Big Take Asia

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We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.


Episode Date
Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Lunch Experiment
May 26, 2026
Weekend Listen: China vs the US: Kishore Mahbubani on a Zero-Sum Rivalry
May 24, 2026
SoftBank’s $60 Billion OpenAI Bet Sparks Concerns
May 19, 2026
The Biggest Takeaways from the Trump-Xi Summit
May 15, 2026
Modi Is More Powerful Than Ever — Even as India’s Economy Strains
May 12, 2026
Weekend Listen: Will the Xi-Trump Summit Be Over Before It Starts?
May 10, 2026
Why China Blocked Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition of Manus AI
May 05, 2026
Weekend Listen: Writer Amitav Ghosh on Why India Has Lost Its Way
May 03, 2026
North Korea’s Nuclear Program Reaches Tipping Point for the US
Apr 29, 2026
China’s Tech Grip Threatens India’s Manufacturing Ambitions
Apr 21, 2026
How Hormuz Closure Could Squeeze Asia’s Staple Crop
Apr 14, 2026
BONUS: ユニクロ・柳井正氏を直撃、アメリカ内陸部への執念と後継者
Apr 08, 2026
Uniqlo Is Coming for Middle America
Apr 07, 2026
Meet OpenClaw: The AI Craze Sweeping China
Mar 31, 2026
BTS Leads Netflix’s Push for Growth in Asia
Mar 24, 2026
The Sixth Bureau Episode 6: Nothing Is Holy
Mar 20, 2026
Asia Is Bearing the Brunt of the Iran War Energy Crisis
Mar 17, 2026
The Rise and Fall of an Alleged Scam Boss
Mar 10, 2026
The Sixth Bureau Episode 5: One Way In, One Way Out
Mar 07, 2026
War in Iran Is Exposing Oil Risks Across Asia
Mar 05, 2026
The Escalating Conflict With Iran
Mar 01, 2026
The Sixth Bureau Episode 4: The Duck Analogy
Feb 27, 2026
Tariff Turmoil Hits China, India Again
Feb 24, 2026
SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs
Feb 20, 2026
The Sixth Bureau Episode 3: Suck, Squeeze, Burn, Blow
Feb 20, 2026
The Sixth Bureau, Episode 1: Your Friend From Nanjing
Feb 13, 2026
The Sixth Bureau, Episode 2: The Spy’s Diary
Feb 13, 2026
What Takaichi’s Landslide Election Win Means for Japan
Feb 10, 2026
Why the US-India Trade Deal Hinges on Russian Oil
Feb 05, 2026
Behind Thailand’s Push to Recriminalize Cannabis
Feb 03, 2026
Japan’s Bond Crash Sent Shockwaves Through Global Markets
Jan 27, 2026
Japan’s $2 Trillion ‘Dementia Money’ Cliff
Jan 20, 2026
The Domino Effect of the ‘Donroe Doctrine’
Jan 16, 2026
Punishing Iran Could Alienate China and India — Again
Jan 13, 2026
How Venezuela Shifts China’s Calculus
Jan 06, 2026
How China Defied the Odds in 2025
Dec 30, 2025
Toymaker Battles Trump’s Tariffs in Stores and in Court
Dec 24, 2025
The $2 Billion Flood Control Scandal Rocking the Philippines
Dec 16, 2025
Tariffed: The Toymaker That Took on Trump Part Two
Dec 09, 2025
Hong Kong's Catastrophic Fire Provokes Questions and Fury
Dec 02, 2025
All Eyes on Japan and China Tensions After Taiwan Remark
Nov 25, 2025
Nvidia Silences AI Skeptics (For Now)
Nov 20, 2025
China Tests the Limits in the Race for Biotech Power
Nov 18, 2025
Wall Street Speeds Up India Expansion
Nov 11, 2025
How APEC Become a Battleground for US-China Influence
Nov 04, 2025
Trump Got an ‘Amazing’ Meeting. China Got Much-Needed Time
Oct 30, 2025
Tariffed: The Toymaker That Took on Trump Part One
Oct 28, 2025
Xi’s Top Bargaining Chip Is a Trade War Game Changer
Oct 21, 2025
What’s Driving The Rush to Invest in Gold
Oct 17, 2025
Having a Baby? This Company Will Give You $72,000
Oct 14, 2025
The Rise of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ and Its Political Shift to the Right
Oct 07, 2025
Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Dashes Indian Workers’ American Dreams
Oct 01, 2025
Breaking Down the Proposed US-China TikTok Deal
Sep 23, 2025
The Gen Z Protestors Challenging Asia’s Ruling Elite
Sep 16, 2025
Xi’s Bromance Diplomacy Is Challenging Trump’s World Order
Sep 09, 2025
What Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Means for China and the World
Sep 02, 2025
Trump Has a Shipbuilding Dream. Can South Korea Make It a Reality?
