November 23, 2020
01 TOP STORY: Merlion City set to roar again
02 Asia Markets
ATF China Bond 50 Index climbs, Japan’s Nikkei 225 slips 0.42%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advances 0.13% and China’s SSE Composite rises 1.01%
03 Crypto on the rise
Bitcoin has climbed to a three-year high, putting it close to breaching its $20,000 peak.
04 UK vaccine hope
AstraZeneca says its Covid vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate as high as two other experimental drugs ready for regulatory consideration.
05 Digital yuan answers
China's digital yuan is currently being tested in Shenzhen, Suzhou and other places, but to most of the country's 1.4 billion people it is still a mystery; now experts have given some guidance on what to expect.
06 Huawei looks beyond 5G
Company bosses envisage a 'golden decade' of building a network that will digitise all of Chinese society. Chief China Correspondent Chris Gill goes over the plans on Asia Times Financial TV
07 India banks on LNG
Liquid natural gas conversions of diesel-run commercial vehicles are hoped to offer a route to easing the pollution problems of the world’s third-largest energy user.
08 Comment
"We will spare no effort to ensure their [vaccines'] affordable and equitable access for all people, consistent with members’ commitments to incentivise innovation. We recognise the role of extensive immunisation as a global public good."
Joint statement from G20 leaders on securing Covid vaccines for the poorest
