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James Kynge

Global China editor

James Kynge is global China editor, based in Hong Kong. He writes about emerging markets and, in particular, China’s growing global footprint in business, finance and politics.

He won the 2016 Wincott Foundation award for Financial Journalist of the Year. His prize-winning 2006 book, “China Shakes the World”, was a bestseller translated into 19 languages.

He spent 25 years reporting from Asia with postings in China, Japan, former Soviet Central Asia and Southeast Asia. He is chairman of FT Confidential Research, having founded “China Confidential”, a research company, in 2009.

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  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Markets Insight5G networks
    A big part of China’s 5G opportunity lies at home

    Providing infrastructure for the rollout could quickly become an investment theme

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Big chill hits Asian start-ups

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    Hong Kong politics1 min
    Why China is preparing to ditch Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam

    FT's James Kynge says protesters will probably interpret her departure as a concession by Beijing

  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    US-China decoupling ensnares senior Huawei executives

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Google powers ahead with 5G smartphone ambitions

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    China: the ultimate test of authoritarian rule

    Is the country a confident superpower or a brittle paranoid regime?

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Sino-US decoupling hits Chinese venture capital

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    China
    Chinese venture capital investment in US hits four-year low

    Funds invested drop by almost half in first nine months to $4bn as Cfius steps up scrutiny

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Protester shot as Hong Kong clashes escalate

    Show of defiance in Asian financial hub on 70th anniversary of communist rule in China

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 30 September, 2019
    Global InsightChinese politics & policy
    Chinese national day is a clash of grand narratives

    Western democratic tradition and China’s authoritarianism duel for primacy in Hong Kong

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    HK protesters clash with police ahead of national day

    Brutal weekend of violence as Beijing prepares for 70th anniversary of communist rule

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2019
    AnalysisThe Week Ahead5 min
    China 70th anniversary, Kristalina Georgieva heads IMF, UK coal plant closure

    Daniel Garrahan on some of the top stories the FT will be watching this week

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    US-China decoupling shifts into capital markets

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    ReviewHistory books
    Great State: China and the World — trade stand-offs aren’t new

    An insightful new work on the origins of the country’s authoritarianism and its resonance today

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    SoftBank-sized chill sweeps through Asia’s tech universe

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Apple to launch cut-price iPhone

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Google pivots smartphone production to Vietnam

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Monday, 26 August, 2019
    US politics & policy
    US government pension urged to reverse China investment

    Senators say FRTIB is supporting Beijing’s military, espionage and security efforts

  • Friday, 23 August, 2019
    Chinese trade2 min
    Why the US has a lot to lose in a tech war with China

    The FT's James Kynge says the US and China are decoupling

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    Righteous anger will not win the US-China tech war

    Washington’s tech sanctions will not halt Beijing’s industrial advance 

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    Apple swims against trade war current

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    Ecommerce
    Alibaba to buy Kaola ecommerce platform

    NetEase looks to sell online shopping unit to focus on gaming and music operations

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    Markets InsightEmerging market investing
    China hot pot stocks offer EM investors limited nourishment

    Fears over US trade war and Hong Kong protests are hurting wider sentiment

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    Tech Scroll Asia
    PayPal zeroes in on India

    Tech Scroll Asia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech

  • Monday, 12 August, 2019
    AnalysisGlobal trade2 min
    Why the US isn't winning the trade war with China

    The FT's James Kynge says China's trade surplus with the US is going up not down

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