Aug 26, 2025
From the Gobi Desert to Wall Street: a Conversation With Weijian Shan
Aug 22, 2025
The Rebel Army Behind One of the World’s Major Rare-Earth Supplies
Aug 19, 2025
Why Trump Is Letting Nvidia Sell (Some) AI Chips to China
Aug 14, 2025
How China Is Bringing Hong Kong’s IPO Market Back to Life
Aug 12, 2025
India Won’t Stop Buying Russian Oil. Now It’s Paying the Price.
Aug 05, 2025
China Bets Big on a $167 Billion Tibetan Dam
Jul 29, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Force Europe to Rethink Ties With China
Jul 22, 2025
What Is Jane Street? And Why Are Regulators Watching It?
Jul 17, 2025
The Leaked Phone Call that Plunged Thailand Into Crisis
Jul 15, 2025
Bloomberg’s Interview With Malaysia’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Jul 10, 2025
China's Plans to Make AI a Utility
Jul 08, 2025
The American Toymaker Suing Trump Over Destructive Tariffs
Jul 01, 2025
What the Israel-Iran Conflict Means for China
Jun 24, 2025
How China Is Building a Powerful Army of Hackers
Jun 17, 2025
The US and China’s High-Stakes Diplomacy
Jun 12, 2025
Wall Street Banks Are Battling for Japan’s Top Young Talent
Jun 10, 2025
Nintendo's Big Bet on Switch 2
Jun 03, 2025
The Dollar’s Dominance Is Unwinding in Asia
May 27, 2025
What It Takes to Negotiate With China
May 22, 2025
Who Is the Mysterious Founder of China’s DeepSeek?
May 20, 2025
Is the US-China Trade War Over?
May 13, 2025
How India and Pakistan Averted War
May 12, 2025
How a CEO’s Faked Results Led to a $300 Million Wipeout
May 06, 2025
The Human Egg Trade: Episode 3 - The Journey
May 01, 2025
The Human Egg Trade: Episode 2 - The Theft
Apr 30, 2025
The Human Egg Trade: Episode 1 - The Lie
Apr 29, 2025
How a Chinese Toy Company Is Defying the Trade War
Apr 22, 2025
Who Will Blink First in the US-China Trade War?
Apr 18, 2025
Inside the Explosive Feud That Rocked Singapore’s Richest Family
Apr 15, 2025
Why Asia Was Hit Hardest by Trump’s Tariff Onslaught
Apr 08, 2025
As India’s Stock Market Surged, So Did Investment Scams
Apr 01, 2025
The World Is Paying for Trump’s China Tariffs
Mar 25, 2025
US-China Rivalry in the Trump Era: A Discussion
Mar 21, 2025
Can’t Get Enough Of Matcha? Too Bad – Japan Is Running Low
Mar 18, 2025
China’s Power Play In the Indian Ocean
Mar 11, 2025
Xi’s Big Challenge Is Getting People to Spend, Spend, Spend
Mar 06, 2025
Xi Has Embraced China’s Tech Titans Once Again. Will It Last?
