Topic
Economy
Western Banks’ Collusion With the CCP Should Raise Alarms
By Sam Goodman
Already, banks like HSBC are obeying Beijing’s orders to block Hong Kongers’ access to assets. Things could get much worse if conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait.
No, China Is Not Planning to Spend $58 Billion on a Railway Connection to Pakistan
By Adnan Aamir
On further investigation, the wave of stories about a new breakthrough in the China-Pakistan Railway are based on hot air.
How China Became a Wedge Issue Amid the US Debt Ceiling Nail-Biter
By Jiachen Shi
Both Democrats and Republicans have tried to use the specter of China to justify their own budget plans.
China-Pakistan Ties Steam Ahead With Proposed Rail Project
By Umair Jamal
The $58 billion railway line will link the Pakistani port city of Gwadar with Kashgar in China’s Xinjiang province.
The Geopolitics of Technology in Indonesia
By James Guild and Leonard C. Sebastian
There are signs of sharpening strategic competition in technology-intensive sectors such as battery manufacturing, clean energy, and data centers.
In Japan, an Uphill Climb for PM Kishida’s ‘New Capitalism’
By Dylan Harris
The Kishida administration is pursuing a more inclusive “stakeholder capitalism,” but aside from its grand vision it doesn’t have many details to offer.
Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: What Went Wrong?
By Mariyam Suleman Anees
The country is currently running on foreign loans taken on high rates of interest. It will have to repay $80 billion in the coming three years.
Foreign Companies in China Face Growing Scrutiny, Pressure
By Joe McDonald
New crackdowns are a jarring backdrop for official efforts to reverse a decline in foreign business interest in China.
US Lifts Ban on Imports From Major Malaysian Glove Manufacturer
By Sebastian Strangio
In late 2021, U.S. authorities barred goods manufactured by the company Smart Glove from entering the country due to its alleged use of forced labor.
Avoiding a Costly China-US Conflict
By Sara Hsu
A direct China-U.S. conflict would cause hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars’ worth of economic damage through business disruptions alone.
The High Costs of India’s INSTC Ambitions
By Seamus Duffy
The country risks being pulled into the middle of ongoing tensions between the West and Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other.
Laos Is Not in a Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ – But It Is in Trouble
By Anjali Bhatt
Laos is disturbingly reliant on investment from China – and no one knows how much, and under what terms.