[Analytics] China’s next dilemma: surging household borrowing
The next wave of debt worries to spook global markets will come from Chinese households….
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Tokyo’s protests are not alarming, Kuril Islands are ‘our land’: Russian PM
ITURUP, Aug 2, 2019, TASS. The Russian government is not alarmed by the protests of…
Donald Trump says US to hit US$300 billion worth of Chinese goods with 10 per cent tariff
WASHINGTON D.C., Aug 2, 2019, SCMP. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he…
Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan fail to defuse trade, diplomatic tensions
BANGKOK, Aug 1, 2019, Yonhap. South Korea and Japan failed to defuse a deepening trade…
N. Korean leader Kim oversaw launch of new type of rocket: KCNA
BEIJING, Aug 1, 2019, Kyodo. North Korea confirmed Thursday that it fired projectiles the previous…
Coffee entrepreneur Siddhartha’s suicide shocks India Inc
NEW DELHI, Aug 1, 2019, Asia Times. The death of V.G. Siddhartha, the founder of…
Hong Kong protesters, including 16-year-old girl, face 10 years in jail for rioting charges
HONG KONG, Aug 1, 2019, The Straits Times. The first batch of anti-extradition protesters have…
China hails progress in talks about South China Sea code
BANGKOK, Aug 1, 2019, Bangkok Post. Asean and China have completed the first reading of…
N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles off east coast
SEOUL/WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 31, 2019, Yonhap. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its…
Pompeo hopes to help patch up Japan-South Korea ties
BANGKOK, Jul 31, 2019, Japan Today. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he would…
Fisheries society demands Chinese ships leave Vietnamese waters pronto
HANOI, Jul 31, 2019, VN Express. The Vietnam Fisheries Society has demanded that a Chinese…
US senators ask Trump gov’t to counter Beijing’s behavior in South China Sea
MANILA, Jul 31, 2019, PhilStar. US senators called on the Trump administration to do more…