Feb 25, 2025
How Amazon Rival Temu Got Sucked Into Trump’s Trade War
Feb 18, 2025
What Thailand's Same-Sex Marriage Victory Means for the Economy
Feb 14, 2025
China’s New Game Plan for Dealing With Trump Tariffs
Feb 11, 2025
Why Are Chinese Consumers So Keen on Gold?
Jan 28, 2025
Americans Flocked to RedNote as the TikTok Ban Loomed. Will the Party Last?
Jan 21, 2025
South Korea Has Plenty of Botox But Not Enough Doctors
Jan 14, 2025
Why Millions of Young Chinese Are Refusing to Make Pension Payments
Jan 07, 2025
The Coffee Shop That's Been Eating Starbucks' Lunch in China
Dec 31, 2024
Netflix’s Big Bet On ‘Squid Game’
Dec 24, 2024
China Had a Plan to Rescue Its Housing Market. It’s Not Working
Dec 17, 2024
The Most Powerful Families in South Korea Brace for the Next Revolt
Dec 10, 2024
The Six Hours of Martial Law That Stunned South Korea
Dec 05, 2024
The $250 Million Bribery Charges Rocking the Adani Empire – and India
Nov 26, 2024
The Shadowy Fleet of Tankers Moving Iranian Oil to China
Nov 19, 2024
Another Trump Term Is Coming. Is Asia Ready?
Nov 12, 2024
Pakistan Is Getting Too Expensive For Its Middle Class – So They’re Leaving
Nov 05, 2024
The US Pledged to Contain China’s Tech Ambitions. It’s Not Working
Oct 29, 2024
How China’s BYD Became King of the Affordable EV
Oct 22, 2024
How an Infamous Vietnamese Businesswoman Engineered a $12 Billion Fraud
Oct 15, 2024
Inside the Succession Drama at a Hong Kong Property Dynasty
Oct 08, 2024
Tim Walz’s Deep China Ties Could Spell Trouble for Democrats
Oct 01, 2024
Could the Chinese Yuan Ever Replace the US Dollar?
Sep 24, 2024
China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation
Sep 18, 2024
Indonesia Is Building a New Capital. It’s Not Going Well
Sep 10, 2024
Carry Trades, Explained
Sep 03, 2024
Humans and AI Bots Blur in the World's Call Center Capital
Aug 27, 2024
Inside Southeast Asia’s Most Notorious Crime Hub
Aug 19, 2024
After a Deadly Student Uprising, Bangladesh Starts Over, Again
Aug 13, 2024
$200 Billion, Four Heirs And One Mighty Indian Empire
Aug 04, 2024
Japan’s Small Businesses Have a Problem. They Don’t Know How to Raise Prices
Jul 29, 2024
K-Pop's Big Bet on Becoming Less Korean
Jul 23, 2024
Why This Nobel Prize Winner Faces Life Imprisonment in Bangladesh
Jul 16, 2024
The Chinese Coffee Chain Beating Starbucks
Jul 09, 2024
Why China’s Investment Bankers Are Breaking Up With Capitalism
Jul 02, 2024
Hong Kong: Five Years After Anti-China Protests
Jun 25, 2024
The Dirty, Deadly Price We Pay for Clean Cars
Jun 17, 2024
A New Breed of Scammer Is Targeting Asia's Ultra-Rich
Jun 11, 2024
A Stunning Election Result in India as Modi and BJP Fall Short
Jun 05, 2024
Will the World’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant Get a Restart?
May 28, 2024
What Does China’s Economic Slowdown Mean For the Communist Party?
May 21, 2024
The Rise of Modi, Part 2: How India’s Leader Came Back From the Brink
May 14, 2024
The Rise of Modi, Part 1: Why India’s Leader Is So Popular – and Polarizing
May 14, 2024
Introducing: Big Take Asia
May 14, 2024