North Korean trade hit more by COVID-19 than sanctions
Trade with China, by far the country's largest economic partner, shrank 73% through September and is on course to plunge 80% for the whole year, a trade body says.
What happens when Singapore runs out of sand for construction?
Singapore’s appetite for sand has become controversial. Some neighbors that used to sell it have objected, citing concerns about environmental degradation.
Trumponomics won’t outlive Trump
Trump did put the working class at the center of his rhetoric, and GOP politicians noticed. Now, the party needs to translate this rhetorical emphasis into a policy agenda.
What will it take to make Suga’s agricultural export policy succeed?
Today, Japan's rice yield per hectare is 40% lower than that of California. It has also been surpassed by China, whose yield per hectare was only half that of Japan 50 years ago.
Biden may be winning, but America’s future isn’t
Places where politics were all consuming and all important are invariably places with big problems. America is now such a place.
Shenzhen’s game-changing reform
What was once a poor fishing village now has the highest per capita GDP on the mainland, and a total GDP on par with Hong Kong.
What China’s 'dual circulation' strategy means for the world
With little having been revealed about China's latest economic move, experts are split as to its significance.
Rethinking the nation's dependence on Tokyo
As living with COVID-19 becomes more normal and with the risks of other pandemics growing, Japan needs to disperse important agencies and facilities around the country.
Can China’s COVID-19 recovery continue?
Unlike previous recoveries, fixed asset investment in the private sphere is rising while growing at a slower pace in the public sector.
COVID-19 explodes the myth that women ‘opt’ out of the workforce
While time away from work is often portrayed as a choice for women, the evidence shows that it’s usually a choice reluctantly made.
COVID-19 accelerated the future of jobs. Here’s how to protect workers.
Workplace data shows that not all workers can work remotely and the possibility varies according to a countries’ income level and scale of digital penetration.
Tobacco nationalism is more toxic than tobacco
The Indian government, too, has a toxic dependence on tobacco. It’s called ITC Ltd.
