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Asia’s EV race speeds up as China’s champions challenge Tesla

Mark Buckton in Taipei June 2, 2026

As of mid-2026, China remains the centre of gravity in the EV world.

Asia’s coal comeback complicates energy transition across region

IntelliNews May 29, 2026

Taiwan has struggled to secure LNG supplies through May and finalised contracts covering roughly half of June demand, but additional procurement costs are expected to reach into the billions of US dollars to complete.

Fuel prices cast a dark shadow over Asia travel season

Mark Buckton in Taipei May 20, 2026

There will be no real winners in traditional tourism this summer – only airlines, tourist destinations and central banks left counting the cost.

India's changing FDI landscape

IntelliNews May 7, 2026

Capital with adversarial Chinese or Pakistani ownership will hit a wall that each successive regulation has made harder to get around.

Asia food inflation risks rise on fertiliser shock

IntelliNews April 25, 2026

Fitch Ratings has warned that emerging markets in Asia could face rising cost pressures across agribusiness sectors and food supply chains if a prolonged US-Iran conflict continues to disrupt fertiliser supplies further into the planting season.

Trump’s Iran gambit leaves APAC region ‘Quad’ dead in the water

Mark Buckton in Taipei April 23, 2026

The European Union has already, for all intents and purposes broken away from the US. It is only a matter of time before the Quad either ceases to function or decides to go its own way, without the US.

ADB projects slower growth in all of Asia

IntelliNews April 13, 2026

According to an outlook forecast report by the Asian Development Bank, the broad Asia region including its many developing high growth economies are facing what can be best described as the most complex set of headwinds in years.

ASIA BLOG: China wins while Iran burns

Mark Buckton in Taipei March 31, 2026

The world needs a stable Asia – East and West – and would be better served by the removal of the current Iranian regime. Only in the removal of said regime will Beijing be forced back into a more constrained, less opportunistic global role.

Asia falls back on coal as LNG shortages drag on

bno - Taipei Office March 24, 2026

From South Korea to Indonesia to Bangladesh, governments are increasingly turning back to coal-fired power generation to help offset a widening shortfall in LNG imports.

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