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Asia News Editor

Joe Leahy is the FT’s Beijing Bureau Chief. Previously, he was Asia News Editor, Brazil Bureau Chief, Mumbai Bureau Chief, Asia Companies Editor and Hong Kong Correspondent. He has also worked in Indonesia. He won “Journalist of the Year” in the Society of Publishers in Asia awards in 2009.
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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    North Korea
    Japan and South Korea sound alarm over Putin-Kim military pact

    Mutual defence pledge marks one of Moscow’s strongest commitments in Asia

    1 hour ago
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin toast with wine glasses at a welcome banquet in Pyongyang on Wednesday, with North Korean flags in the background
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China launches anti-dumping probe into EU pork imports

    Investigation comes after Brussels imposes tariffs on Chinese EVs as trade tensions rise

    Production manager Brian Nielsen checks sows at a breeding farm of Best Genetics Group, a Chinese pig breeding company in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    US-China relations
    Xi Jinping claimed US wants China to attack Taiwan

    Chinese president told European Commission president that Washington was trying to goad Beijing into war

    Xi Jinping, centre, meets with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing in April last year
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China’s consumer prices edge up as factory deflation eases

    May inflation figures point to mixed picture for economy as domestic consumption picks up slightly

    People cross a street in the Huangpu district of Shanghai
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Inside BusinessChinese business & finance
    China’s expat gap problem

    Reduced number of international workers in country can lead to missed opportunities, increased risk and communication frictions

    Shanghai’s financial district in China
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Political espionage
    Beijing says MI6 recruited couple employed by Chinese state agency

    Accusation follows recent arrests in UK and Europe targeting alleged Chinese espionage

    A UK flag and a Chinese flag on a pole with security cameras in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Russian economy
    Russia-China gas pipeline deal stalls over Beijing’s price demands

    Power of Siberia 2 project would offer lifeline to exporter Gazprom as Moscow’s dependence on its neighbour grows

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in front of their national flags
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Chinese trade body seeks drone jammers for Russian buyers

    Procurement notice follows concern in US and Europe over China’s sale of dual-use goods to Moscow

    Russian security council deputy chair Dmitry Medvedev visits a military training ground on Monday
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Legal services
    Exodus of US law firms from Shanghai accelerates

    More practices are closing offices in China’s largest city as corporate work and M&A deals dry up

    Skyscrapers in the Shanghai skyline are enveloped in smog at dawn
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    IMF raises China growth forecast but warns on industrial policy

    Fund calls for Beijing to restructure economy to prioritise consumption and ensure fair treatment for companies

    Electric vehicles are displayed at a shopping mall in Beijing, China
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Chinese employment
    Xi Jinping calls for quality jobs for youth instead of ‘bitterness’

    Chinese president prioritises employment creation a year after he told the young to toughen up and embrace hardship

    College graduates look for jobs at a campus job fair in Zhengzhou City, China
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Geopolitics
    China warns South Korea against politicising trade before Japan talks

    Supply chains are ‘deeply intertwined’, says Premier Li Qiang ahead of summit

    South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, third from left, holds talks with Chinese premier Li Qiang, sitting opposite, in Seoul on Sunday
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    News in-depthChinese society
    China’s online ‘Kim Kardashian’ banned for being too ostentatious

    Beijing cracks down on social media influencers known for extravagant outfits and displays of wealth

    Chinese influencer Wang Hongquan, aka Wang Hongquanxing, stands second from right with other guests at a BMW event in Cannes this month
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China has finally unveiled its property rescue plan. Will it be enough?

    Beijing unlocks funding to buy up unsold housing but much more is needed to right stricken sector, analysts say

    An aerial view of a construction site in Nanjing in China’s eastern Jiangsu province
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Ebrahim Raisi
    Condolences pour in as Iran mourns Raisi

    Reaction in west more muted as capitals consider impact of president’s death on Tehran’s leadership and geopolitical tensions

    Iran’s first vice-president Mohammad Mokhber sits beside a portrait of the late president Ebrahim Raisi and the deceased leader’s empty seat
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China unveils package to boost property sector

    Central bank eases lending requirements and lowers downpayments to ease years-long slowdown

    Buildings under construction in Wuhan, China
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Russian politics
    Putin and Xi vow to co-operate against ‘destructive and hostile’ US

    Russia and China agree to tighten military ties and deepen economic partnership after talks in Beijing

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reviewing an honour guard
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Vladimir Putin
    Putin blasts west ahead of state visit to Beijing

    Blistering diatribe in Chinese media emphasises geopolitical alignment with Xi Jinping

    Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the new government in Moscow on Tuesday
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    China-Russia: an economic ‘friendship’ that could rattle the world

    After Putin’s invasion of Ukraine trade links between the two countries have strengthened. So have Beijing’s geopolitical ambitions

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Russian politics
    Putin to visit China as Beijing plays key role in supporting Russia

    Russian and Chinese leaders to meet while Moscow intensifies its war effort in Ukraine

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin making a toast
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    EU-China relations
    Chinese competition a ‘defining challenge’ for EU companies

    European businesses in China say profits hit by weak demand and increasingly sophisticated local rivals

    Robots assembling EVs in a factory in Zhejiang Province
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    EU-China relations
    Xi praises Hungary’s ‘independent’ foreign policy ahead of Orbán meeting

    Chinese leader to complete Europe tour with diplomatic outlier that has maintained friendly ties with Russia

    China’s President Xi Jinping is greeted by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Belgrade
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    EU-China relations
    Xi lashes out at Nato over 1999 Belgrade bombing ahead of Serbia visit

    Chinese president cites ties ‘forged with blood’ as he looks for allies during first European trip in 5 years

    The two leaders holding glasses of white wine
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    EU-China relations
    EU and France tell Xi they need protection from Chinese imports

    French president Macron hails breakthrough on some areas such as cognac during Xi state visit to Paris

    Xi Jinping, left, with Emmanuel Macron
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    News in-depthEU-China relations
    Bonhomie and hardball: Xi visits Europe to avert trade war

    Chinese president’s first trip to region since 2019 comes amid rising tensions

    China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave from a plane as they arrive in Paris for an official two-day state visit to France on Sunday
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