Chinese shoppers push online retail to new heights
SHANGHAI -- Homemaker Wu Ting rarely goes out these days to buy groceries in Shanghai's markets and malls.During the city's...
Economic
Japan’s tax revenue to slip below $560bn in fiscal 2019
TOKYO -- Japan's national tax revenue in the fiscal year ended March is expected to fall below 60 trillion yen...
Coronavirus blocks Belt and Road, cutting Q1 project value by 64%
SINGAPORE -- China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to link countries across Asia and beyond through a string...
Indonesia tops Singapore as Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 hot spot
JAKARTA -- Indonesia has once again become Southeast Asia's COVID-19 hot spot, overtaking Singapore in terms of cumulative cases on...
Huawei delays production of flagship phone after US crackdown
TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Huawei Technologies has told some suppliers to delay production for its newest flagship smartphone as the Chinese tech company...
KKR-led consortium invests $650m in Vietnam’s Vinhomes
HANOI -- A consortium led by U.S. private equity powerhouse KKR that includes Singapore's state investor Temasek Holdings, announced Tuesday that it isinvesting...
Chinese gay dating app Blued seeks $50m IPO in US
HONG KONG -- The operator of China's largest gay dating app, Blued, is planning an initial public offering in the U.S....
Two passports, one citizenship – Nikkei Asian Review
I have two passports, but only one citizenship-- so do many who lived under British colonial rule in Hong Kong....
Beijing’s coronavirus second wave puts Xi ally in hot water
The Chinese government has made strides in containing the coronavirus, which infected tens of thousands and killed more than 4,000...
Coronavirus latest: India suffers 2,003 deaths, highest 1-day total
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
