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Will China hit its growth target?
Asia focus, Shang-Jin Wei, Published on 09/05/2022
» In early March, Premier Li Keqiang announced that China was targeting GDP growth of "about 5.5%" this year. That would be ambitious even without Russia's war against Ukraine and the attendant increases in global energy and food prices.
Challenges for Asean
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/04/2022
» Over two years after the coronavirus emerged, countries across Asia are slowly beginning to recover. In Southeast Asia, economic growth is projected to pick up to 5.1% this year, from 3.2% in 2021. With 400 million people, or 59% of the population, fully vaccinated, many economies are well on the way to reopening.
Hopeful talk from superpowers
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 14/06/2021
» While the economy looks gloomy at home, I've been cheered up by the broader trend reported last week by the World Bank.
Supply chain bottlenecks in Vietnam
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 01/03/2021
» Vietnam's economy has fared better than that of almost any other country except China during the Covid-19 crisis. It grew by 2.9% last year while most other countries fell into recession.
Trade tonic
Asia focus, Published on 25/01/2021
» Two mega free-trade agreements (FTAs) will contribute immediately to the recovery of Southeast Asian countries because they broaden and deepen free trade with key partners at a time when the region is dealing with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, leading analysts say.
Vaccine shopping spree
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 19/10/2020
» Indonesian officials have been stepping up to the pandemic plate to secure Covid-19 vaccines as they battle to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the world's fourth most populous nation.
Dream state
Asia focus, Ben Bland, Published on 28/09/2020
» When Indonesian President Joko Widodo decided last year to pursue outlandish plans to build a new capital city in far-flung Kalimantan, advisers shook their heads in despair. But they were not surprised.
Rough road to recovery
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 21/09/2020
» Residents of Jakarta are enduring new restrictions to keep Covid-19 in check, amid political wrangling between the Indonesian capital's leader and a central government that is growing more worried about the economic consequences of the pandemic nationwide.
Post-pandemic optimism
Asia focus, Published on 24/08/2020
» Young people, defined as those aged between 18 and 34, and those in emerging markets are the most confident in their digital skills and intend to work harder to realise opportunities in a post-Covid-19 world, according to the findings of a recent global survey.
More Covid fallout looms
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 03/08/2020
» Should I start to worry? Vietnam, hailed as a success story for its ability to stay almost coronavirus-free as the rest of the world struggles with the insidious disease, is back on high alert after more than three months of being Covid-free.