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• How do you solve a problem like China? The EU has no answer

  02-06-2026 07:00 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Magyar meets Merz and Macron
  
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• Japanese hardware stocks are having a moment — again

  04-06-2026 00:04 via ft.com
  The current surge plays to the country’s industrial strengths
  
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• FirstFT: India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder plans protests over exam crisis

  04-06-2026 00:03 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: SpaceX targets $1.8tn valuation in historic IPO, and Trump’s Iran war drains US oil stocks
  
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• Can batteries halt India’s coal power growth?

  03-06-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Adani investment reflects shifting economics of clean baseload power
  
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• US proposes tariffs of at least 10% after forced labour probe

  03-06-2026 10:19 via ft.com
  White House makes first significant effort to resurrect sweeping tariffs since its defeat at US Supreme Court
  
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• Brussels unveils sweeping plan to boost Europe’s digital sovereignty

  03-06-2026 07:00 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Counterfeit cigarette use surges across Europe, new report finds
  
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• The Return of the Great Powers — the perils of a ‘might is right’ world order

  03-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Risk of war is the bleakest warning of Brendan Simms’ book on the competition between the US, Russia and an increasingly dominant China
  
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• India’s ‘cockroach’ party founder plans protests over exam furore

  03-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Abhijeet Dipke, leader of viral youth movement, to lead demonstrations calling for education minister to step down
  
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• Chinese investors fear missing out on SpaceX IPO after crackdown

  02-06-2026 23:00 via ft.com
  Beijing warns brokers about overseas share sales amid fears of capital flight
  
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• The China-US tech truce is fragile

  02-06-2026 18:09 via ft.com
  A new wave of supply chain conflict is brewing
  
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• China’s hunt for US tungsten escalates global critical minerals race

  02-06-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Effort has driven up prices and prompted calls to restrict sales of a vital national security resource to overseas buyers
  
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• Tencent moves closer to launching AI agent for China’s most-used app

  02-06-2026 10:52 via ft.com
  Maker of WeChat has fallen behind domestic rivals in artificial intelligence models
  
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• Activist fund Elliott calls for sale of Australia’s largest gold miner

  02-06-2026 06:44 via ft.com
  US firm builds up stake in Northern Star Resources
  
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• India Inc gears up for opening of nuclear power to private sector

  02-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Tata Power and Adani Group among conglomerates seeking approval for plant construction
  
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• General Mills sells Häagen-Dazs ice cream stores in China

  02-06-2026 05:19 via ft.com
  Transaction is the latest in shift towards local management for well-known foreign brands
  
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• Court ruling against Google could change online ad sales in India

  02-06-2026 03:30 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter, Indian stock markets continue to struggle
  
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• China’s housing market could have further to fall

  02-06-2026 02:00 via ft.com
  To make real estate attractive for investors, prices must go lower
  
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• Chinese firms’ market share gains driven by subsidies, says OECD

  01-06-2026 11:00 via ft.com
  Companies in China benefit from eight times more state support on average than rich-world rivals, report claims
  
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• SoftBank overtakes Toyota after over 20 years to become Japan’s largest company

  01-06-2026 09:14 via ft.com
  Demand for AI stocks powers tech giant’s shares as it takes top spot by market capitalisation
  
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• Xi’s last frontier: China’s plan to transform its west

  01-06-2026 06:00 via ig.ft.com
  A vast development drive aims to tap the region’s economic potential and extend Beijing’s control
  
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• India’s statistics chief counts GDP data reform as success

  01-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Top civil servant says rejigged approach confirms growth was not flattered in previous years
  
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• Global asset managers capture just 0.1% of Chinese market in 5 years

  01-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Foreign firms that launched their own businesses after Beijing relaxed ownership rules have attracted only $5bn
  
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• Europe is running from a phantom China threat

  01-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  EU leaders fear cheap Chinese exports when they should be worrying about embedded spyware and rare earths dependency
  
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• Singapore tries to keep Asia’s oil flowing

  01-06-2026 03:00 via ft.com
  City-state is conduit for big share of regional energy cargoes
  
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• The end of cheap

  31-05-2026 17:00 via ft.com
  After 50 years of falling capital, labour and energy prices, the next half-century will look very different for America
  
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• Growing US reliance on Chinese biotechs prompts national security fears

  31-05-2026 14:00 via ft.com
  Global pharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking to China as patents on best-selling medicines expire
  
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• Is the US jobs market immune to the Iran war?

  31-05-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• China’s comparative advantage is industrial policy

  31-05-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Western attempts to imitate Beijing’s state-funded model are unwise
  
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• South-east Asian economies struggle to counter energy shock

  24-05-2026 03:06 via ft.com
  Iran war leaves oil-poor nations trying to shore up countermeasures while battling inflation
  
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• US warns Japan of severe delays in Tomahawk deliveries due to Iran war

  23-05-2026 21:00 via ft.com
  Missiles could come two years late as Pentagon works to replenish stocks depleted in Middle East military campaign
  
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