Asia-Pacific

Following a period of heady growth, the region’s economies are expected to slow in the face of the eurozone slump, lower EU investment, and coronavirus.

Smaller economies in the region are successfully positioning themselves as a manufacturing alternative to China.

Zafrul Aziz becomes the first non-politician in the country's history to hold the position.

Bhutan’s geography plays an out-size role in its economic health.

Experts are questioning the structure and true purpose of Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund.

The Indian government's mobile payments platform sees 1.3 billion transactions per month.

India shifts policy to generate foreign investment in coal industry.

With growth slowing, Beijing pushes technology, innovation and urban experimentation as the keys to China’s future economic ascendancy.

Some de-escalation in the US-China trade war.

US-China tensions have not blunted American investors' enthusiasm for Chinese companies.

China joins Thailand and HSBC Singapore in issuing blockchain-based bond issuance pilots.

China and Russia are getting closer and closer.

With US policy under President Trump pushing them into each others’ arms, the China-Russia friendship is warming up.

The US is using soft power to compete with China's ambitious global infrastructure initiative.

Is this the emergence of a new "India First" trade policy?

China's economic rise is producing more and more billionaires.

Sri Lanka's new president may be a strong man, but can he strengthen the economy?

China’s rapid embrace of financial transactions via smartphone has opened new opportunities in the investment sector. Li Yimei, CEO of Beijing-based ChinaAMC, describes how her firm is using technology to serve clients and stay on top of the asset management business.

Xingfei Chen, deputy general manager of the Transactions Banking Department of China Guangfa Bank (CGB), this year’s Most Innovative Bank, talks about how the bank makes innovation central to its operating philosophy and some of the “firsts” that make it a Star of China.

China’s banks embrace technology while staying focused on the real economy.