Demography Presents Both Challenges and Opportunities for China
China’s demographic profile is now transitioning from being a dividend to a drag on the economy. This shift carries profound implications for the country’s economic trajectory.
China’s demographic profile is now transitioning from being a dividend to a drag on the economy. This shift carries profound implications for the country’s economic trajectory.
Over the past few years, a substantial improvement in the Philippines’ digital infrastructure has paved the way for further digitalization in both the financial system and economic activities.
The increasingly heated struggle between the U.S. and China for dominance in semiconductor technologies has been a godsend for the Malaysian island of Penang.
China’s low inflation shows a disinflationary process, propelled by a robust supply side recovery, coupled with sluggish consumer demand linked to the property market downturn, relatively lower wage growth and weak manufacturing exports.
In pursuit of sustainable economic growth, the Hong Kong government has taken significant steps to enhance the city’s climate resilience and accelerate its efforts to achieve the net-zero carbon emission objective by 2050 through various strategies.
The ASEAN+3 region remained resilient in a challenging global landscape in 2023.
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Taylor Swift’s widely popular Eras Tour in Asia that ended in Singapore last month has become the talk of the town in Southeast Asia and globally.
The trade conflict between the US and China has led to tit-for-tat tariff increases imposed on a significant portion of their respective exports since it started in 2018.
Tourism’s recovery is on track, but Hong Kong requires stronger measures to become a preferred destination of choice.