Bloomberg Taiwan’s export orders plummeted by the most since the height of the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, a sign of worsening global demand for technology products. Overseas orders to Taiwanese firms fell 23.4% in November from a year earlier, according to a statement from the Economics Ministry. That was almost double the 12.8% drop economists ...

  Bloomberg After the worst year for initial public offerings (IPO) in Hong Kong since the financial crisis, bankers and analysts expect a recovery in listings in the Asian financial hub as China moves forward with reopening plans. Proceeds raised in the city totalled $12.9 billion in 2022, down 70% versus last year, outpacing the 29% contraction in the Asia ...

Bloomberg China is building up several unoccupied land features in the South China Sea, according to Western officials, which they said was part of Beijing’s long-running effort to strengthen claims to disputed territory and potentially bolster its military presence in a region critical to global trade. Fishing fleets that operate as de facto maritime militias under the control of authorities ...