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This report was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3, then checked and tweaked for accuracy by a South China Morning Post journalist. It is for reference only, and is not the official English version of the original Chinese document. Alibaba owns the SCMP.

US-China trade talks back in focus at APEC meeting

ASEAN manufacturers shed jobs as Iran war impact deepens

From BYD to Xpeng, memory chip crunch squeezes China's automakers

Japanese stocks hit record high on hopes for Iran resolution

Putin’s mis-steps have locked it into a relationship with China that is increasingly one-sided

Unless the Strait of Hormuz reopens soon, the case for European stocks will degrade materially, according to strategists surveyed by Bloomberg.

The U.S. pressure campaign against Cuba appears to have entered a new phase.

Europe’s AI stocks shine through gloom of Iran war

APEC trade envoys gather in China to discuss trade imbalances, supply chain resilience