Shih Ming-teh, Defiant Activist for a Democratic Taiwan, Dies at 83

Shih Ming-teh, Defiant Activist for a Democratic Taiwan, Dies at 83

Shih Ming-teh, a lifelong campaigner for democracy in Taiwan who spent over two decades in prison for his cause and later started a protest movement against a president from his former party, died on Jan. 15, his 83rd birthday, in Taipei, the island’s capital. The cause was complications of an operation to remove a liver…

AllianceBernstein discusses Chinese firms and exports to Global South

AllianceBernstein discusses Chinese firms and exports to Global South

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email John Lin, chief investment officer of China equities at AllianceBernstein, says “that’s really a bright spot. The bus makers, the forklift makers … are really doing quite well in that sort of export market.”

Portfolio manager discusses outlook for BOJ monetary policy

Portfolio manager discusses outlook for BOJ monetary policy

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Kei Okamura, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, says it’ll be a “pivotal moment for the Japanese economy [to] finally exit the last decades of deflation once and for all,” but it’ll be a “gradual process.”

We’re ‘relatively optimistic’ about ASEAN growth: AMRO economist

We’re ‘relatively optimistic’ about ASEAN growth: AMRO economist

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Hoe Ee Khor, chief economist at AMRO, says that’s partly because “we’re relatively optimistic about China’s growth this year. Unlike most analysts, our forecast for China is 5.3%.”

U.S. and U.K. Strike Iran-backed Houthi Sites in Yemen

U.S. and U.K. Strike Iran-backed Houthi Sites in Yemen

The United States and Britain carried out large-scale military strikes on Monday against eight sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi militants, according to the two countries. The strikes signaled that the Biden administration intends to wage a sustained and, at least for now, open-ended campaign against the Iran-backed group that has disrupted traffic in vital…

Alvarez & Marsal discusses distressed companies in Indonesia

Alvarez & Marsal discusses distressed companies in Indonesia

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Alessandro Gazzini, managing director and Indonesia country head at Alvarez & Marsal, says there’s a “polarization of performance” among companies, with the healthy ones “getting healthier, while the laggards are really struggling and growing in number.”

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