China probes two more football officials for corruption

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BEIJING: Two top football officials in China are being investigated over “serious violations of the law”, the country’s sports authority said Friday (Mar 24), as a government crackdown spread deeper into the game. Those under investigation are Huang Song, the head of the competition department at the Chinese Football AssociationContinue Reading

Indonesia fuel depot fire death toll rises to 33

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JAKARTA: The death toll from a fire at an Indonesian fuel storage depot run by state energy firm Pertamina has risen to 33 with nearly a dozen more in critical condition, health authorities said Friday (Mar 24). Top officials called for an audit of Indonesia’s energy facilities after the MarchContinue Reading

Europe-China space collaboration fails to launch

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On January 23, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, announced that Europe has no intentions of sending astronauts to China’s recently completed space station. While this decision will likely do little to slow China’s space ambitions, it suggests that Beijing’s assertive behavior, alleged human-rights abuses and implicit support for Russia’s invasion of […]Continue Reading

The high, high cost of Toyota’s EV blunder

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TOKYO ­­– If you’re wondering why Japan continues to make it easy for China’s economy to race ahead, look no further than events at Toyota Motor. In decades past, Japan’s most celebrated name disrupted the US and Europe with innovation and productivity methods the West struggled to match. Now, a similar disruption is happening to Toyota. The electric […]Continue Reading