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Integrating Japan into this project can also be seen as an Indonesian effort to change the perspective that it favours China too much amid the continuing political and economic tension between Beijing and Washington. Some other countries have decided to create a balance between China and Japan.
Aerial photo taken on July 6, 2020 shows the Vientiane to Vangvieng section of China-Laos expressway under construction in Vientiane, … More
HONG KONG: Hong Kongers are finding creative ways to voice dissent after Beijing blanketed the city in a new security … More
The US has seized a shipment of human hair products from China, that it says was made by forced labour … More
Activists claim the employees at a Chinese-backed mining plant are not technical experts and the jobs could be performed by … More
The new wave of Chinese migrants has ignited criticism among many segments in Indonesian society – including Chinese Indonesians. Last … More
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has reached an asset acquisition agreementwith Malaysian video streaming provider iFlix. Through the acquisition, Tencent … More
The UK government is inching towards taking a decision on Huawei’s role in the UK’s 5G and fixed-broadband networks. The … More
(Bloomberg) — The Pentagon put Huawei Technologies Co. and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. on a list of 20 companies … More
Looks to me like a Chinese woman and a Chinese man balance a sewing machine on some bottles In short, … More
China’s amplified efforts to bolster relations with Sri Lanka have shifted the global order and left the United States grasping … More
Study finds no evidence of asset seizure by lenders or penalty on arrears, but researchers note a lack of transparency … More
NEW DELHI/BEIJING : The Indian army has said at least 20 of its soldiers were killed after hand-to-hand fighting with … More
The capital reported 27 new cases for Monday, while four infections in Hebei province and one in Sichuan were also traced to the sprawling Xinfadi food wholesale market, believed to be the source of the latest outbreak which has so far affected 106 people.
Why Indonesia is a worry. Only one of the major economies in east Asia poses a real concern – Indonesia. Indonesia’s public debt-to-GDP ratio is modest, at a third of GDP. But with a low savings rate and a small domestic tax base, Indonesia has been borrowing externally.
BEIJING: Parts of Beijing were placed under lockdown on Saturday as six new domestic Covid-19 coronavirus cases were reported, fuelling … More
GUANGZHOU, CHINA : The world’s first passenger-carrying drone is displayed in Guangzhou, China on June 08, 2020. The world’s first … More
The bill outlawing insults to March of the Volunteers was approved in the Legislative Council by a vote of 41 … More
TAIPEI/BEIJING: Taiwan called on China on Wednesday to apologise for the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in … More
“We have reassured people in Wuhan and around the country via this testing. This shows the [Communist] Party’s ruling philosophy of putting the people first will definitely help the city’s economy and society get back to normal,”
Jakarta has filed a diplomatic protest against Beijing’s extensive maritime claims, citing a 2016 tribunal ruling that found in favour of the Philippines.
But does this really mark a departure for the Southeast Asian nation and its approach to the South China Sea dispute?
The Cambodian prime minister repeated earlier denials that China has been given exclusive rights to Ream naval base.
Along the streets and pedestrians alleys of commercial areas in Chengdu, the provincial capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, mobile … More
In my final speech as Hong Kong’s governor on 30 June, 1997, a few hours before I left the city … More
