Although the two countries’ leaders met in Washington on Tuesday, the United States and the Netherlands have yet to reached agreement on some possible new restrictions on exports to China. After a face-to-face discussion with US President Joe Biden in the White House, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Dutch TV program Nieuwsuur that he […]Continue Reading
The true extent of commercial spying is unknown but experts say it is “pervasive”.Continue Reading
The rivalry is entering a new phase, with global players increasingly caught in the crossfire.Continue Reading
KOTA KINABALU: The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)-Barisan Nasional government offers collapsed after Barisan Nasional, with 17 assemblymen, pulled out in the 27-month-old coalition state government. Learn full story Continue Reading
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping wants China to accelerate efforts to achieve self-reliance in agricultural technology, identifying seed development and core equipment among areas to focus on, state media reported. The central leadership had said in 2020 that the country’s seed industry was a weak link in the food chain andContinue Reading
Two scandals converged in November 2022 in Thailand, forming a perfect storm that threatens the government party Palang Pracharat’s already shaky prospects at the upcoming 2023 national election. The scandals have also illuminated a growing problem that has remained largely out of Thai news headlines in recent years — the nexus between Chinese capital, crime […]Continue Reading
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken probably thought that in his self-appointed role as the world’s policeman, it was his prerogative to check out what is going on among Germany, China and Russia that he wasn’t privy to. However, Blinken’s call to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday (December 23) turned out to be […]Continue Reading
Heavy snowfall continued to blanket areas across northern, eastern and western Japan on Saturday (Dec 24), paralysing traffic and causing blackouts. The snowfall that has continued along the Sea of Japan coast in northern and western areas in the country since Dec 17 has killed 11 people and injured 77Continue Reading
SHANGHAI: China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday (Dec 24) expressed “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” towards the US National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law by US President Biden the day before. It charged that the US$858 billion military spending measure, which authorised up to US$10 billionContinue Reading
JAKARTA – Doubling down on Indonesia’s value-added mineral policy which has drawn fire from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and European importers, a defiant President Joko Widodo insists his administration will go ahead with its plan to ban bauxite exports in June next year. Widodo made the announcement only days after returning from a visit […]Continue Reading