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Onto Better managing director

Kenneth Tan

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Things & More editor

Jackie Wong
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assistant editor
Sandy Sun
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ust like that, another year passes by, an eventful one as well. graphic designer
Lu Ying
We ended the last few years with cautious optimism that the upcoming designer@fdmasia.com
Jone would be a better one, that the world’s economy would finally recover business manager
Ding Yongmei
from the lasting effects of the pandemic that now feels like it happened in a ding@fdmasia.com
marketing assistant
bygone era. Yet, every of the past few years began with more uncertainties and Wasabi Liu
wasabi.liu@fdmasia.com
challenges.
operations executive
This was very much the case for 2025, a year which many foresaw as the Martin
martin@fdmasia.com
turning point for the better but was impacted by rising geopolitical tensions and
circulation executive
trade disruptions. Steven Sheng
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Let us not lose faith, for 2026 is shaping to be a better one than this year. contributors
ITTO
The industry, as resilient as ever, continues to move forward and find solutions, Shi Tao
Yu Shulan
whether it is establishing new trade ties, driving creativity and innovations, or Zhang Lu
finding new standards and regulations. Li Donglin
Gregor Gaberšček Tuta
Sure, we are going to see many more changes in the year ahead. Trade flows Gorazd Fajdiga
are going to evolved, so are consumer demands and habits. The ways that we
have grown accustomed to have to react as well.
Despite the warnings of years passed, let us look forward to 2026 with equal
optimism if not more, and the assurance that whatever comes our way, we will
find a way through.
With that, best wishes for the upcoming holidays and see you again refreshed
and rejuvenated next year!

Jackie Wong