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News, William Pesek, Published on 15/09/2015
» In 2008, Asian economies had good reason to race to decouple from the struggling West. The collapse of Lehman Brothers and subsequent contagion sent export-dependent countries in search of a more reliable customer. Not surprisingly, they latched onto China.
News, William Pesek, Published on 25/08/2015
» Twelve months ago, it seemed Beijing's retrograde politics would eventually sink Hong Kong's exalted international reputation. Now China's ailing economy seems likely to finish off the job sooner than anyone expected.
News, William Pesek, Published on 12/08/2015
» Malaysia's ongoing currency crash has many causes: a worsening global outlook, plunging commodity prices and, of course, the political scandal enveloping Prime Minister Najib Razak. But the real culprit is the year 1997.
News, William Pesek, Published on 20/07/2015
» The international ratings agency Fitch was downplaying concerns last week that Chinese stocks are a systemic risk to global markets. Many investors, however, are far less sanguine.
News, William Pesek, Published on 07/07/2015
» Everyone knows the Chinese government is desperate to keep stocks from crashing. But this desperate?