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James Kynge

Global China editor

James Kynge is global China editor, based in Hong Kong. He writes about emerging markets and, in particular, China’s growing global footprint in business, finance and politics.

He won the 2016 Wincott Foundation award for Financial Journalist of the Year. His prize-winning 2006 book, “China Shakes the World”, was a bestseller translated into 19 languages.

He spent 25 years reporting from Asia with postings in China, Japan, former Soviet Central Asia and Southeast Asia. He is chairman of FT Confidential Research, having founded “China Confidential”, a research company, in 2009.

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  • Friday, 14 February, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Colour of the Sky After Rain — the art of doing business in China

    Tessa Keswick’s mix of memoir and travelogue goes behind the scenes of China’s highest echelons

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    Germany gives Huawei a cold shoulder

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  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Markets InsightCoronavirus
    Hunt for coronavirus rebound stocks is not simple

    One approach is to look at where fund managers were positioned before the outbreak

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
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    Coronavirus whistleblower doctor dies in Wuhan

    Passing of Li Wenliang sparks outpouring of grief and anger in China

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Coronavirus: the cost of China’s public health cover-up

    A crackdown on information about the virus in Wuhan allowed the disease to spread far more widely

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    Coronavirus
    Hong Kong imposes quarantine on mainland China arrivals 

    Fear ripples through Asian financial centre following first death from virus 

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
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    Coronavirus poses a big test for China’s leaders

    How well will China’s economy and political system withstand the shock?

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
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    iPhone production threatened by China virus

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  • Friday, 31 January, 2020
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    Huawei: the indispensable telecoms company

    The Chinese group is an irresistible technological force but could cause a fight between the UK and US

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  • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
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    Wuhan virus points to tough Year of the Rat for Xi Jinping

    Outbreak compounds problems facing Chinese president in HK and Taiwan

  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
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    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
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    US-China decoupling hits Taiwan chip giant

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
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    Cash in the chips: 2020’s semiconductor recovery

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Inside China’s AI ambitions

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
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    Fintech: the rise of the Asian ‘super app’

    Demand for digital services poses a threat to traditional banks in the region but many start-ups are bleeding cash

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
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  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
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    Taiwan’s brain drain: semiconductor engineers head to China

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
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    Apple’s production pivot towards China

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
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    China approaches chip self-sufficiency breakthrough

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
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    Hong Kong gets an Alibaba-sized IPO gift

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  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
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    Activists say lawyer may have been targeted for opposing China-backed dam

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Apple goes full bore into 5G phones

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

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