[Analytics] Buying Cambodia: China’s long embrace of a tyrant
Authoritarian Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen has reportedly given Beijing the green light for a naval…
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.
Trains to Hong Kong airport suspended amid protester disruption
HONG KONG, Sep 1, 2019, Reuters. Trains to Hong Kong’s international airport were suspended on…
[Analytics] Did China’s growing presence in Arctic prompt Donald Trump’s offer to buy Greenland?
US president likely had Beijing ‘on his mind’ when he made his audacious offer, diplomat…
Peru to promote potato, sacha inchi, maca, cacao, Andean grains in China
LIMA, Aug 31, 2019, ANDINA. The International Potato Center (CIP) and Peru’s Exports and Tourism…
[Analytics] Can global matcha craze save Japan’s tea industry?
From matcha ice cream to cake and chocolate, producers of traditional Japanese green tea are…
Hong Kong protesters defy rally ban after crackdown
HONG KONG, Aug 31, 2019, AFP. Thousands of pro-democracy protesters defied a police ban on…
[Analytics] Breaking a vow, Duterte wheels and deals with Xi
Against the backdrop of rising tensions in the South China Sea, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte…
Mainland Chinese taxi driver jailed for two weeks for defacing US consulate in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Aug 30, 2019, SCMP. A mainland Chinese taxi driver was jailed for two…
[Analytics] In Russia’s Far East lies India’s new El Dorado
As Narendra Modi visits the Russian city of Vladivostok for the Eastern Economic Forum on…
China, the Philippines set up joint steering committee on oil, gas cooperation
BEIJING, Aug 30, 2019, Xinhua. China and the Philippines announced Thursday they would set up…
Australia to improve East Timor internet, naval base
CANBERRA, Aug 30, 2019, AP. Australia has committed to invest in East Timor’s naval infrastructure…
Hong Kong activists arrested, others attacked as authorities uphold ban on protest rally
HONG KONG, Aug 30, 2019, The Straits Times. A number of Hong Kong activists, including…