Vietnam’s 8% growth making a mockery of Trump’s tariffs
Teflon Vietnam. This banner normally refers to the nation’s thriving trade in polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene resins used in everything from…
Hong Kong is China’s most underestimated strategic asset
It has become fashionable in some circles to speak of Hong Kong’s decline. The narrative is familiar: geopolitical…
Next financial meltdown could be much worse with US on sidelines
This is the second in a two-part series. Read part one here. Globalization has always had its critics…
Trump-Xi summit, if not canceled like Trump-Putin, will be tepid
The summit between American President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be a meeting between…
China’s flaring struggles reignite heated US rate debate
NEW YORK — As Wall Street’s blockbuster rally shows signs of fatigue and gold loses some luster, many…
How Vietnam could ease Trump’s China soybean pain
On October 8, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed that Hanoi and Washington are negotiating the 20%…
Indonesia’s ill-timed return to the financial brink
Economists worried about the state of central bank independence are almost linearly focused on the Federal Reserve in…
China’s dual-use asteroid-collision research threatens satellites
China has unveiled its mission to impact deliberately a near-Earth asteroid by 2030 – a decisive step toward…
China targeting Musk’s Starlink with low-orbit satellite drive
China is pressing ahead with low-orbit satellite clusters as regulators lay out a framework to accelerate the technology’s…