Cyberview announces ESG framework for Cyberjaya to strengthen smart city ambitions

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5-year roadmap consists of specific priority areas for ESG
Focus on creating long-lasting impact based on 6 of 17 UNSDGs Cyberjaya’s Tech Hub Developer, Cyberview, recently announced its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework and 5-year roadmap. The developer has outlined key areas of priority within each pillar of its ESG framework.
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‘Xi Jinping’s guy’: China’s new premier Li Qiang, loyalist who oversaw Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown

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PRO-BUSINESS STANCE People who have interacted with Li say they found him practical-minded, an effective bureaucratic operator and supportive of the private sector. Li was known for pushing greater economic integration of the Yangtze River Delta region as well as overseeing an expansion of Shanghai’s free trade zone that nowContinue Reading

Chinese industries to go digital or die

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Companies in traditional sectors should take the initiative in the coming decade to go digital under Beijing’s newly announced “Digital China” plan or they will be eliminated, according to some academics. “Digitalization is now a global trend,” Zhang Jun, dean of economics at Fudan University, told guancha.cn in an interview. “Without it, China’s service and manufacturing sectors […]Continue Reading

Georgia’s anti-Russia protests a cry to the West

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The Georgian government has been forced to withdraw its controversial “foreign agent” law after days of mass protests against what many saw as Russian-inspired legislation which would limit press freedom, making its chances of ever joining the European Union near impossible. Over two nights this week, thousands of protesters have packed the streets of Tbilisi […]Continue Reading

Xi’s next crackdown is on local government debt

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As China watchers try to get their heads around the myriad policy shifts at this week’s National People’s Congress (NPC), at least one thing is clear: the bubble just burst for local governments around the nation. In the decade-plus since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, municipalities engaged in a historic borrowing binge. And in the […]Continue Reading

US gearing up for gray zone space wars

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US defense planners are mulling response options to an adversary attack on privately-owned, military-oriented satellites amid rising concerns of gray zone warfare in space. This month, The Washington Post reported that the US is developing policy responses to a possible Russian or other adversary state attack on the Starlink satellite constellation. Starlink, operated by Elon […]Continue Reading