TikTok chief executive officer Shou Zi Chew testified before the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23 amid a chorus of calls from members of Congress for the federal government to ban the Chinese-owned video social-media applicationt and reports that President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing for the company’s sale. The […]Continue Reading
The Tokyo summit that brought together South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on March 23, 2023, cleared away much of the accumulated debris of the last five years of dysfunctionality. The two-day official visit — the first by a South Korean president in a dozen years — checked off a […]Continue Reading
A collectivist culture and the lack of pressure on social media companies have made online abuse rampant.Continue Reading
Lead strategic growth initiatives, including expansion of 5G & digital infra
Leading Axiata to exciting & transformational journey of Telco to TechCo Axiata Group Bhd, one of Asia’s leading telecommunications groups, announced on Fri the appointment of Vivek Sood (pix below] as its new Group CEO and Managing Director, effective 24 March…Continue Reading
Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said on Sunday (Mar 26) that the Chinese government would decide on a new date for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to the country, adding that the signing of agreements between Beijing and Brasilia has been postponed. “All government actions are postponed,Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: It started out as strictly business: a huge private contract for one of the world’s most advanced undersea fibre-optic cables. It became a trophy in a growing proxy war between the United States and China over technologies that could determine who achieves economic and military dominance for decades toContinue Reading
Douyin has become a way to complain about corporations for unsatisfied consumers, even users who are older or not tech-savvy, says this lecturer.Continue Reading
Ahead of the May 14 election, parties are outlining populist policies, with few bothering to spell out how they will fund them.Continue Reading
Thai Airways International has announced the cancellation of round-trip flights on its Bangkok-Frankfurt and Bangkok-Munich routes on Sunday and Monday because of transport workers’ strikes in Germany.Continue Reading
China and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic ties after top leaders held high-profile meetings in Moscow, but Chinese investment in Russia’s underdeveloped Far East region is not a done deal. Since mid-2022, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has promoted a proposal for Chinese investment in 79 projects worth about US$165 billion across energy, mining […]Continue Reading