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Author Archives: Simon Roughneen

Posted inAT Finance

East vs West battle for SE Asia’s 5G rollout

by Simon Roughneen January 3, 2020February 18, 2020

Chinese telecom giant Huawei predicted in late December that the number of 5G connections worldwide would jump from around 20 million in 2019 to over 200 million by the end of 2020. Nowhere will the corporate and geopolitical contest to lead that rollout be more hotly contested than in Southeast Asia. Since a successful launch […]

Water levels run low on the Mekong River. Photo: AFP Forum/Paritta Wangkiat
Posted inAT Finance

Mekong River dying a slow but certain death

by Simon Roughneen December 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesia’s Widodo pits old school vs millennial

by Simon Roughneen December 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Asia’s hidden economy masks hard realities

by Simon Roughneen November 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Pentagon leads and drives Trump’s SE Asia diplomacy

by Simon Roughneen November 21, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, South Asia

Fearing China imports, India withdraws from RCEP

by Simon Roughneen November 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Northeast Asia

Pace of pro-business reforms slows across Asia

by Simon Roughneen October 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Men load rice bags to a ship for export at a rice processing factory in Vietnam's southern Mekong delta, July 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kham
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Trade war winners and losers diverge in SE Asia

by Simon Roughneen July 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, World

SE Asia defies global foreign investment downturn

by Simon Roughneen June 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China

China’s Wei threatens ‘fight to the end’ with US

by Simon Roughneen June 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

In major speech, Shanahan warns China over its behavior

by Simon Roughneen June 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Malaysia, Philippines

Waste wars pit rich West vs poor Asia

by Simon Roughneen May 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Northeast Asia, South Asia

هل وصل نمو الطبقة الوسطى في آسيا لذروته؟

by Simon Roughneen May 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Getting richer, getting drunker in Asia

by Simon Roughneen May 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

New dawn breaking for SE Asian energy deals

by Simon Roughneen May 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Asia’s record remittances show globalization alive and well

by Simon Roughneen May 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Has Asia’s middle class creation peaked?

by Simon Roughneen April 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, World

Xiplomacy wins in Europe despite US warnings

by Simon Roughneen March 27, 2019February 18, 2020

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