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Covering the latest energy & commodities news @business. All opinions are my own. Currently based in Singapore, previously in Taipei.

Joined June 2022
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Plans to build a long-delayed coal power plant in Vietnam are moving forward 18 months after the country agreed to a multibillion dollar deal to move away from the fossil fuel trib.al/qwHkY4n
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The Philippines has leapfrogged its Southeast Asian neighbors to become a regional leader in planned clean-power projects trib.al/pOVvBe2
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Southeast Asia is expected to attract as much as $70 billion of investment over the next decade in hydro energy storage systems in order to manage an increase in intermittent renewables trib.al/jO3cfYH
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Polls have closed. The votes are being counted one by one, literally. Check out #Taiwan’s old school way of vote counting. @BloombergTV #TaiwanElections #Taiwanelections2024
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A hashtag about Taiwan's election was trending on Chinese social media platform Weibo as the polls opened today. Then China shut it down. trib.al/LtNqW73
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A war over Taiwan could deliver a $10 trillion shock to the world economy. Bloomberg Economics calculates the costs of escalating tensions. Read The Big Take ⬇️ trib.al/7VqO5lp
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HOW ENERGY TRADERS LEFT A COUNTRY IN THE COLD Pakistan, one of the world’s poorest nations, thought it had secured natural gas to fuel its economy Commodities firms had other ideas Full story with @FaseehMangi 👇 bloomberg.com/features/2023-…
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The world will need $7 trillion to ensure there is sufficient gas supply through 2050 as nations shift to cleaner energy sources, according to a think tank in Japan trib.al/3JPhSR3
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Is this Taiwan's next president? We spoke to Lai Ching-te, the leading candidate in next year's election, which comes at one of the most uncertain periods in the disputed island's history. Tune in to @BloombergTV on Tuesday for the exclusive interview trib.al/J0gxn0K
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Vice President Lai Ching-te @ChingteLai spoke to us about his vision for the presidency, his upbringing and how he would seek to position Taiwan in the world should he win next January's election. Full thing coming out on @business and @BloombergTV this Tuesday.
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The Ozempic frenzy has hit China too and it has people turning to scalpers to snag the drug touted as a weight loss wonder. But as demand for the drug surges, there's a shortage for those who need it most: type-2 diabetics. @osingyee reports trib.al/MHlknuy
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It's not just Americans clamoring for Ozempic. A rush in China has some residents turning to scalpers or fake prescriptions to get a hold of the drug trib.al/3rntNEu
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Some young singles in Singapore are shut out of the country's subsidized housing program and face rents rising at the fastest pace in the world. Here's how Singapore's soaring rents are becoming a political problem, @osingyee reports trib.al/di4Wgz5
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Singapore’s hot housing market is hitting young singles hard — and becoming a political problem trib.al/g9R1NT4
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