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Two children visit a Chinese New Year decoration in the Flower Dome of Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, Feb. 1, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua via Getty Images)

East Asian societies have the world’s lowest birth rates—and are learning that ‘throwing a bit of money’ at the problem isn’t solving anything

BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 06: Zhong Shanshan, founder and chairman of bottled water company Nongfu Spring, drinks Nongfu Spring bottled water at a Nongfu Spring press conference on May 6, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

China’s richest person has a new headache: Nationalist Chinese social media users are claiming his bottled water brand, Nongfu Spring, is pro-Japan

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 08: In an aerial view, shipping cranes made by Chinese owned manufacturer Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) stand at the Port of Oakland on March 08, 2024 in Oakland, California. An investigation conducted by the House Committee on Homeland Security and House select committee on China found that some Chinese-made shipping cranes that are in use at several US ports have communications equipment installed with no clear purpose and were not documented in contracts between US ports and ZPMC, a Chinese crane maker. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The Chinese company at the center of Biden’s crane concerns denies it’s a threat to U.S. national security

NUSA DUA, INDONESIA – NOVEMBER 15: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit on November 15, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. The new British Prime Minister aims to articulate his foreign policy vision here while grappling with economic instability at home. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images,)

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund gets an Uber-size stake in oil giant Aramco as it bets on airlines, video games, and sports

BYD Co. vehicles at one of the company’s showroom in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. BYD, the world’s largest maker of electric vehicles, will invest 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) to develop smart-car features, its founder and chief executive officer said Tuesday. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A drop in deliveries triggers another round of price wars in the Chinese EV market—and that’s bad news for Tesla

Geraldo Alckmin, Brazil’s vice president, attends a bill signing ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. The provisional measure that increases the minimum wage and widens the income tax exemption band was approved by the Chamber of Deputies last week. Photographer: Ton Molina/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Brazil’s vice president shares an X post featuring Goku and Pikachu to thank Toyota for its $2.2 billion hybrid car investment

Prabowo Subianto, presidential candidate and Indonesia’s defense minister, gestures as he speaks during a campaign in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. Some 204 million Indonesians will cast their ballots next month to elect a new leader to succeed Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, who will wrap up his second and last five-year term in October. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Indonesia’s presumed next president wants the ‘very, very messy’ democracy to have 8% GDP growth within 5 years

Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and the X (formerly Twitter) platform, attends a symposium on fighting antisemitism titled ‘Never Again : Lip Service or Deep Conversation’ in Krakow, Poland on January 22nd, 2024. Musk, who was invited to Poland by the European Jewish Association (EJA) has visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp earlier that day, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Tesla’s weak China sales—and a 7.2% plunge in share price—help to knock Elon Musk off his perch as the world’s richest person

BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 5: Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers a speech during the opening of the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) at The Great Hall of People on March 5, 2024 in Beijing, China.China’s annual political gathering known as the Two Sessions will convene leaders and lawmakers to set the government’s agenda for domestic economic and social development for the year. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

China tries to project confidence with a 5% growth target—yet Goldman Sachs’ wealth management chief investment officer is telling investors to stay away

GUANGZHOU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 17: A Li Auto Mega all-electric MPV is on display during the Auto Guangzhou 2023 at China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex on November 17, 2023 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by Qu Jinwei/VCG via Getty Images)

Li Auto wants to sell an electric minivan, complete with fridge and sofa, as it tries to stave off a sales decline

An electronic board displays a share price of the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on March 4, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan’s Nikkei index continues its record-breaking bull run by breaking 40,000 for the first time in its history

Founder of Taiwan’s chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Morris Chang speaks during the opening ceremony for the new semiconductor plant by Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (JASM), in Kikuyo of the Kikuchi district, Kumamoto prefecture on February 24, 2024. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan lost its early lead in chips to companies in Korea and Taiwan. Now a new TSMC project could lead the way to ‘a renaissance of semiconductors’

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 23: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO BOOK COVERS Taylor Swift performs at Accor Stadium on February 23, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

It’s Singapore’s turn to benefit from ‘Swiftonomics’—and the city-state’s neighbors fear a reported backroom deal froze them out

BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 27: Dozens of people attend the presentation of the Xiaomi SU7 car, during the presentation of the Xiaomi SU7 car, during the second day of the XVIII edition of the Mobile World Congress, at the Fira de Barcelona, on 27 February, 2024 in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. MWC is the most important mobile technology event in the world and is being held from today until Thursday, February 29, and is expected to bring together some 95,000 attendees, 2,400 exhibitors and 1,100 speakers. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Xiaomi founder Lei Jun followed Apple into the EV market. He’s now ‘very shocked’ by the iPhone maker’s decision to pull out

Campbell Wilson, chief executive officer of Air India Ltd., during an interview at the Aviation Festival Asia conference in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Air India is awaiting final clearances but will likely merge with Vistara, co-owned by Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, by the end of the year, said Wilson. Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The CEO of the just-privatized Air India describes how tough it was to turn around a 91-year-old airline: ‘The first 6 months was really triage’