China will sign South China Sea code after reclamation of Scarborough: lawyer
MANILA, Oct 28, 2019, PhilStar. Beijing has long been delaying the passage of a Code…
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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.
China’s copyright trade with Belt and Road countries surges
BEIJING, Oct 28, 2019, Xinhua. China’s copyright trade with countries along the Belt and Road…
[Analytics] BRI: Need to woo global private investors
A country’s infrastructure is a public asset and thus cannot be best provided for by…
Carrie Lam has to hold on while Beijing ponders need for political qualities in Hong Kong’s next leader
Will embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor continue to hang on for the remaining…
Beijing’s new mega-airport begins international flights
BEIJING, Oct 27, 2019, Reuters. Beijing’s new $63 billion Daxing airport began its first scheduled…
G20 ministers to address issues involving ‘overtourism’ in Japan
KUTCHAN, Oct 27, 2019, Kyodo. Tourism ministers from the Group of 20 major economies have…
[Analytics] A geopolitical earthquake has shaken US leadership in the world — Russia and China stand to benefit
The geopolitical landscape is shifting in a way that threatens the political and economic world…
China to launch Chang’e-5 lunar probe in 2020
XIAMEN, Oct 27, 2019, China Daily. China plans to launch the Chang’e-5 probe in 2020…
Singapore PM’s wife Ho Ching responds to Bloomberg report on city state gaining from Hong Kong’s ongoing unrest
SINGAPURE, Oct 27, 2019, SCMP. The Singapore prime minister’s wife Ho Ching has responded to…
[Analytics] On Russia’s vast frontier, lots of free land and few takers
Three years ago, Russia set out a bold plan to revive its vast Far East,…
[Analytics] Canadian money laundering probe ‘will rock Beijing’
It is deeply ironic that one of the mouthpieces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Taiwan rebuts Hong Kong’s claims it is hindering surrender of murder suspect whose case sparked extradition bill crisis and mass protests
TAIPEI, Oct 26, 2019, SCMP. Taiwan has rebutted Hong Kong government’s claims it was hindering…