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‘Courses in love’: China steps up campaign to promote marriage, babies
Universities have been asked to educate single students on relationships and regular articles appear in state media about the benefits of having children.
- Eleanor Olcott, Nian Liu and Wang Xueqiao
Fine wine market in the red as Chinese demand dries up
The falls mark a second consecutive tough year for the industry, which was hit in 2023 by higher interest rates and dwindling sales from Asia.
- Laurence Fletcher
Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing dozens
The Embraer 190 was flying from Baku to the Russian city of Grozny when it tried an emergency landing. Remarkably, many passengers survived. Watch the footage.
- Katie Marie Davies
This Month
- Opinion
- Inside China
This is how China could lift growth while cutting global emissions
A shift towards green development could help stabilise the Chinese economy while supporting the world’s energy transition.
- Yiping Huang
Foxconn throws curveball in Nissan-Honda merger talks
The iPhone maker has thrown a potential spanner in the works by approaching struggling Nissan about acquiring a stake, according to sources and media reports.
- Nicholas Takahashi
- Analysis
- Cars
Merge or die: Honda-Nissan talks mark pivotal moment in painful transition
Japanese discussions signal industry-wide consolidation as carmakers struggle with electric vehicle transition costs and growing competition from China.
- Jessica Sier
China to have 1000 nukes by 2030, says Pentagon
The annual China Military Power Report said the People’s Liberation Army had expanded its arsenal by 20 per cent in the 12 months to mid-2024.
- Demetri Sevastopulo
Honda, Nissan consider merger to take on Tesla, China EVs
Such a deal would create an automotive rival to Toyota that would effectively consolidate the Japanese car industry into two camps.
- Chester Dawson
‘A different animal’: Inside Huawei’s new EV business
The Chinese tech giant’s multibillion-dollar unit is setting its sights on becoming a big supplier to the electric car industry despite US sanctions.
- Edward White and Tina Hu
Weak consumption drags on China as Trump tariff threat looms
Weaker retail figures come despite a boost from online shopping promotions and government-subsidised trade-in programs that have lifted sales in some sectors.
- Kevin Yao and Ethan Wang
South Korea’s leaders seek calm after president impeached
Political leaders and the central bank tried to reassure allies and markets of stability, after the president was suspended for trying to impose martial law.
- Heekyong Yang and Josh Smith
Can a looming trade war revive this niche Australian industry?
Firms such as newly listed Merino & Co are positioning themselves between China and Donald Trump, who threatens to impose tariffs on Chinese products.
- Jessica Sier
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon
Mr Yoon’s presidential powers and duties will be suspended after copies of a document on the impeachment are delivered to him and to the Constitutional Court.
- Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung
- Analysis
- China’s Great Slowdown
China’s ‘bazooka’ stimulus will have to wait - again
Beijing says “vigorous” efforts to boost domestic consumption are the country’s top economic priority, but details are once again lacking.
- Jessica Sier
- Analysis
- Political unrest
South Korean upheaval rattles US plan to counter China
There are questions over whether a new government in Seoul might complicate Washington’s efforts under Donald Trump to counter the rise of China as a military superpower.
- Edward White, Christian Davies, Leo Lewis and Demetri Sevastopulo
South Korea’s Yoon seeks to fight on as inquiries mount
The president is battling to stay in his role after his brief declaration of martial law last week stunned the nation and its allies.
- Sangmi Cha and Seyoon Kim
The four charts that show what’s wrong with China’s economy
Key indicators reveal the challenges facing Chinese policymakers as they gather to deal with the task of balancing short-term stimulus with longer-term reforms.
- Jessica Sier
How Shanghai’s ambition to be the ‘future of finance’ fell apart
The port city was meant to be China’s answer to New York, but trade tensions and changing domestic priorities have taken a toll.
- Thomas Hale and Cheng Leng
China’s surprise pledge sends commodities soaring
BHP and Rio Tinto rallied with commodity prices after Beijing signalled bolder support for the world’s second-largest economy next year.
- Joanne Tran
Yoon survives impeachment vote after his power grab
The move to impeach the South Korean president was foiled by his conservative People Power Party, which boycotted the vote.
- Soo-Hyang Choi and Sam Kim
South Korea’s president apologises hours before impeachment vote
President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed his regret for plunging the country into political turmoil, but did not resign from parliament.
- Soo-Hyang Choi and Sam Kim
South Korea’s crisis deepens after party leader turns on president
The leader of the country’s ruling party now supports suspending Yoon Suk Yeol from office, a bombshell reversal that makes the president’s impeachment more likely.
- Soo-Hyang Choi
- Analysis
- World politics
Why a destabilised South Korea is dangerous
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is not backing down from his nuclear ambitions. A stable South Korea is crucial for peace in the region.
- Edward Howell
EVs to get even cheaper as price war enters ‘knockout’ round
Australia will benefit from a brutal and stepped up cost-cutting battle between China’s manufacturers.
- Jessica Sier
Yoon’s actions remind investors of all they dislike about South Korea
After briefly declaring martial law this week, the South Korean President can kiss goodbye to his plan to boost the nation’s notoriously depressed stock market.
- Shuli Ren