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Ashton Ng

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Unlike Japan’s ‘Lost Decade,’ China’s Deflation Risk Is Going Global

China’s outward industrial surge will squeeze Indo-Pacific industries unless governments meet prices with policy.

01.10.2025 9

The Diplomat

Ashton Ng

Malacca of the Moon: Asia Amid the China-US Lunar Race

A few sunlit ridges beside ice-rich craters could become lunar chokepoints, unless Asia writes simple, shared rules now.

20.09.2025 7

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Ashton Ng

Evergrande’s Delisting Exposes China’s Slow Bankruptcy Trap

Beijing has protected homebuyers and stability by stretching out failures. Now it needs a rules-based exit system that finishes homes faster and frees...

06.09.2025 20

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Ashton Ng