Inside the Succession Drama at a Hong Kong Property Dynasty
Adrian Cheng, the third-generation scion of property dynasty New World Development, seemed poised to take over his family’s $20 billion empire. But last month, in a surprising twist, he was replaced a...
8 Okt 202415min
Tim Walz’s Deep China Ties Could Spell Trouble for Democrats
With relations between Washington and Beijing at a critical point, US Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz’s time in China has come under scrutiny from Republicans. Walz first went to China...
1 Okt 202414min
Could the Chinese Yuan Ever Replace the US Dollar?
Talk of de-dollarization has been gaining momentum among China, India, Brazil, Russia and South Africa in the wake of significant US led sanctions on Russia. Former US President and candidate Donald T...
24 Sep 202415min
China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation
China’s drive to upgrade its struggling economy has left millions of people facing job losses or pay cuts, fueling an existential crisis among some of its best and brightest workers. On today's Big T...
18 Sep 202417min
Indonesia Is Building a New Capital. It’s Not Going Well
Indonesia has embarked on an ambitious project to build a new capital city from scratch because Jakarta is overcrowded, polluted and sinking, fast. But the multibillion dollar new city, Nusantara, was...
10 Sep 202415min
Carry Trades, Explained
They caused global markets to seize up – and raised serious questions about just how much money was at stake. No, we’re not talking about Nvidia’s earnings. Or the US jobs report. We’re talking about ...
3 Sep 202416min
Humans and AI Bots Blur in the World's Call Center Capital
Call centers in the Philippines, the world’s second-biggest outsourcing center after India, are embracing artificial intelligence - and it’s radically changing what it looks and sounds like to work th...
27 Aug 202416min
Inside Southeast Asia’s Most Notorious Crime Hub
A Chinese businessman persuaded officials to establish a special economic zone in a remote part of Laos. The gamblers arrived first. Then came the drug runners, human traffickers and scammers.On today...
19 Aug 202418min
