[Analytics] How US-Iran tensions may yet torpedo oil markets
Global markets breathed a sigh of relief this week after the US and Iran pulled…
China
The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
Indonesia’s Natuna conflict pits Prabowo against former allies
JAKARTA, Jan 11, 2020, The Jakarta Post. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto’s careful response to the…
Results of Taiwan presidential elections to be known by 10 p.m.
TAIPEI, Jan 11, 2020, Taiwan News. The results of Taiwan’s elections should be known by…
China reports first death in new pneumonia outbreak
WUHAN, Jan 11, 2020, SCMP. A 61-year-old man has become the first fatality in an…
BRICS decade’s outcome to discuss at the Gaidar Forum which held on Jan 15-16 at RANEPA
MOSCOW, Jan 10, 2020, Pan Pacific Agency. A discussion of the outcomes of the BRICS…
SoftBank chief wants to help Indonesia build a new smart capital
JAKARTA, Jan 10, 2020, Bloomberg. SoftBank Group has joined a growing list of global investors…
[Analytics] 2019: Year of rough seas for Philippines in the face of belligerent China
Yes, the Chinese have been sneaking in and around the West Philippine Sea before, but…
[Analytics] Kuomintang’s fight goes far beyond Han Kuo-yu’s presidential bid in Taiwan
Incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen is hot favourite for re-election but the race is still very…
[Analytics] The 97kms that frustrate China’s mastery of the Mekong
Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong,…
China’s 5G mobile phone market booms as shipments decline
BEIJING, Jan 10, 2020, China Daily. Mobile phone shipments in China fell to 389 million…
Chinese president to make first China state visit to Myanmar in 19 years
BEIJING, Jan 10, 2020, Bloomberg. Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Myanmar on January…
China confirms Vice-Premier Liu He will travel to US next week to sign phase one deal
BEIJING, Jan 9, 2020, SCMP. A China delegation led by Vice-Premier Liu He will travel…