Chinese premier holds talks with Vanuatuan PM to promote ties
BEIJING, May 28, 2019, Xinhua. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday held talks with visiting…
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] China’s middle class growing desperate and anxious about US trade war impact
Fears of trade war impact also appear to be affecting willingness to spend and prompting…
Samsung to gain from Huawei’s troubles: Fitch
SEOUL, May 27, 2019, Yonhap. Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of smartphones, is…
Huawei CEO admits US ban will cut into lead over rivals, objects to retaliation against Apple
BEIJING, May 27, 2019, Bloomberg. Huawei Technologies co-founder Ren Zhengfei struck a defiant tone in…
[Analytics] Generation Amnesia: why China’s youth don’t talk about Tiananmen
Three decades have passed since the Tiananmen Square crackdown when troops fired on student-led pro-democracy…
Vietnam to connect more bus routes with China-built urban railway
HANOI, May 27, 2019, Xinhua. Vietnam’s capital Hanoi plans to increase the number of bus…
China beats Japan 3-0 to win record 11th Sudirman Cup
NANNING, May 26, 2019, Xinhua. China overwhelmed Japan 3-0 to win the record 11th title…
[Analytics] If Donald Trump kills off Chinese firm Huawei, do Asia’s 5G dreams die?
Until the US-China trade war turned nasty, the Chinese telecoms giant had been the region’s…
Taiwan begins mass production of home-grown missile corvettes, minelayers
TAIPEI, May 25, 2019, SCMP. Taiwan has begun mass production of its home-grown Tuo Jiang-class…
[Analytics] Of megalomaniacs and useful idiots
What can be expected of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in its second term. Chan…
Malaysian government negotiating compensation for cancelled RM9.4b pipeline project
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25, 2019, MalayMail. The Malaysian government is now negotiating with China-based contractors…
[Analytics] China’s tech ‘Long March’ could be road to nowhere
China’s President Xi Jinping has called for technological self-reliance in the escalating rivalry with America,…