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Nikkei Asia
2 days ago
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Australia pushes for ban on card surcharges
Retail Banks, retailers oppose proposal to end fees on consumers totaling $781m yearly Australia's central bank has proposed banning surcharges on card transactions. Cashless payments account for 76% of all retail transactions there. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi) RURIKA IMAHASHI August 16, 2025 15:01 JST SYDNEY -- Australia is debating a ban on credit and debit card transaction fees, which cost the country's consumers 1.2 billion Australian dollars ($781 million) annually.
Nikkei Asia
08-08-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
China, US and Taiwan locked out of Pacific Islands Forum meeting
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele speaks at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga in August 2024. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi) SOPHIE MAK SYDNEY -- The government of the Solomon Islands will not invite the U.S. and China to attend a key regional meeting in September, a move experts see as an effort to avoid diplomatic fallout over the alternative of singling out and excluding Taiwan from the event.
Nikkei Asia
07-08-2025
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
China, US and Taiwan all locked out of Pacific Islands Forum meeting
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele speaking at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga in August 2024. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi) SOPHIE MAK SYDNEY -- The government of the Solomon Islands will not invite the United States and China to attend a key regional meeting in September, a move experts see as an effort to avoid diplomatic fallout over the alternative of singling out and excluding Taiwan from the event.
Nikkei Asia
29-06-2025
- Nikkei Asia
Cheng Lei rediscovers her voice after 'cruelty' of Chinese detention
Cheng Lei speaks to Nikkei Asia in Sydney on June 18. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi) SOPHIE MAK SYDNEY -- After building a career explaining China to the outside world, Australian journalist Cheng Lei found herself known only as inmate 21003. She was imprisoned at the No. 47 Dahongmen Nanlu detention center in Beijing, where she had to follow a strict set of rules, primary among them was a ban on any criticism of the ruling Communist Party. "I was gagged all that time. There were so many things I couldn't ask, couldn't talk about; I didn't have a pen," Cheng told Nikkei Asia.
