Asia Economy

According to JPMorgan, a full recovery in Australia's tourism will add 0.5 percentage points to its GDP and the return of international students from China will add another 0.4 percentage points.James D. Morgan | Getty Images Entertainment…

Electric vehicle charging stations from Tata Power can be found on 350 of the 600 highways in India.Puneet Vikram Singh, Nature And Concept Photographer, | Moment | Getty ImagesWhen most people think about electric vehicles, they think…

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo poses for a photo with the jersey after signing with Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr Football Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 30, 2022.Al Nassr Football Club / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty…

For more than two years, overseas travelers have had to quarantine upon arrival in China because of Covid restrictions. Pictured here at Beijing International Airport on June 18, 2022, are passengers waiting to be taken to…

Travelers check in at Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport in on Dec. 12, 2022, after China relaxed domestic travel restrictions.Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Now that China is set to reopen its borders, locals are…

The "microfinance" industry — long touted as a way to help poor, rural communities in developing countries — is pushing tens of thousands of farming families into debt traps as they attempt to adapt to a changing climate, according to a…

Harsh Jain says it's an "open secret" that he doesn't use his own fantasy sports app — for fantasy football, at least. "I am still committed to fantasy football on Fantasy Premier League, the reason we created Dream11." Fantasy sports are…

Losing millions of dollars when they were 24 years old was a defining moment for entrepreneurs Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth. It felt "pretty terrible," said Jain. "There's no other way to put it.""Every founder, when you start something, you…

Everyone is traveling, it seems.Data shows people are traveling more often and for longer periods of time, with many planning big bucket list-style trips this year.But this isn't the reality for all.Another group of people are quietly…

Macao's government relies on casinos for over 80% of its income, with most of the population employed directly or indirectly by the casino industry.Dragon For Real | Moment | Getty ImagesWith mandatory quarantines lifted, ferry and airline…