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- Chinese investment into Indonesia reached US$1.56 billion between July and September, up from US$595.61 million a year earlier - China...

The 2022 ASEAN summit took place at the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, this past weekend, with China as an official guest. At the event,...

For the first time in over two years, China’s monthly exports fell year-on-year as the global economy cooled off. By John W. Miller,...

Taiwan, trade, Ukraine, and the climate crisis were among issues discussed when the presidents of the US and China met At the G20 summit...

This investor's guide to east Asia offers a one-stop shop for anyone considering operating in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia,...

As far as investors are concerned, China has been the undisputed king of Asia-Pacific for decades. However, some signs point towards the...

As if the stakes in the ongoing US–China geopolitical competition weren’t high enough already, on 7 October the United States banned the...

From the BRI to the ‘new normal’, a retrospective on 10 years of changes, By Seth O'Farrell, FDI Intelligence, In 2012, Xi inherited an...

China’s export machine has started to show deeper cuts from U.S. protectionism. Exports to the U.S. in September dropped 11.5%...

The rise of start-ups in the region is a factor behind the dynamism of foreign direct investment there, an UNCTAD-ASEAN report finds....

The city state has become a location of choice for large highly innovative projects Singapore was the leading destination for greenfield...

The importance of intra-regional trade between ASEAN and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region has also become increasingly...

The rapid expansion of China's property sector was powered by a great migration from the farms to the cities - and built on cheap credit....

Foreign direct investment in Vietnam continues to increase, rising from US$11.57 billion in July to US$12.8 billion in August 2022,...

In a press briefing this week, Asian Development Bank Chief Economist Albert Park dropped something of a geopolitical bombshell: China is...

ASEAN-China economic cooperation will further promote peace, stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and provide a buffer for the region to...

Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) into China has fallen to a new record low in the first half of 2022 amid geopolitical...

China reported robust trade flows for July 2022. Overall, shipments from the world’s second-largest economy and top exporter rose 18%...

Apple Inc's suppliers are in talks to produce Apple Watch and MacBook in Vietnam for the first time, Nikkei Asia reported on Tuesday,...

China remains Malaysia’s largest foreign investor in the manufacturing sector and has been since 2016, in addition to being Malaysia’s...