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Big Take Asia
We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.
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Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Dashes Indian Workers’ American Dreams
President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa fee has sent shockwaves through India’s workforce, which makes up roughly 70% of recipients.
On today's Big...
Trump Has a Shipbuilding Dream. Can South Korea Make It a Reality?
South Korean shipyards are busier than they’ve been in years. Seoul and Washington are working to finalize a new trade deal that will include a $150 b...
From the Gobi Desert to Wall Street: a Conversation With Weijian Shan
From a life of hard labor in the Gobi Desert to becoming a prominent Hong Kong investor, Weijian Shan's story is one of incredible contrasts.
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The Rebel Army Behind One of the World’s Major Rare-Earth Supplies
Myanmar is the world’s third-largest producer of rare earths and a critical supplier for neighboring China. But rebels have recently taken control of...
Bloomberg’s Interview With Malaysia’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s longest-serving prime minister, turned 100 this week. Bloomberg Weekend Editor-at-Large Mishal Husain sat down with the v...
What the Israel-Iran Conflict Means for China
On Tuesday morning, in a series of posts celebrating the fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel, Donald Trump touched on one of Iran’s most signifi...
How China Is Building a Powerful Army of Hackers
Teams from China used to dominate international hacking competitions, until Beijing ordered them to stop attending and take part only in domestic tour...
The US and China’s High-Stakes Diplomacy
President Donald Trump said a trade framework with China has been completed after two days of talks in London. He said Beijing would supply rare earth...
Wall Street Banks Are Battling for Japan’s Top Young Talent
Japan’s hottest banking talent is in high demand as Wall Street goes all out to woo new hires with fancy dinners, strong-arm tactics and higher salari...
The Dollar’s Dominance Is Unwinding in Asia
As Donald Trump tries to remake global trade, the dollar’s historic dominance in Asia is under pressure. After Taiwan’s currency saw the biggest surge...
What It Takes to Negotiate With China
The trade war between the US and China is on pause, with both sides hoping to agree on a new trade deal by early August. But questions remain about ho...
Who Is the Mysterious Founder of China’s DeepSeek?
Despite the global hype around China’s DeepSeek, very little is known about the man behind it – Liang Wenfeng.
On today's Big Take Asia Podcast,...
Is the US-China Trade War Over?
In a stunning turn of events, the US and China announced a dramatic reduction in tariffs, which President Trump portrayed as a “total reset” with Chin...
How India and Pakistan Averted War
Last week, India and Pakistan saw the worst fighting in half a century — and came close to an all-out war. But the conflict came to an uneasy and sudd...
The Human Egg Trade: Episode 3 - The Journey
A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs.
In this episode, host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg’s Jessic...
The Human Egg Trade: Episode 2 - The Theft
A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It’s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that...
The Human Egg Trade: Episode 1 - The Lie
A series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It’s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that even...
How a Chinese Toy Company Is Defying the Trade War
Chinese toy company Pop Mart is one of the hottest stocks this year thanks to the wild popularity of its Labubu dolls and other blind box toys.
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Who Will Blink First in the US-China Trade War?
As the trade war between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping continues to escalate, economists around the world are asking who will blink first.
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As India’s Stock Market Surged, So Did Investment Scams
India’s historic stock market surge sparked a retail-investing frenzy that minted millionaires. But the boom also became a breeding ground for financi...
The World Is Paying for Trump’s China Tariffs
Trump's tariffs on China are causing a lot of pain around the world. Products that would've gone to the US are now pouring into other countries, leadi...
US-China Rivalry in the Trump Era: A Discussion
If US-China relations could be compared to a dish, what would it be? Sichuan hotpot? Sweet and sour pork? In a special episode of the Big Take Asia po...
Can’t Get Enough Of Matcha? Too Bad – Japan Is Running Low
Japan has a matcha shortage despite record levels of production. Shops are selling out of the green tea powder as soon as they hit the shelves.
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Xi’s Big Challenge Is Getting People to Spend, Spend, Spend
A crippling property crisis, mounting debt, weak consumer spending… and now a trade war. Despite the headwinds, China has set an ambitious economic gr...
Xi Has Embraced China’s Tech Titans Once Again. Will It Last?
Four years after launching a regulatory crackdown that plunged the tech sector into turmoil, China’s President Xi Jinping sat down publicly with Aliba...
What Thailand's Same-Sex Marriage Victory Means for the Economy
Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex marriage last month. And to mark the occasion, nearly 2,000 couples tied the...
Why Are Chinese Consumers So Keen on Gold?
Shuibei, in southern China, is home to one of the world's biggest retail markets for gold. Over the past year, it's seen a boom in demand for the jewe...
Why Millions of Young Chinese Are Refusing to Make Pension Payments
China’s pension system is in danger of running out of cash within a decade due to severe underfunding. Now it faces a new threat: Tens of millions of...
The Coffee Shop That's Been Eating Starbucks' Lunch in China
China’s Luckin Coffee is the nation’s top coffee retailer, overtaking even Starbucks. That would be notable itself, but less than four years ago the c...
The Most Powerful Families in South Korea Brace for the Next Revolt
South Korea’s family-run conglomerates – or chaebols – have been big drivers of economic growth, and because of that they’ve largely been seen as unto...
The Six Hours of Martial Law That Stunned South Korea
In an address broadcast live on Tuesday night, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in a move that shocked the nation – and the w...
Another Trump Term Is Coming. Is Asia Ready?
Higher tariffs. Geopolitical flare-ups. Inflammatory comments. All across Asia, countries are bracing for the return of Donald Trump.
On today’s...
Pakistan Is Getting Too Expensive For Its Middle Class – So They’re Leaving
A record number of Pakistanis are leaving at a rapid speed. Among them are some of the country’s top talent including doctors, engineers, accountants...
How an Infamous Vietnamese Businesswoman Engineered a $12 Billion Fraud
Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was convicted in April of orchestrating a $12.3 billion fraud. She was sentenced to death by lethal inject...
Inside the Succession Drama at a Hong Kong Property Dynasty
Adrian Cheng, the third-generation scion of property dynasty New World Development, seemed poised to take over his family’s $20 billion empire. But la...
Tim Walz’s Deep China Ties Could Spell Trouble for Democrats
With relations between Washington and Beijing at a critical point, US Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz’s time in China has come under s...
China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation
China’s drive to upgrade its struggling economy has left millions of people facing job losses or pay cuts, fueling an existential crisis among some of...
Indonesia Is Building a New Capital. It’s Not Going Well
Indonesia has embarked on an ambitious project to build a new capital city from scratch because Jakarta is overcrowded, polluted and sinking, fast.
Carry Trades, Explained
They caused global markets to seize up – and raised serious questions about just how much money was at stake. No, we’re not talking about Nvidia’s ear...
Inside Southeast Asia’s Most Notorious Crime Hub
A Chinese businessman persuaded officials to establish a special economic zone in a remote part of Laos. The gamblers arrived first. Then came the dru...