David Ho

Chi­na’s eco­nom­ic growth rate slowed to a near 30-year low in the third quar­ter, hurt­ing the in­come of its poor­est.

Un­af­ford­able hous­ing may be fu­elling vi­o­lent protests, but crit­ics say Lam’s mea­sures could make prop­er­ty even prici­er.

Chi­na’s con­tro­ver­sial BRI could prove to be a coun­ter­bal­ance to the dam­age caused by its trade war with the US.

With no end in sight to anti-gov­ern­ment protests, com­pa­nies and in­vestors are be­com­ing more ner­vous.

Japan has ex­pelled South Ko­rea from its list of ap­proved ex­port des­ti­na­tions, the lat­est chap­ter in a long-run­ning feud.

Tokyo’s curbs on tech ex­ports to South Ko­rea may score po­lit­i­cal points at home, but could hurt some top Japan­ese firms.

Some busi­ness­es re­con­sid­er in­vest­ments as pro­test­ers keep up the pres­sure against a pro­posed ex­tra­di­tion law.

But stronger-than-ex­pect­ed re­tail sales and in­vest­ments sug­gest gov­ern­ment stim­u­lus mea­sures may be work­ing.

US eco­nom­ic and po­lit­i­cal ac­tions against Chi­na and Rus­sia are like­ly dri­ving the two coun­tries clos­er, an­a­lysts say.

Lat­est sur­veys of fac­to­ry own­ers in Chi­na and oth­er Asian coun­tries show ac­tiv­i­ty slow­ing down.