Xi’s big adventure to keep Europe open and onside
The global economy is a very different place today than it was five years ago, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping last visited Europe.
William Pesek in asian news
Yen’s plunge raises specter of new Asia currency crisis
TOKYO — The Japanese yen’s 12% plunge this year has traders wondering if the Group of Seven might have a currency crisis within their ranks.
Elon Musk on collision course with China’s future
What a difference 11,000 kilometers make. Elon Musk may be thinking just that as Tesla shares surge on the power of the billionaire flying to Beijing from Austin, Texas.
No limit to how low the yen will go
TOKYO – Who needs Las Vegas or Macau when betting on how low the yen can go is the best game anywhere?
Yen's decline will inevitably affect confidence in Japan's economy
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Yuan internationalization drive hits a local speed bump
As Chinese leader Xi Jinping works to increase the yuan’s role in global trade and finance, he’s encountering an unexpected speed bump: mainland companies.
Trump plan to devalue dollar a gift to China
TOKYO — Donald Trump would make currency devaluation great again in a second term.
As yen sinks, Japan must avoid goading China into a currency war
And President Xi Jinping might conclude that the yen’s drop affords China the geopolitical cover to engineer a weaker yuan.