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  Ching Yu Tan

  

  How the delisting of Chinese firms on American exchanges might play out

  The Economist

  THESE DAYS politicians in Beijing and Washington seem to agree on very little. Yet on the subject of ending the listing of Chinese firms on American …

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  Ching Yu Tan

  

  The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs

  CNN - Julia Horowitz

  London CNN Business — The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to flee the country. It’s also brought renewed focus on Afghanistan’s vast untapped mineral wealth, resources that could transform its economic prospects if ever …

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  Ching Yu Tan

  

  How China is leading the 'new oil rush': Country's grab of world lithium supplies which are crucial to mobile phones and electric car batteries is leaving the West lagging well behind

  dailymail.co.uk - Lukasz Bednarski

  Drivers of electric cars are told they are in the vanguard of the biggest transport revolution since the invention of the horseless carriage at the …

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  Ching Yu Tan

  

  India urged to boost economic integration with South-east Asia: Heng Swee Keat

  straitstimes.com - Choo Yun Ting

  SINGAPORE - India should consider greater economic integration with South-east Asia to unlock the country's vast potential, Deputy Prime Minister …

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  Ching Yu Tan

  

  Falling birth rates are an economic issue. Here’s how we can fix it

  Fast Company - By Katica Roy

  The CEO of Pipeline Equity says there are strategic levers we can pull to prevent economic calamity from unfolding as populations shrink. One is to increase women’s labor force participation. The alarm bells are sounding on the fertility front as countries around the world face historically low …

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  Ching Yu Tan

  

  Amsterdam to embrace 'doughnut' model to mend post-coronavirus economy

  The Guardian - Daniel Boffey

  A doughnut cooked up in Oxford will guide Amsterdam out of the economic mess left by the coronavirus pandemic. While straining to keep citizens safe in the Dutch capital, municipality officials and the British economist Kate Raworth from Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute have also …