A sustainable handicrafts entrepreneur shares her experience of starting a business in the capital before the coup.
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“Anything that happens here, such as a North Korean nuclear test … has implications for the security of the entire world,” she said. “We hope indeed that everyone on the Security Council would understand that any use of a nuclear weapon will change the world in incredible ways.” When askedContinue Reading
China has decided the status quo of Taiwan’s situation is no longer acceptable and has begun to ratchet up pressure on the self-governing island, including holding out the possibility of using force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (Oct 26). Speaking at an event organised by Bloomberg,Continue Reading
The film crew, comprising Singaporeans and Malaysians, were filming for a Hong Kong-produced movie.Continue Reading
About 400,000 women from China have migrated to Taiwan through marriage, accounting for more than 68 per cent of all foreign brides on the island.Continue Reading
Among the candidates unveiled by PKR was Nik Omar, son of the deceased PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.
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As Xi kicks off his third leadership term with more power than any leader since Mao Zedong, he faces a mountain of problems, from a dismal economy to his own COVID-19 policy that has backed China into a corner, and souring ties with the West. TRAINING GROUND The “faction” refersContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s top prosecutor has decided to arrest Tian Huiyu, a former president of China Merchants Bank, on suspicion of taking bribes and abusing power, state broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday (Oct 26). Tian, also the bank’s former party secretary, was expelled from the Communist Party and removed from publicContinue Reading
“We found one body on Tuesday night and three more this morning. Four crew are still missing,” Abdullah Pasha from the fire department told AFP. Nearly five million people were still without power on Wednesday, Rural Electrification Board official Debashish Chakrabarty told AFP. Nearly a million people who were evacuatedContinue Reading
BEIJING: Xi Jinping emerged from the 20th Communist Party Congress with a precedent-breaking third leadership term and a Politburo Standing Committee made up entirely of loyalists, cementing his place as China’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Under Xi’s decade in power, China has undergone profound change, both domestically andContinue Reading