Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui supports incumbent’s re-election bid
TAIPEI, Oct 21, 2019, Taiwan News. At his first public appearance in a long time,…
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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.
Not Malaysia’s job to promote China’s geopolitics: PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21, 2019, Malay Mail. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad emphasised today that it…
[Analytics] Shunned by Chinese, Thai tourism braces for slump
Hotels on Thailand’s most popular holiday island have been forced to slash prices, with rooms…
Chinese rocket maker has unveiled its plans to develop a number of carrier models
BEIJING, Oct 21, 2019, China Daily. ChinaRocket, a commercial space wing of the China Academy…
Japanese man detained in China on suspicion of spying, Tokyo confirms
TOKYO, Oct 21, 2019, AFP. Chinese authorities have detained a Japanese man in Beijing, a…
Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21, 2019, Bangkok Post. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday…
Illegal Hong Kong march spirals into chaos, shops vandalised and torched
HONG KONG, Oct 21, 2019, ST. An illegal protest rally through Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha…
S. Korea, China to hold first ‘strategic’ defense talks in 5 years
SEOUL, Oct 20, 2019, Yonhap. South Korea and China will hold high-level defense talks this…
China keen to invest in Tamil Nadu, fly direct to Chennai as a result of the Modi-Xi summit
NEW DELHI, Oct 20, 2019, The Asian Age. It’s the Mamallapuram Summit effect. After the…
[Analytics] How China can reach its centennial goal
Two years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that by the time the People’s Republic…
China’s smart speaker market ‘exploding,’ strong trajectory to continue: Strategy Analytics
BEIJING, Oct 20, 2019, TechNode. There are around 35 million households with smart speakers in…
Planned latest Tarantino film release is halted in China
BEIJING, Oct 19, 2019, Bloomberg. Chinese authorities halted a planned Oct. 25 release of director…