SINGAPORE: As many as five Malaysian government vessels have been seen in Singapore territorial waters, in the wake of a positive meeting between Singapore and Malaysia’s foreign affairs ministers. In response to media queries, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) confirmed that there were five Malaysian government vessels in Singapore waters off Tuas at 6pm on Wednesday. As at 6pm… Read more »
When one thinks of a refugee crisis, it is usually accompanied by large amounts of people fleeing a dangerous area. This situation with a young girl, is not your usual case associated with a refugee crisis. Still, this particular experience that Alqunun is going through is really upsetting. It brings awareness to unhealthy domestic situations not only in foreign countries,… Read more »
Taiwan is still technically part of China, yet the Taiwanese have been wanting to become independent for years. Taiwan has a separate government and runs itself, for the most part, separately from China. Being plenty capable of being their own independent state, Taiwan has slowly made progress in search for their independence. Taiwan has a separate military than China which… Read more »
I included an article on Tesla opening a factory in Shanghai because Tesla is a popular phenomenon in the United States, and although they have been around a long time, they are still up and coming. I thought this would be an interesting, or at least a fun fact to share with my regional report group. I found an impressive… Read more »
BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — The General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has issued revised regulations on primary-level Party organizations in rural areas. The original document issued in 1999 could no longer adapt to new requirements and practical needs as rural areas are advancing reform and development and facing new situations and tasks, said the… Read more »
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — The just-concluded U.S.-China trade talks in Beijing achieved “useful progress” and both parties are expected to narrow down their differences further in addressing the trade tension between the world’s two largest economies, said a U.S. expert. “Let me be frank in saying that I belong to a very tiny minority who has always viewed… Read more »
BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that China consistently advocates for the building of regional free trade arrangements in line with the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles. “At present, related countries have pressed forward with regional free trade arrangements in the hope of further promoting trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, showing… Read more »
BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — China welcomes more foreign enterprises to engage in its new round of high-standard opening up and continues to share benefits from its development opportunities, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said here Thursday. The U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc. broke ground on Jan. 7 in Shanghai on its first overseas factory. Saying China’s development speed and… Read more »
Frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and Buddhist rebels in Rakhine state have spread alarm among thousands of Rohingya refugees living in no-man’s-land on the country’s border with Bangladesh, as concerns grow over the intensified fighting. More than 730,000 members of the mostly Muslim minority have fled Myanmar to escape a brutal military-led crackdown that started in 2017. Most of the Rohingya have taken… Read more »
Taiwan’s military has announced a series of newly designed large-scale military drills for this year aimed at countering China’s renewed threat to use force to gain control over the island. While Taiwan’s armed forces regularly hold such exercises, this year’s drills announced on Wednesday are “being drafted based on newly adopted tactics for defending against a possible Chinese invasion”, the official… Read more »