Kyrgyz parliament speaker refuses to step in as acting president
BISHKEK, Oct 16, 2020, TASS. Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament Kanat Isaev has rejected the…
[Analytics] Vietnam wrestles to install new leadership
The Vietnamese Communist party’s 13th plenum adjourned at midday on October 10 with an end-of-meeting…
Eastern Russia’s tiger photoshot’s author wins the title of wildlife photographer of the year
LONDON/VLADIVOSTOK, Oct 16, 2020, BBC. To photograph one of rarest creatures on Earth you have…
China denies ‘coercive’ diplomacy with Canada, urges release of Huawei executive
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2020, CNN. China on Thursday denied it had taken two Canadian men…
[Analytics] Losing trade, tech war means end of US imperialism
China on Tuesday announced intent to move forward on a legislative initiative to ban the…
China remains the largest foreign investor in Laos
VIENTIANE, Oct 16, 2020, The Laotian Times. China remains the largest foreign investor in Laos,…
[Analytics] Securing an ‘Asian NATO’ or destabilising Korea relations?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo intended to meet his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha…
SIA, Cathay Pacific, Far East Hospitality to get fillip from planned travel bubble
SINGAPORE, Oct 16, 2020, BT. Aviation and hospitality stocks listed in Singapore and Hong Kong…
Experimental Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine offered by Chinese city costs $60 per dose
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2020, Reuters. A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotech’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine…
Political violence a threat to Myanmar’s election
YANGON, Oct 16, 2020, Frontier Myanmar. Although elections in Myanmar since 2010 have been largely…
Yak farmers urge preservation, promotion of yak farming in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Oct 16, 2020, The Himalayan Times. Yak farmers have stressed on the need to…
China strikes back at US threat of sanctions on int’l financial institutions over Hong Kong
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2020, Xinhua. China on Thursday expressed firm opposition to and denunciation of…