CPTPP bid shows political side of China trade goals

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In September 2021, China applied for membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This app came four years after the United States pulled out of the nascent agreement for what earlier had been called simply TPP. While China is clearly motivated by a desire to expand industry and facilitate industrial expansion, […]

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Eastern Chinese export hub Yiwu imposes 3-day lockdown

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BEIJING: The eastern Chinese foreign trade hub Yiwu in Zhejiang province imposed a three day time lockdown starting on Thursday (Aug 11) to contain a recent COVID-19 outbreak, the city government said upon Thursday. Yiwu is a main manufacturing export centre in eastern Tiongkok and home to at least one.Continue Reading

Malaysia urges ASEAN states to engage with Myanmar junta’s rivals

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BANGKOK: Malaysia wants a clear endgame in Myanmar’s faltering peace process and is advocating direct engagement by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states with the junta’s opponents, and bringing other countries into the fold, its foreign minister said on Wednesday (Aug 10). Saifuddin Abdullah, whose candid remarks about theContinue Reading

‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar bears cost of green energy

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As rare earths from Myanmar travel around the world, they pass through many hands. The most destructive mining is for heavy rare earths, which are critical to make powerful magnets heat-resistant. Ores are trucked across the border from illicit mines in Myanmar to southern China, where state-owned companies buy themContinue Reading

Unification Church says Japan members received death threats

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TOKYO: Unification Church followers in Japan and their families have faced harassment and death threats since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the organisation’s Japanese branch said on Wednesday (Aug 10). The man accused of shooting Abe a month ago bore a grudge against a “certain group” heContinue Reading