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9/13/2023, 11:29:00 PM What to watch in Asia today William Langley in Hong Kong UK-China relations: The British government is expected to formally respond to a damning report from parliament’s intelligence and security committee in July, which found the UK’s approach to China’s “increasingly sophisticated” espionage was “completely inadequate”. Hong Kong: The second day of

There is no such thing as a popular US president. Each one enters office with the suspicion or ill will of almost half the electorate now. Once the routine wear and tear of governing sets in, a low approval rating is so natural as to almost be proof that one is doing the job. The

Vietnam has upgraded its relationship with the US to the highest level, bringing the former foes closer in the face of Beijing’s growing assertiveness. The US signed a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with the south-east Asian country on Sunday after President Joe Biden arrived in Hanoi from New Delhi, where he had attended the G20 summit.

The London law firm Schillings battles in and out of courts for celebrities from Meghan Markle to Johnny Depp and Lance Armstrong, along with other wealthy clients who mostly stay out of the public gaze. They value their privacy and use Schillings to protect it. So it was a surprise when the firm announced this

There’s a moment in your late forties or fifties when life seems to become more complicated.  This should be a time when you enjoy the fruits of your earlier labours, with the career settled, children largely grown up and the mortgage mostly paid off. On top of this, the current cohort stands to benefit from

Northern Ireland’s police chief has resigned, bowing to mounting pressure after a string of scandals. Simon Byrne announced his resignation after an emergency meeting of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s oversight body, capping a tumultuous month for the force after it accidentally posted personal details of its nearly 10,000 officers and staff on the

Chinese lenders stepped in to extend billions of dollars to Russian banks as western institutions pulled back their operations in the country during the first year of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The moves by four of China’s biggest banks are part of Beijing’s efforts to promote the renminbi as an alternative global currency to the

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Receive free Healthcare updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Healthcare news every morning. Are the British work-shy? The UK is now the only developed country where more people have continued to drop out of the workforce since the pandemic. The work and pensions secretary has urged the over-50s

Chinese property stocks declined on Thursday after Country Garden, once the country’s largest developer by sales, reported record losses and China Vanke cancelled a share placement. The CSI 300 Real Estate index, which tracks property stocks listed on mainland exchanges, declined 4.1 per cent in morning trading. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Mainland Properties index declined

Switzerland has proposed sweeping measures to clamp down on money laundering in an effort to shed the country’s reputation as a haven for ill-gotten gains. Finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter unveiled reforms on Wednesday to increase transparency and close legal loopholes by requiring the ultimate “beneficial owners” of trusts and companies to be declared. At present

Dozens of New York’s top business leaders have urged Washington to do more to tackle the pressures caused by the arrival of tens of thousands of asylum seekers in US cities. In an open letter to President Joe Biden and Congressional leaders of both parties, executives including Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase and Jane Fraser

Donald Trump has surrendered to authorities in Atlanta, Georgia, where he faces 13 criminal charges over alleged attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. The 77-year-old, who is the clear frontrunner in the race to again become the Republican candidate for the White House, was booked in Fulton County and photographed, before

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My earliest memory of watching a football match was the FA Cup Charity Shield final in August 2001, where Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-1. My father and older brother supported Manchester United, so — a free agent at that point — I chose to root for Liverpool — and I’ve been a very lazy Reds

European equities and Wall Street futures rose on Thursday, as blowout revenues from chipmaker Nvidia fuelled investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence stocks.  Europe’s region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 pared some early morning gains but traded 0.3 per cent higher, while France’s Cac 40 added 0.4 per cent and Germany’s Dax gained 0.3 per cent.  The Stoxx

Russia is offering to swap western investors’ stranded assets in the country for some Russian assets frozen by the west following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Under the proposal, Moscow would give interested western investors the opportunity to buy the assets of Russian companies that have been immobilised in Europe by using their own

When I published a bullish book about Asia in 2016, I felt I had good answers to all the sceptical questions except one. What about China’s demography? The cliché was that China will “grow old before it grows rich”. Like many clichés, it turns out to have some truth to it.  For all the talk in

China is expected to make the biggest cuts this year to two of its core lending rates, as pressure mounts on policymakers and banks to reverse a trend of slowing momentum and revive flagging demand in the world’s second-biggest economy. The People’s Bank of China is set to announce reductions to both one-year and five-year

Some of the UK’s biggest companies are seeking to separate a prominent boardroom diversity campaign from the CBI after they cut ties with the crisis-hit business lobby group.  FTSE 100 groups Aviva, Schroders and Sage as well as Big Four consultancies Deloitte and EY are among the companies that have been involved in the talks,