[Analytics] China’s consumers need to ‘shop till they drop’
Shop till you drop could have been coined for affluent Chinese consumers before the Covid-19…
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Chinese Midea billionaire founder He Xiangjian rescued after house break-in
FOSHAN, Jun 15, 2020, Reuters. Chinese police said today that the billionaire founder of house…
Moon urges N. Korea not to backtrack on agreed-upon peace efforts
SEOUL, Jun 15, 2020, Yonhap. President Moon Jae-in called on North Korea on Monday not…
Hong Kong Disneyland to reopen after five-month Covid-19 closure
HONG KONG, Jun 15, 2020, AFP. Hong Kong’s Disneyland will reopen its doors on Thursday…
India will never compromise on its national pride: Defence minister on Ladakh border row
NEW DELHI, Jun 15, 2020, PTI. Amid a standoff with China on the Ladakh border,…
High summer temperatures no relief against virus spread: Japan’s PM Abe
TOKYO, Jun 15, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that higher temperatures in…
Restaurants are open, but Japan’s entertainment areas still quiet over coronavirus worries
FUKUOKA, JUn 15, 2020, The Mainichi. Company drinking parties may have gradually resumed since Japan’s…
Beijing swift to curb new coronavirus cases
BEIJING, Jun 15, 2020, China Daily. Beijing is taking swift steps to curb a new…
[Analytics] K-Pop wave storms Indonesia
Since the early 2000s, South Korean and Chinese pop culture have been competing with each…
Japan startup’s launch of compact rocket fails due to engine problem
TOKYO, Jun 14, 2020, Kyodo. A Japanese aerospace startup’s launch of a compact rocket failed…
[Analytics] China’s drive for hegemony meets resistance
It’s an odd sort of great power rivalry: China and the US competing to see…
‘Nepal has politicised boundary issues’: New Delhi dismisses Kathmandu’s claims on Indian territory
NEW DELHI, Jun 14, 2020, DNA India. The Indian government has said that Nepal has…