[Analytics] Asia’s biggest student-led protests: From S. Korea to Thailand to Hong Kong
As a college student, Lee Kyung-lan grew adept at assembling Molotov cocktails using paint thinner…
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.
[Analytics] As Australia frets about Chinese influence, local officials tout Belt and Road Initiative
When Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews announced the agenda for his sixth visit to China this…
Pro-China comic book banned by Malaysia’s Home Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23, 2019, Malay Mail. The Home Ministry has officially banned the Belt…
[Analytics] Even PM isn’t a pilot to them: Russian innovations through the self-driving
Annual key event of the ‘Open Innovations’ International Forum is a plenary meeting with Russian…
[Analytics] Nepal will seek to reiterate commitment to non-alignment in Baku
When Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli addresses the 18th Summit of the Heads of State…
Taiwan now wants Chan Tong-kai back for trial
TAIPEI, Oct 23, 2019, The Standard. Taiwan appeared to backtrack somewhat this afternoon over the…
Beijing reportedly developing plan to replace Hong Kong’s leader by March
BEIJING, Oct 23, 2019, CNBC. The Chinese government is developing a plan to replace Hong…
[Analytics] China and US in trillion-dollar tech war
There is no point in Huawei googling it as the answer is the problem. Gordon…
China-Pacific Island countries economic development and cooperation Forum held in Apia
APIA, Oct 22, 2019, China Daily. President Xi Jinping has called on China and the…
[Analytics] Automation hypochondria in the new industrial age
The world has experienced four industrial revolutions and as each has unfolded, so have dire…
Chinese cars sold in Vietnam with fraudulent nine-dash line map
HANOI, Oct 22, 2019, VN Express. A Vietnamese distributor has been selling Chinese cars installed…
[Ratings] Lonely Planet’s 2020 top-10 places to visit: Why Bhutan is the best
What’s the most on-trend travel destination going to be in 2020? It’s Bhutan, according to…