Malaysia and China Collaborate to Enhance Cross-Border Supply Chain Traceability

Research in using blockchain to prevent fraud in supply chain processes
Announcement against backdrop of heavy selling of MyEG’s shares since last week MyEG Services Bhd is making strides in its collaborative research with strategic partners Universiti Malaya (UM) and China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), which is part of an…Continue Reading

Indonesia-Vietnam EEZ pact sends firm message to China

Vietnam and Indonesia agreed to delimit their respective Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) on 22 December 2022 after 12 years of negotiations. The agreement provides hope for the strengthening of the region’s commitment to international maritime norms and principles encapsulated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The two countries […]Continue Reading

China set to eclipse US air superiority in Pacific

China is on pace to surpass the United States in 5th generation fighter production, a dynamic shift with significant implications for the balance of air power in the Pacific. This month, Nikkei reported that China’s inventory of J-20A 5th generation fighters could soon overtake the US inventory of 187 F-22 Raptors, with China already having […]Continue Reading

Big jump in travellers using impersonated, different identities at Singapore checkpoints

SINGAPORE: As traveller volume surged in 2022, authorities detected a 15-fold increase in the number of people attempting to enter Singapore under a different or impersonated identity.  While there were just 28 such cases in 2021, that figure jumped to 441 last year, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on FridayContinue Reading