India needs a new digital law: Official
BENGALURU, Feb 17, 2022, ToI. Union minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar…
Myanmar to skip ASEAN ministerial meeting, Cambodia says
PHNOM PENH, Feb 16, 2022, Reuters. Cambodia said on Tuesday (Feb 15) that Myanmar had…
China courts freeze $157M of Evergrande assets over missed construction payments
HONG KONG, Feb 16, 2022, Reuters. A Chinese court has ordered the freezing of 640.4…
Bangladesh’s largest annual book fair kicks off in Dhaka
DHAKA, Feb 16, 2022, Xinhua. Bangladesh’s largest annual book fair kicked off in the capital…
China’s Xi says Hong Kong needs to stabilise and control Covid-19 surge
HONG KONG, Feb 16, 2022, Reuters. China’s President Xi Jinping has told Hong Kong’s government…
China-born billionaire denies Australian election interference
SYDNEY, Feb 15, 2022, AFP. A Chinese-Australian billionaire on Tuesday (Feb 15) denied being the…
Australia urges China to denounce Russia over Ukraine
CANBERRA, Feb 15, 2022, AP. Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday urged China to denounce Russian…
Taiwan says Chinese plane flew close to remote island
TAIPEI, Feb 15, 2022, Reuters. A small Chinese civilian aircraft flew very close to a…
[Analytics] China’s tech giants push toward an $8T metaverse opportunity
Imagine this: the metaverse with Chinese characteristics. That’s how the virtual world that everyone’s talking…
[Analytics] Indonesia begins to look beyond Jokowi
It says a lot about Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s extraordinary mastery over Indonesian politics that year…
India cuts tax on crude palm oil imports to help consumers, refiners
MUMBAI, Feb 14, 2022, Reuters. India has cut its tax on crude palm oil (CPO)…
Laos works to end greenhouse gas emission by 2050
VIENTIANE, Feb 14, 2022, VNA. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Laos has…