China’s first homegrown polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 to start its maiden voyage
SHENZHEN, Oct 15, 2019, Xinhua. China’s first domestically made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow…
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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.
[Analytics] Shenzhen takes on role as basic research centre amid US-China tech war
Often called China’s Silicon Valley, the city has been named as the location of the…
[Analytics] Xi, Modi chart course ahead for new era
China and India can create an even closer partnership in the new era, as the…
Vietnam blocks ‘Abominable’ film over depiction of Beijing’s nine-dash line in South China Sea
HANOI, Oct 14, 2019, Reuters. Vietnam has pulled the animated DreamWorks film Abominable from cinemas…
[Analytics] From Russia with guns: why is Southeast Asia buying arms from Moscow, not Washington?
Though it lags only the US in global arms sales, Russia is the top supplier…
[Analytics] Chinese support gives Laos an edge over powerful neighbor Vietnam
A Mekong River hydropower dam scheduled to open this month worries Vietnam because the country…
Book on China’s BRI, its implications for Cambodia’s development launched
PHNOM PENH, Oct 13, 2019, Xinhua. A 190-page book titled “The Belt and Road Initiative…
More HK property investors turning to Malaysia, Singapore amid unrest
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13, 2019, AFP. From luxury Singapore apartments to Malaysian seafront condos, Hong…
On his first day in Kathmandu, Xi announces Rs 56 billion in economic assistance over the next two years
KATHMANDU, Oct 13, 2019, The Kathmandu Post. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kathmandu on…
Petrol bombs thrown in MTR station as demonstrators take to streets again in HK
HONG KONG, Oct 13, 2019, SCMP. Hundreds of black-clad demonstrators took to the streets of…
PM Modi-Xi agree to ‘manage differences, avoid disputes’
MAMALLAPURAM, Oct 13, 2019, The Asian Age. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi…
[Analytics] Exporting China’s social compliance system
In the Middle Kingdom, privacy and individual good appear subordinate to all-purpose trust and collective…