David Lai / Fred Gellert SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS The events of the last year have seen a shift in Beijing’s relations with China’s neighboring states and the United States. New Chinese challenges to the international order such as assertions of territorial ownership, pronouncements of international initiatives, military build ups and maneuvering, and land creation in the South China …

  Mihir Sharma Walk into a coffee shop in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru (formerly and more commonly known as Bangalore) and you’re likely to find it full of young people drawing up business plans or meeting with funders. You’d be forgiven for thinking the city — once a leafy and cool retirees’ paradise, now a gridlocked concrete jungle …

  Bloomberg Financial markets showed signs of resilience following a failed coup attempt in Turkey, as the lira rebounded and U.S. stocks fluctuated near record highs. Haven assets including the yen and Treasuries fell. The S&P 500 Index swung between gains and losses after a third straight week of gains took the gauge to all-time highs as political tension in …