[Analytics] China, Myanmar tighten their Belt and Road ties
China and Myanmar agreed to accelerate several joint infrastructure deals and projects during President Xi…
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CMT, CCT in proposed merger to form third largest real estate investment trusts in Asia-Pacific
SINGAPORE, Jan 22, 2020, BT. The Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) sector is witnessing…
6 people dead, almost 300 infected as China confirms Wuhan virus can be spread by humans
HONG KONG, Jan 21, 2020, CNN. Officials in China are racing to contain the spread…
[Analytics] Australian bushfires are a warning of climate catastrophe. Is Hong Kong listening?
As horrific as the recent bush fires in Australia have been, a satellite image attributed…
SE Asian consumers excited about high speeds 5G brings
SINGAPORE, Jan 21, 2020, BT. Faster data transfer speed is what South-east Asian consumers are…
Media can pioneer in nation-building: Bangladesh minister
DHAKA, Jan 21, 2020, The Bangladesh Today. Terming mass media as the fourth organ of…
Vietnam, Cambodia sign agreement against transnational crimes
HANOI, Jan 21, 2020, The Hanoi Times. Drug crime remains one of the biggest problems…
Wuhan virus: China reports fourth death in pneumonia outbreak, 15 medical workers infected
SHANGHAI, Jan 21, 2020, Reuters, Bloomberg. A fourth person has died from pneumonia in the…
Vietnam aims for $9B worth of fishery exports in 2020
HANOI, Jan 21, 2020, VNA. Vietnam has targeted to earn 9 billion USD from fishery…
France agrees to take back 43 illegal waste containers from Malaysia
PARIS, Jan 21, 2020, Reuters. Malaysia has shipped 43 illegal plastic waste containers back to…
Thailand’s Future Forward Party not guilty of opposing monarchy after being accused of Illuminati links
BANGKOK, Jan 21, 2020, SCMP. Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday acquitted the country’s third-biggest political…
Chinese owned gold mine destroyed in blaze in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Jan 21, 2020, The Khmer Times. A Chinese owned gold mine in Kbal…
