BEIJING: American candy giant Mars Wrigley has insisted it “respects China’s national sovereignty” and apologised after an advert for its Snickers bar referred to Taiwan as a country, sparking outrage on the mainland. Screenshots of marketing for the nutty confectionery featuring the South Korean boyband BTS were swiftly picked upContinue Reading
DRILLS CONTINUE Beijing on Saturday continued some of its largest-ever military drills around Taiwan – exercises aimed at practising a blockade and ultimate invasion of the island, analysts say. Taipei said it observed “multiple” Chinese planes and ships operating in the Taiwan Strait, believing them to be simulating an attackContinue Reading
MANILA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Saturday (Aug 6) in a bid to bolster the countries’ “strong” alliance, as China conducts military drills around nearby Taiwan. Blinken is the most senior US official to visit the Southeast Asian nation – aContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: The southern Chinese language beach holiday associated with Sanya on Hainan island imposed a lockdown on Sunday (Aug 8) and shut its open public transport system to try to stop a COVID-19 outbreak during its peak tourist time of year. Regulators announced the curbs would start at 6am, sayingContinue Reading
HIROSHIMA, Japan: “Humanity is playing with the loaded gun” since crises with the potential for nuclear disaster increase, grow worldwide, UN mind Antonio Guterres mentioned in Hiroshima upon Saturday (Aug 6), the 77th wedding anniversary of the first atomic bomb attack. At an yearly memorial, Guterres warned of the riskContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea denounced ALL OF US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday (Aug 6) for assisting deterrence against North Korea during the girl visit to South Korea this week. Pelosi and her South Korean version, National Assembly Loudspeaker Kim Jin-pyo, vowed on Thursday to achieve North KoreanContinue Reading
Taiwan’s autonomy is a crucial geopolitical interest for that US because of the island’s dominance of the semiconductor manufacturing market, records this academic.Continue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of nearby and sovereign debt , President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday (Aug 5), as the island country battles its worst financial crisis in its 3rd party history. The country is due to restart bailout talks with the International Monetary Account (IMF) inContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan on Friday (Aug 5) encouraged all sides to build “strategic trust” following recent developments in the Taiwan Strait. He was speaking during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the 55th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)Continue Reading
HONG KONG: A former mature Chinese official for any high-profile tiger plus leopard national park was sentenced to life in prison pertaining to accepting bribes of nearly 90 million yuan (US$13. three or more million), a courtroom in the northeastern state of Heilongjiang mentioned on Friday (Aug 5). Jing Dongwen,Continue Reading