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Ravi Mattu

Deputy Asia News Editor

Ravi Mattu is the deputy Asia news editor of the Financial Times, helping to drive the paper's coverage across the Asia-Pacific region.

Since joining the FT in 2000, he has held a number of senior positions at the FT including: Tech Editor; Business Life editor, overseeing the management section of the paper; Acting Editor of the FT Weekend Magazine; and editor of Special Reports (magazines and websites).

He joined the FT from Prospect Magazine, where he was a senior editor. He began his career at Harper’s Magazine in New York.

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    Young professionals in Hong Kong are protesting and bosses have to engage with them

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    Demonstrators try to educate mainland visitors about extradition bill

  • Sunday, 31 March, 2019
    FT SeriesChina’s Slowing Pains podcast11 min listen
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  • Monday, 18 March, 2019
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    Why Trudeau's popularity has taken a nosedive

    Ravi Mattu on why social media is a double edged sword for the Canadian prime minister

  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
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    Justin Trudeau swept into power in 2015 championing equality, openness and social ju…

  • Friday, 8 March, 2019
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    Listen: How close are we to quantum computing?

    Microsoft and Google are expected to make announcements soon that could mean we are closer than ever to using the properties of quantum mechanics to greatly speed up computing.

  • Friday, 12 January, 2018
    AnalysisWeek in Review
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  • Thursday, 11 January, 2018
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  • Thursday, 7 December, 2017
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    Listen: Apple's $47bn tax windfall

    Apple is set to be the biggest beneficiary of the tax legislation now working its way through Congress, Richard Waters and Tom Braithwaite tell Ravi Mattu.

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    Listen: Uber on trial

    Latest salvo in courtroom battle raises questions over Uber’s business tactics

  • Thursday, 6 July, 2017
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    Felix Capital raises $150m VC fund in boost for UK

    London-based firm says its second fund was oversubscribed despite Brexit vote

  • Thursday, 22 June, 2017
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    JD.com tie-up is latest move to underline UK group’s reach into digital luxury sector

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    On your marks  . . .  Get set  . . .  Time!

    In this summer’s Olympics, every millisecond will count. But how did sport and the watch industry become inseparable?

  • Friday, 18 December, 2015
    The Diary
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    The FT’s tech editor on Justin Trudeau’s two images, Canadian lawmakers’ devotion and a discussion on machine learning

  • Monday, 14 December, 2015
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  • Tuesday, 26 May, 2015
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    Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks have increased awareness

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