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 – JUNE 09: U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House on June 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump returned from Camp David where he held a meeting with senior members of his administration. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump’s ‘done’ deal with China just brings tariffs back to Liberation Day levels

TAIYUAN, Feb. 9, 2021 — Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei is interviewed in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi Province, Feb. 9, 2021. TO GO WITH “Mining innovation lab launched in China’s coal-rich Shanxi” (Photo by Cao Yang/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Cao Yang via Getty Images)

China can shrug off U.S. tech controls, thanks to open-source design and chip packaging techniques, says Huawei’s founder

Vismay Sharma, president, L’Oreal South Asia Pacific, Middle East, and North Africa

L’Oreal sees Middle East and Southeast Asia as next growth engines as China slows: ‘Eventually demographics have to win’

TOPSHOT – Lei Jun, co-founder and CEO of Xiaomi, speaks during the launching of Xiaomi’s XRING O1 chipset, mobile phone 15S Pro and Pad 7 Ultra in Beijing on May 22, 2025. Tech giant Xiaomi unveiled a new advanced in-house mobile chip on May 22, a significant milestone for the company as Chinese firms shift resources towards home-grown technology against a bleak international trade backdrop. Xiaomi, which sells goods from smartphones to vacuum cleaners and electric vehicles (EVs), is one of China’s most prominent consumer electronics firms. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun predicts his company’s expensive EV bet could soon start making money

CHONGQING, CHINA – MARCH 14: A visitor takes a photo during the 2025 China Medical Equipment Conference & Medical Equipment Exhibition held at Chongqing International Expo Center on March 14, 2025 in Chongqing, China. The four-day exhibition kicked off here on March 13 with a total of 34 professional exhibition areas, including medical imaging, radiotherapy, medical examination, surgical equipment, hospital Internet of Things construction, artificial intelligence and medical robots, etc., showcasing over 10,000 new products, new technologies, new applications and new methods in the field of medical equipment. (Photo by Zhou Yi/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Trump isn’t Beijing’s only trade headache, as the EU targets Chinese medical devices

Indosat’s CEO Vikram Sinha (first from left) and GoTo’s CEO Patrick Walujo (first from right) at at the launch of Sahabat AI’s consumer chatbot at the National Museum in Jakarta on June 2, 2025.

Indonesia’s Indosat and Goto unveil a new ‘sovereign AI’ that can chat in the country’s most-used languages

Sara Al Sayed, Deputy Minister, International Relations, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia speaking at Fortune’s ASEAN-GCC Forum on May 28, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.

Saudi Arabia looks to take partnership with China and Southeast Asia beyond AI: ‘There’s so many untapped areas’

Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi speaking at Fortune’s ASEAN-GCC Economic Forum on May 28, 2025 at Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia looks to help standardize the halal economy as Southeast Asia and the Middle East build new ‘smart partnerships’

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (L) greets Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa as he arrives for the 2nd ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit after the 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on May 27, 2025. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MOHD RASFAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Southeast Asia and Gulf leaders meet with China as governments look to coordinate in the face of Trump tariffs

ComfortDelGro’s CEO Cheng Siak Kian speaking at the company’s half-year earnings briefing for 2023 on August 14, 2023 in Singapore.

Singapore’s ComfortDelGro will bid for Melbourne’s rail line as it takes its public transport model global

The U.S. is targeting Huawei’s AI chips, and China says that could undermine an uneasy truce in the trade war

Forrest Li, Chairman and CEO of Sea, speaking at the company’s rebrand of its financial services arm to Monee on May 8, 2025, at Rochester Commons in Singapore.

Sea shares hit highest point in three years after it records $410.8 million in quarterly profit

Ujjwal Deep Dahal, CEO of Druk Holdings and Investments, Bhutan’s sovereign wealth fund.

‘Size does not matter’: Bhutan’s tiny sovereign wealth fund banks on green energy and Bitcoin

An artist impression of “The Initial Sama” located at 26 Evans Road in Singapore

Scion of hospitality conglomerate Genting Group sees potential in wellness-based co-living spaces

A bank employee poses with USD 100 notes in Taipei on May 6, 2025. The dollar rose in Asia on May 6 fuelled by hopes for trade deals to avert Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, while equities mostly rose as investors await the Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. dollar’s slide is the ‘bane’ of Asia’s central bankers