Indonesia’s central bank expects billions of foreign funds to return – supporting the rupiah
The rupiah has stayed roughly flat against the U.S. dollar this year, after losing 1.1% to the greenback in 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng rolls out autonomous highway driving features in challenge to Tesla
Xpeng Motors' Navigation Guided Pilot or NGP is rolling out to eligible customers of its P7 sedan in a challenge to Tesla's own software.
China’s Xi calls for unity in first remarks of Biden era, warns against ‘arrogant isolation'
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's comments come less than a week after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
Advisor to Japanese prime minister names 4 conditions for the Tokyo Olympics to go on
Speculation was reignited after U.K. newspaper the Times reported the Japanese government had privately concluded that the Games would have to be cancelled.
Hong Kong stocks off to a 'very strong start' in 2021 — thanks to China investors, Goldman says
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index has risen more than 10% since the start of the year, as of its Monday close.
U.S. and China will remain at odds under Biden as Beijing flexes on global stage, trade expert says
The U.S. and China had been growing apart before Trump and that trajectory will likely continue under President Joe Biden, a trade expert told CNBC on Monday.
An 'aggressive' fight over containers is causing shipping costs to rocket by 300%
Industry watchers said desperate companies wait weeks for containers and pay premium rates to get them, causing shipping costs to skyrocket.
Indonesia will take at least a year to reach 'herd immunity' for Covid, says minister
Indonesia's finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said estimates by experts showed the country needs around 15 months to vaccinate 180 million people.
Food shortages, sacked officials: What happened when one Chinese city shut down after a Covid outbreak
Tonghua city in northern China, about 10 hours' drive northeast of Beijing, apologized to its residents Sunday for "untimely" delivery of daily necessities.
Hong Kong leads gains as major Asia-Pacific markets rise
Developments around Covid-19 were likely watched by investors, as the world races to adapt against the mutating coronavirus.
Watch live: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing on Covid pandemic
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to hold a press briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic as the state continues to push forward with vaccinations.
Watch live: Pfizer CEO joins World Health Organization at press conference on the coronavirus outbreak
Earlier this week, the WHO's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world is on the brink of a "catastrophic moral failure."
Asia-Pacific shares decline; oil giant CNOOC's stock in Hong Kong drops more than 5%
Overnight on Wall Street, the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 touched fresh highs.
China failed to buy agreed amounts of U.S. goods under 'phase one' trade deal, data shows
In 2020, China imported $100 billion of the U.S. goods agreed in the deal — roughly 58% of the targeted $173.1 billion, according to data compiled by PIIE.
Honor launches first phone since being sold by Huawei after U.S. sanctions
Honor, the Chinese smartphone brand formerly owned by Huawei, launched the V40, its first device since being sold off in response to U.S. sanctions.
Biden’s team talks tough on China as early signs show policies won’t differ sharply from Trump’s
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is not likely to reverse Trump's policies on China in the short term, said Stanford University's Lanhee Chen.
Dr. Fauci says U.S. will remain a WHO member and join global Covid vaccine plan
The U.S. will join a global alliance that aims to deliver coronavirus vaccines to low-income countries, Dr. Anthony Fauci said told the WHO.
Asia-Pacific stocks rise as Wall Street surges; India's Sensex index briefly hits record high
In India, the BSE Sensex crossed the 50,000 level for the first time on Thursday, though it later shed those gains to finish its trading day lower.
China will be the biggest geopolitical challenge for Biden this year, Dan Yergin says
Biden administration nominees facing congressional confirmation have pushed a hard line on China similar to that of the Trump administration.
Investor Jeremy Grantham says the market's in a bubble with 'very seldom seen levels' of euphoria
In recent months, Grantham's been warning that the massive runs on Wall Street in the past year – and indeed, the bull run since 2009 – is turning into an "epic bubble."
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