Malaysia reaffirms support for Palestinians after bomb threat at Johor’s Mid Valley Southkey mall

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MELAKA: According to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Sunday( Oct 15 ), Malaysia will continue to support the Palestinian people’s struggle despite the bomb threat at a shopping mall in Johor Bahru over the weekend. & nbsp,

He claimed that while the government was constantly watching for risks, he also cautioned individuals not to be alarmed.

The president of the United Malays National Organization( UMNO) stated on the outside of a local event,” The police have stated that the threat was deliberate; we just need to be careful and not care.” & nbsp,

After a” security threat” was made via an anonymous phone call, hundreds of customers and employees were evacuated from the Mid Valley Southkey mall in Johor Bahru on Saturday night.

The call was made at around 6.30 p.m., and local government had ordered that the affected areas get evacuated as a” strategic measure ,” according to the mall’s management and the local St Giles Hotel. & nbsp,

After conducting a thorough search of the area, the hearth office and police looked into the risk. At around 12.30 a.m. on Sunday, the plaza posted an update on Facebook stating that they had” no proof of challenges.”

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Belt and Road Initiative boosts China’s clout overseas, but concerns like debt-trap diplomacy remain: Observers

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POWERFUL Political SUCCESS, BUT ISSUES CONTINUE

When Mr. Xi emphasized the need to build a new business course modeled after the initial Silk Road, which connected China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe, the BRI was launched in 2013.

It laid the groundwork for his reputation initiative, a sizable infrastructure development network intended to reroute international trade. & nbsp,

According to observers who spoke with CNA’s Asia First on Monday, October 16, the project has mostly been a huge political accomplishment for China. & nbsp,

However, the nation’s personal economic growth is sluggish, and the COVID-19 pandemic is still having an impact.

Jobs are stalled and banking has declined. Due to the significant debts owed by a number of partner nations, Beijing’s lending practices are no longer sustainable.

” What turns out in the end is not always going to be what was initially advertised, like many( major infrastructure ) projects.” According to Associate Professor Chong Ja Ian of the National University of Singapore, that is the same for the BRI. & nbsp,

” Due to the difficulty of system. It’s quite dangerous to really invest a lot of money in areas that are less developed and where governance structures are somewhat weaker.

According to Dr. Chong, whose research and teaching emphasize foreign relations, the venture had anticipated encountering a number of problems, including social pressure and economic problems. & nbsp,

But what’s interesting is that China, like many other great power, believed it had somehow alter the course of history. China has therefore gained effect, to be sure, but it is not the kind of unquestionable good that I believe Xi Jinping first extolled the virtues of the project.

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Former Bank of China chairman arrested for corruption

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BEIJING: According to state media reports released on Monday, October 16, citing the nation’s leading counsel, the former president of the Bank of China has been fully detained on suspicion of corruption. The state-owned banks announced in February that Liu Lian’ge, 62, had resigned as president and was no longerContinue Reading

Commentary: Xi and Putin’s no-limits partnership is becoming a one-sided affair

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A JUNIOR-XI-JINPING PARTNER

Putin, who is now obviously Xi’s junior partner, is also expected to visit Beijing, indicating that Russia and China have a common goal in mind when it comes to putting an end to the western-dominated international order and limiting US and Western influence in what they both see as their wealthy interest zones across Eurasia.

Russia continues to emphasize its ties to China, in part because it has some other options besides countries that are considered to be international pariahs like North Korea and Iran.

Trade along the New Eurasian Land Bridge, an inland road connection between China and Europe that was once a significant transportation route for Chinese exports to European markets, has been significantly reduced by American sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s warfare against Ukraine.

Instead, transportation roads avoiding Russia have become more significant, such as the Middle Corridor, which connects China with the EU via central Asia, the Caspian Sea, and the South Caucasus. Soviet hopes for closer ties between the BRI and Moscow’s post-Soviet financial consolidation program, the Eurasian Economic Union, have also been dashed by this.

It is significant that Putin was invited to visit Beijing by Xi, but it is also noticeable that this is not just a intergovernmental matter. Putin’s trip to Moscow does, at best, give the Russian president a chance to speak with Xi in the margins of the summit intended to commemorate the BRI— a project that is closely related to him personally— in contrast to his trip there in March.

China also has and pursues different alternatives in its international relations. At the APEC conference in San Francisco in November, there is still a chance that US President Joe Biden and Xi will cross paths. Josep Borrell, the head of the EU’s foreign plan, also traveled to China, perhaps to get ready for an EU-China summit later this year.

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