Asia Economy

While the rest of the world battled wave after wave of coronavirus, China's strict zero-Covid policy kept case numbers down and national pride up. So how long can China maintain its strict Covid policies? And what matters most to…

The Huangpu River splits the Chinese city of Shanghai between the older settlement on the west and the newer, financial center on the east.Johannes Eisele | Afp | Getty ImagesChina's latest wave of Covid restrictions has forced millions…

Pakistan's parliament picked Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister, just days after his predecessor Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote.Aamir Qureshi | AFP | Getty ImagesPakistan has a new prime minister — and this…

China's efforts to raise the national birth rate can help some U.S. consumer stocks, Jefferies analysts said in a report. Source link

Thousands of Sri Lankans took to the streets on Monday calling for the ouster of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seen here on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom.Andy Buchanan | Pool | Getty Images"Gotta go, Gotabaya," …

The Bank of Japan will be "alarmed" if the yen weakens beyond 130 per dollar, according to Japan's former vice minister of finance for international affairs, Eisuke Sakakibara.The yen was trading at 123.77 per U.S. dollar on Wednesday…

Indonesia's stocks are among the top picks of JPMorgan Asset Management and Goldman Sachs for 2022. In this photo from April 2019, the statue of a bull is standing at the lobby of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta,…

Real estate and related sectors account for at least 25% of China's economy, according to Moody's.Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China's economy faces so much new pressure from Covid that Beijing may increase…

This image from February 2022 shows Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Foreign Minister of India, speaking on the second day of the Munich Security Conference. Jaishankar's visit Colombo on Monday comes as Sri Lanka is in the throes of an economic…

While mainland China faced its worst wave of Covid-19 since the initial shock of the pandemic, a central bank survey found more Chinese wanted to save money than spend or invest it.Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING —…