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Joe Leahy

Asia News Editor

Joe Leahy is the FT’s Asia news editor. Previously, 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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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Xi says China will remain world’s ‘growth engine’

    Stocks rise after Beijing signals more measures to boost economy

    Aerial view of containers at a port in Jiangsu, eastern China
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China loosens monetary policy stance for first time in 14 years

    Markets rally as Communist party officials to meet in coming days to discuss country’s economic policy

    Commuters walk past an advertisement for electric motorcycles at a busy subway station in Guangzhou
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    The Big Read
    Will China’s manufacturing juggernaut run out of road?

    Faced with weak demand at home and the threat of tariffs abroad, Beijing is under pressure to rethink its export-driven model

    Montage image of Xi Jinping, a worker in the manufacturing sector and a cargo ship of exports
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    News in-depthTrade disputes
    Chinese exporters front-load shipments in bid to dodge Trump tariffs

    Sellers from China, Canada and Mexico rush to get goods into the US before levies rise

    A montage of Trump in front of a Chinese flag and container port
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s market targets are ‘just psychological’, says former regulator

    Frank remarks by onetime securities commission chief give rare insight into Beijing financial policymaking

    Xiao Gang speaking at an event in 2015
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    China ‘willing’ to engage in Trump dialogue as it backs exporters

    Officials say Beijing will remain ‘steadfast’ in resisting protectionist measures

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Brazil
    Chinese satellite company to challenge Musk’s Starlink in Brazil

    Billionaire Trump ally had clashed with Brasília this year over alleged misinformation on X

    Xi Jinping stands at a podium during a news conference, with Brazilian and Chinese flags behind him
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast17 min listen
    China’s economy braces for Trump

    Will Beijing’s latest plans to fix the country’s economy be enough to keep up with President Xi Jinping’s long-term plans for growth?

  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    Trump tariffs would hurt US defence sector, warns Beijing adviser

    Chinese government-affiliated expert says America would bear brunt of trade measures promised by president-elect

    US army tanks on amphibious rigs cross the Vistula river near Gniew, Poland in March 2024 for a Nato military exercise
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    News in-depthChinese society
    Zhuhai reels after China’s biggest mass killing in a decade

    Rare comments from Xi Jinping signal Beijing’s determination to maintain social control

    A woman offers a prayer in front of a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    News in-depthUS-China trade dispute
    China arms itself for potential trade war with Trump

    Beijing has enacted sweeping laws since US president-elect’s first term that would allow it to retaliate if threatened

    Donald Trump and Xi Jinping walking side by side with US and Chinese flags in the background
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Chinese military
    China unveils J-35 stealth fighter jet to compete with US

    Beijing’s latest-generation aircraft revealed at Zhuhai air show as part of military modernisation

    A J-35A stealth fighter jet flies in the sky during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China 2024
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    ExplainerChinese economy
    Why China is betting on local governments to spur the economy

    $1.4tn fiscal package falls short of market hopes as Beijing braces for Trump tariffs

    Workers prepare to attach equipment to be lifted by a crane on a construction site in the central business district in Beijing on Sunday
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    China’s $1.4tn fiscal package fails to excite

    Beijing unveils fiscal stimulus to help shore up its faltering economy

  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China unveils $1.4tn package to shore up economy

    Beijing braces for trade tensions with US under Trump but measures disappoint investors

    Commuters walk over a footbridge in Beijing at night, with the illuminated buildings of the Central Business District visible in the background.
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Chinese trade
    Chinese exports soar as Beijing prepares for trade tensions with Trump

    China could respond to aggressive new tariffs with bigger stimulus action or currency depreciation, say analysts

    Cranes and cargo ships at Nanjing’s port in China's eastern Jiangsu province, with the sun setting in the background. Containers are stacked on the dock and aboard the ships, indicating active shipping and trade operations
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    News in-depthUS foreign policy
    Asia braces for steep China tariffs in second Trump term

    Former president has outlined plans to revive trade war with Beijing and questioned backing for Taiwan

    People look at the preliminary results from the US election on a TV screen at a restaurant in Hong Kong
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    News in-depthChinese economy
    Six cities, one question: is China’s property market turning a corner?

    From Shanghai to Guangzhou and Beijing to Foshan, buyers and agents voice concerns ahead of next phase of stimulus

    Residential towers in Beijing
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China’s lawmakers gather to approve long-awaited fiscal stimulus

    Local governments have been weighed down by trillions of dollars of debt

    A general view of a residential housing complex under construction in China’s Jiangsu province
  • Sunday, 3 November, 2024
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    China piles pressure on rich people and companies to cough up taxes

    Authorities rush to find ways to fill government coffers depleted by property sector slump

    Silhouettes of people walking in the Lujiazui financial district at sunset, with the Oriental Pearl Tower and surrounding skyscrapers in the background, in Pudong, Shanghai
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Chinese factory activity expands for first time in six months

    Beijing set to unveil fiscal stimulus focused on struggling local governments next week

    A wide view of an electric vehicle production line at the Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, China, with several car bodies being assembled by red robotic arms within a large industrial facility
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China loses third of its billionaires as economy falters

    ByteDance chief Zhang Yiming leads country’s ‘rich list’ with $49bn fortune

    Zhang Yiming smiles and poses for a photograph in an office
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    China uneasy with North Korean troops in Russia

    Deepening Moscow-Pyongyang ties could destabilise Korean peninsula and embolden US-led alliances in region

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin attend the plenary session of the Outreach/Brics Plus meeting in Kazan, Russia
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Russian politics
    Putin’s alternative to ‘weaponised’ dollar fails to excite Brics partners

    Russian president targets US financial dominance in struggle to reduce impact of sanctions

    Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi walk together through a doorway during an informal dinner
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    China-India relations
    Xi Jinping’s meeting with Narendra Modi signals China-India thaw

    Formal encounter at Brics summit is leaders’ first in five years and follows deal on patrols along disputed border

    Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at the Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday
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