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Asia Editor for the Financial Times. When I can, I write about economics.
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Our @FT Big Read on the debate in India about whether, how, and when to reconfigure Parliament to account for the country's growing population - and the regional tensions tugging at the Union. With Aditi Bhandari
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Will Modi risk redrawing India’s electoral map?
[FREE TO READ] Successive governments have long avoided an issue that could inflame deep-rooted divisions between the more populous north and wealthy south
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April 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Danantara, Indonesia's $900bn new sovereign wealth fund, has no discernible macroeconomic rationale. I know tariffs are the big story right now but I wrote about when SWFs make sense and when they don't. (1/2)

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The rise of the trophy SWF
Everybody wants sovereignty. Everybody wants wealth. Yet a fund is not, sadly, a reliable route to their creation
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April 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The @financialtimes.com is launching a newsletter about business in India written by the fabulous Veena Venugopal. Please give it a try and let us know what you thjnk! on.ft.com/3Vwye0u
The India IPO party floats into 2025
In this newsletter’s first edition, the CFA’s decline and advice from Uday Kotak
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December 10, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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China’s market targets are ‘just psychological’, says former regulator

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China’s market targets are ‘just psychological’, says former regulator
Frank remarks by onetime securities commission chief give rare insight into Beijing financial policymaking
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November 27, 2024 at 5:16 AM
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China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption

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China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption
US officials say probe is part of a wider operation to uncover graft in the People’s Liberation Army
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November 27, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to create Powerpoints and Excel sheets to analyse your best “corrupt payment option” (allegedly). It gives the Feds a head start.
November 21, 2024 at 1:27 PM
The FT reports from the site of the massacre in Zhuhai this week, where police are removing flowers brought in tribute. 1/2
November 15, 2024 at 2:50 AM
The rare case when someone goes into business with Goldman Sachs and comes out on top.

“We rented his name but we chose someone who tried to screw us in the end," says one ex-Goldman banker of its Chinese partner. Excellent piece, deeply reported.

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Inside Goldman Sachs’ years-long power struggle over its China venture
A deal with a prominent Chinese banker gave the US group market access, but securing full control cost a lot more than it expected
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November 14, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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Caixin: "“A growing consensus is emerging around strengthening demand-side management, with macroeconomic policies shifting from an investment-led focus to a balanced approach that gives equal priority to consumption and investment, with greater...
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China’s Stimulus Policies Now Put Emphasis on Consumption, Expert Says
Logic shift in China’s macroeconomic approach aims to root out constraints on domestic demand, experts says
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November 12, 2024 at 3:49 AM