Lionel Lim

Lionel Lim is a Singapore based reporter covering the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining Fortune he spent time at BBC in Singapore, and CGTN and CNN in the United States.

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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 13: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech about his foreign policy achievements in the Ben Franklin Room at the State Department’s Harry S. Truman headquarters building on January 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. With one week left in his term, Biden is scheduled to deliver a series of daily addresses about what he considers his accomplishments as president. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden argues China ‘will never surpass us’, as Washington aligns on being tough on Beijing

Visitors watch a BYD Yangwang U9 electric vehicle (EV) by Chinese car manufacturer BYD on display at Singapore Motorshow in Singapore on January 9, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese EV brands make their presence known at the Singapore Motor Show

Rafizi Ramli, Malaysia’s Minister of Economy, speaking at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 8, 2024.

Smaller countries must ‘double down’ on being open and neutral to survive a multipolar future, says Malaysia’s economic minister

Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO of Micron, speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony in Singapore on Jan. 8, 2025.

Singapore slots itself into the HBM supply chain—key to the AI boom—with a $7 billion Micron investment

Consumers shop for the iPhone 16 series at the flagship store of Apple Smart Products on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai, China, on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Foreign-branded smartphones are losing a lot of ground in China

Worker build server fans at Asia Vital Components Co. (AVC)’s factory in Hoang Dong Commune in Duy Tien District, Ha Nam Province, Vietnam on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. AVC, which started decades ago by making heatsinks basic aluminum rails designed to cool computers , is now developing liquid cooling systems that can keep up with Nvidia’s Blackwell generation of AI chips and systems. Photographer: Linh Pham/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Vietnam’s economy smashes growth forecasts as trade-obsessed Trump returns to the White House

Malaysia wants Big Tech to get licensed as Asia Pacific cracks down on social media platforms

BINZHOU, CHINA – DECEMBER 25, 2024 – Photo taken on Dec 25, 2024 shows semiconductors at a workshop of an automotive semiconductor production company in Binzhou, East China’s Shandong province. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

China plans to curb exports of minerals and battery technology—key to your EVs and electronics

HANGZHOU, CHINA – JANUARY 1, 2024 – Customers buy a BYD electric car at a BYD store in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, Jan. 1, 2025. On the same day, BYD’s announcement showed that in 2024, the sales volume of 4.272 million vehicles, an increase of 41.26%. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

After BYD’s bumper December, here’s how many cars Tesla must sell to keep its crown as the world’s top EV seller

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 22: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. The annual four day conference geared toward energizing and connecting conservative youth hosts some of the country’s leading conservative politicians and activists. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Trump is set to hike tariffs. Should Southeast Asia be worried?

CHONGQING, CHINA – DECEMBER 17: Pedestrians walk past a Tesla showroom featuring electric vehicles and branding on December 17, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Tesla faces growing competition from domestic automakers as China’s electric vehicle market remains under economic pressures and evolving consumer demand. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

China’s in the driver’s seat as EV sales are set to keep growing into 2025

The central business district ahead of incoming Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s swearing-in ceremony in Singapore, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Wong, Singapore’s fourth prime minister since independence, will have to tackle rising cost-of-living concerns, balance US-China tensions and plan for an election after succeeding Lee Hsien Loong. Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Singapore’s Straits Times Index is Southeast Asia’s best performing index for 2024—and it’s all due to its Big Three banks

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim touches the first locally produced electric vehicle (EV), the e.MAS 7, during its launch event at Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 16, 2024. The e.MAS 7, produced by Malaysian automaker Proton and backed by Chinese automotive giant Geely, is manufactured at Proton’s plant in Tanjung Malim, Perak. Proton EMas-7 launches with two options: the Prime variant is priced at MYR 109,800 (24,661 USD) and the Premium variant is MYR 123,800 (27,805 USD) on the road, excluding insurance. (Photo by Hari Anggara/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Malaysia’s auto industry releases its first-ever EV—but locals wonder if it’s really homegrown

Traffic on Johor-Singapore Causeway from Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, one of Malaysia’s richest men, officially takes the role of head of state on Jan. 31, selected by the nation’s hereditary rulers in October. Photographer: Aparna Aparna Nori/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Malaysia’s plan to build a high-speed train to Singapore struggles to leave the station

The Headquarters of the Insurance corporation Allianz SE in Munich. (Photo by Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

How a Global 500 insurer’s $1.6 billion Singapore deal fell apart