# NewsViral

> Asia-Pacific, in focus


## Posts

- [A beginner's guide to Asia's major stock indices](https://newsviral.org/asia-major-stock-indices-guide/): From the Nikkei 225 to the Sensex, here is what the region's headline stock indices track and why investors watch them.
- [How ASEAN's push for local-currency trade is meant to work](https://newsviral.org/asean-local-currency-settlement-explained/): Southeast Asian economies are building systems to trade and pay in their own currencies. Here is the idea behind it.
- [Why Taiwan and South Korea dominate the chip supply chain](https://newsviral.org/why-taiwan-korea-dominate-semiconductors/): A small number of Asian companies make the world's most advanced semiconductors. Here is how that happened.
- [Understanding China's property sector and why it matters](https://newsviral.org/china-property-sector-explained/): Real estate has been central to China's growth and its recent troubles. A guide to the basics.
- [India Stack: UPI, Aadhaar and digital public infrastructure explained](https://newsviral.org/india-stack-upi-aadhaar-explained/): India built a set of open digital systems that changed how a billion people pay and verify identity.
- [The Bank of Japan's long road away from ultra-low rates](https://newsviral.org/bank-of-japan-rates-explained/): Japan spent years with rock-bottom interest rates. Moving away from them is a delicate task.
- [How South Korea turned culture into an economic engine](https://newsviral.org/south-korea-cultural-economy/): Music, film, food and beauty have become major Korean exports. The rise was no accident.
- [Southeast Asia's EV and battery boom: who makes what](https://newsviral.org/southeast-asia-ev-battery-boom/): From Indonesian nickel to Thai car plants, the region is building an electric-vehicle supply chain.
- [Australia's critical minerals and the race for clean-energy metals](https://newsviral.org/australia-critical-minerals/): Lithium, rare earths and more: Australia sits on resources the energy transition needs.
- [What the Quad and other Indo-Pacific groupings actually do](https://newsviral.org/indo-pacific-groupings-quad-explained/): A short guide to the alphabet soup of regional partnerships shaping Asia-Pacific diplomacy.
- [Why the Asia-Pacific drives so much of global growth](https://newsviral.org/why-asia-pacific-drives-global-growth/): The region is home to most of humanity and a large share of the world economy. Here is the shape of it.
- [Undersea cables: the hidden backbone of Asia's internet](https://newsviral.org/undersea-cables-asia-internet-backbone/): Almost all international data travels through cables on the seabed. Asia is a crucial crossroads.

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