Liang Wenfeng, founder of startup DeepSeek, delivers the keynote speech during the 10th China Private Equity Golden Bull Awards on August 30, 2019 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images DeepSeek, the lab that put Chinese artificial intelligence on the map last January, has long been financed by High-Flyer Quant, its…
A wealthy Chinese family. Viewstock | View Stock | Getty Images A year ago, wealthy Chinese families were souring on Singapore. Its rules felt onerous, its nightlife subdued. Other cities seemed easier or more exciting. Now they want to come back. Family-office advisers and wealth managers say they are seeing renewed interest in Singapore from…
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe speaks to the press during the press conference held by the United States President Donald Trump in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington DC, United States. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu |…
Qantas and Jet Star aircrafts at Sydney Airport. April 10th, 2026, (Photo by Wolter Peeters / The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images) Fairfax Media | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Shares of Australian carrier Qantas Airways jumped 4% on Thursday after the airline reported full-year earnings and unveiled new business-class suites amid growing demand…
An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015. Japan’s share prices dropped 733.98 points, or nearly 4.0 percent, to close at 17,806.70 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, erasing a morning rebound as Hong Kong and Shanghai extended losses on worries over…
Employees work on the assembly line of an intelligent factory of SERES Automobile Co., Ltd in Chongqing, China on July 19, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits growth in July slowed to its weakest pace this year, expanding 11.2% from a year earlier, according to National Bureau of Statistics…
Pedestrians cross a road in front of the Bank of Korea headquarters in Seoul on July 16, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised rates for a second straight time in its bid to cool rising prices, after core inflation reading hit the highest level last month…
A hand-drawn poster advertising the film “Niu Lai”, which translates to “Here Comes the Cow”, is seen at a cinema in Beijing on August 21, 2026. “Niu Lai”, a low-budget Chinese animated film that was widely mocked for its crude visuals became a viral hit, with people packing cinemas to see just how bad it…
Singapore-based Vertex Ventures, backed by Singapore state investor Temasek, has made investments in Chinese robotics startups, including Unitree Robotics. SINGAPORE — Chinese robotics companies shut out of the U.S. by new restrictions on advanced robots can still reach American buyers by building genuine operations in Singapore, according to a Temasek-backed venture firm that counts humanoid…
Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, waves to photographers as he leaves after attending a dialog held by country’s anti-graft agency Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at its headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2024. Willy Kurniawan | Reuters Indonesia may have trouble meeting its economic-growth goals for the coming year, after spending 2026 on the defensive amid…
