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Commentary: Japan needs to treat matcha more like champagne

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Commentary: Japan needs to treat matcha more like champagne

Japan’s tea industry needs to be far more assertive about what makes it special, says David Fickling for Bloomberg Opinion.

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Commentary: How long can China play its rare earths trump card against the US?

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Commentary: How long can China play its rare earths trump card against the US?
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Commentary: How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ won over voters in New York mayoral election

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Commentary: How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ won over voters in New York mayoral election
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Commentary: Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’

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Commentary: Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’
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Commentary: A wistful farewell to Warren Buffett’s annual letters

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Commentary: A wistful farewell to Warren Buffett’s annual letters
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Commentary: US and China as co-equals? Trump-Xi meeting hints at new G2 world

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Commentary: US and China as co-equals? Trump-Xi meeting hints at new G2 world
05/11/2025
Commentary: To join the ASEAN neighbourhood, Timor-Leste should connect with Indonesia

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Commentary: To join the ASEAN neighbourhood, Timor-Leste should connect with Indonesia
05/11/2025
Commentary: What is the price of gold telling us?

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Commentary: What is the price of gold telling us?
05/11/2025
Commentary: Timely for Singapore to support retail investors seeking compensation for wrongful losses

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Commentary: Timely for Singapore to support retail investors seeking compensation for wrongful losses
04/11/2025
Commentary: Sabah 2025 election – will Warisan’s Shafie Apdal rise again?

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Commentary: Sabah 2025 election – will Warisan’s Shafie Apdal rise again?
04/11/2025
Commentary: How long can China play its rare earths trump card against the US?

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Commentary: How long can China play its rare earths trump card against the US?
07/11/2025
Commentary: How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ won over voters in New York mayoral election

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Commentary: How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ won over voters in New York mayoral election
07/11/2025
Commentary: Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’

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Commentary: Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’
06/11/2025
Commentary: A wistful farewell to Warren Buffett’s annual letters

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Commentary: A wistful farewell to Warren Buffett’s annual letters
06/11/2025
Commentary: US and China as co-equals? Trump-Xi meeting hints at new G2 world

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Commentary: US and China as co-equals? Trump-Xi meeting hints at new G2 world
05/11/2025
Commentary: To join the ASEAN neighbourhood, Timor-Leste should connect with Indonesia

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Commentary: To join the ASEAN neighbourhood, Timor-Leste should connect with Indonesia
05/11/2025
Commentary: What is the price of gold telling us?

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Commentary: What is the price of gold telling us?
05/11/2025
Commentary: Timely for Singapore to support retail investors seeking compensation for wrongful losses

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Commentary: Timely for Singapore to support retail investors seeking compensation for wrongful losses
04/11/2025
Commentary: Sabah 2025 election – will Warisan’s Shafie Apdal rise again?

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Commentary: Sabah 2025 election – will Warisan’s Shafie Apdal rise again?
04/11/2025
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Singapore

Commentary: The hidden risks behind your gel manicure

Commentary: The hidden risks behind your gel manicure

05/11/2025
Commentary: Megan Khung's story must end in enduring change of the child protection system
Commentary: Megan Khung's story must end in enduring change of the child protection system
29/10/2025
Commentary: Young workers aren’t chasing flexible work anymore – they want job security
Commentary: Young workers aren’t chasing flexible work anymore – they want job security
06/11/2025
Commentary: Conversations on kids’ screen time focus too much on quantity
Commentary: Conversations on kids’ screen time focus too much on quantity
06/11/2025
Commentary: What Singapore can do to make the one ‘principal doctor’ model work
Commentary: What Singapore can do to make the one ‘principal doctor’ model work
27/10/2025
Commentary: Where Singapore draws the red line on identity politics
24/10/2025
Commentary: Soldiers or warriors? What countries need in times of modern warfare
23/10/2025

Malaysia

Commentary: Malaysia’s Budget 2026 could have done more to answer its own warnings about the future

Commentary: Malaysia’s Budget 2026 could have done more to answer its own warnings about the future

07/11/2025
Commentary: Trump is dominating the ASEAN Summit before he even lands in Malaysia
Commentary: Trump is dominating the ASEAN Summit before he even lands in Malaysia
07/11/2025
Commentary: Malaysian opposition party Bersatu’s lack of discipline has given PAS more control
Commentary: Malaysian opposition party Bersatu’s lack of discipline has given PAS more control
08/10/2025
Commentary: Malaysia’s fifth-generation fighter jet problem
Commentary: Malaysia’s fifth-generation fighter jet problem
27/09/2025
Commentary: Malaysia has something great powers want
Commentary: Malaysia has something great powers want
07/11/2025

China

China

Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep

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Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep
Commentary: China needs a consumption target

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Commentary: China needs a consumption target
Commentary: China is closing the quantum technology gap

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Commentary: China is closing the quantum technology gap
Commentary: China’s rare earths heft will define BRICS' role in the world

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Commentary: China’s rare earths heft will define BRICS' role in the world
Commentary: How Crocs became the right fit for China’s Gen Z

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Commentary: How Crocs became the right fit for China’s Gen Z
Commentary: Chinese consumer behaviour during Golden Week was exactly what Beijing hoped to avoid

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Commentary: Chinese consumer behaviour during Golden Week was exactly what Beijing hoped to avoid
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Asia

Asia

Commentary: Amazon’s layoffs show how AI is coming for India

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Commentary: Amazon’s layoffs show how AI is coming for India
Commentary: Now comes the real test of Thailand and Cambodia’s border truce

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Commentary: Now comes the real test of Thailand and Cambodia’s border truce
Commentary: ASEAN knows what Trump wants, but did it give away too much?

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Commentary: ASEAN knows what Trump wants, but did it give away too much?
Commentary: Japan’s new leader revives Abe’s economic vision – with a twist

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Commentary: Japan’s new leader revives Abe’s economic vision – with a twist
Commentary: Pakistan is paying a high price for its Taliban strategy

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Commentary: Pakistan is paying a high price for its Taliban strategy
Commentary: Is the India-China detente real?

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Commentary: Is the India-China detente real?
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World

Commentary: 10,000 steps a day, but just how many really count?

Commentary: 10,000 steps a day, but just how many really count?

Commentary: Your headache is serious. Science should take it seriously
Commentary: Your headache is serious. Science should take it seriously
Commentary: Extraordinarily dangerous for humanity if US resumes nuclear weapons testing
Commentary: Extraordinarily dangerous for humanity if US resumes nuclear weapons testing
Commentary: A dynamite film, but a house of cards on nuclear reality
Commentary: A dynamite film, but a house of cards on nuclear reality
Commentary: Nvidia’s US$5 trillion valuation redefines what Big Tech means
Commentary: Nvidia’s US$5 trillion valuation redefines what Big Tech means

Snap Insight

Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep
Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep
Snap Insight: Trump’s Gaza peace plan – some cause for optimism, but will it be enough?
Snap Insight: Trump’s Gaza peace plan – some cause for optimism, but will it be enough?
Snap Insight: The assassination of Charlie Kirk leaves America at a turning point
Snap Insight: The assassination of Charlie Kirk leaves America at a turning point

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Commentary: To make Singapore’s MRT more reliable, take a good hard look at LTA and the rail operators
Commentary: To make Singapore’s MRT more reliable, take a good hard look at LTA and the rail operators
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Commentary: AI ‘workslop’ is creating unnecessary extra work
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