Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 8: China's August exports jump 25 per cent to a $119.1 billion trade surplus, Nepal...
September 8, 2026China is Latin America’s biggest trading partner, and Asian demand sets the price of the region’s copper, soy, lithium and oil. The Rio Times covers the trade, investment and lending ties binding Asia and Latin America – the Belt and Road, the commodity flows, the currency links – the one lens that reads both ends of the relationship.
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 8: China's August exports jump 25 per cent to a $119.1 billion trade surplus, Nepal...
September 8, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 7: North Korea commissions the destroyer Kang Kon a day before allied drills open off...
September 7, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 5: Nepal's glacier-collapse flood toll tops 1,300 with rescues into a tenth day, Jamaat-e-Islami's Karachi...
September 5, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 4: Taiwan's cabinet pushes 2026 defence spending above NT$1 trillion, Jamaat-e-Islami's fuel-levy strike reaches its
September 4, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 3: Japan's 10-year bond yield hits a 1996 high, a Sandiganbayan witness deal shakes the...
September 3, 2026
Nepal's toll past 1,120, the SCO's Iran declaration with Modi's signature, a record-low peso — the Asia Intelligence Brief, September...
September 2, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for September 1: Nepal's flood toll and its road to China, Korea's record chip exports, and a...
September 1, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief for August 31: Japan’s bond yield touches a thirty-year high at 2.95 per cent, the yen weakens...
August 31, 2026
A Korean container ship is crossing the Arctic to Europe for the first time since 2016. Why Seoul wants a...
August 30, 2026