing
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