Being three years shy of retirement hasn’t stopped a police officer in Trang from doing what he loves the most — soothing the tense muscles of visitors who come to his station.Continue Reading
TEGUCIGALPA: Honduras ended its decades-long relationship with Taiwan and said it only recognised China, as Taiwan’s foreign minister accused the Central American country of demanding exorbitant amounts of money before being lured away by Beijing. The ending of ties with Taiwan had been long expected after the Honduran foreign ministerContinue Reading
BEIJING: China established diplomatic ties with Honduras on Sunday (Mar 26) after the Central American country ended its decades-long relationship with Taiwan, as Taiwan’s foreign minister accused Honduras of demanding exorbitant sums before being lured away by Beijing. The ending of ties with Taiwan had been long expected after the HonduranContinue Reading
A faulty bike could undo a few days’ income, and the lack of progression is real. Talking Point followed two food delivery riders to learn about the precarity and perks of the job.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
NEW YORK – The US banking system is broken. That doesn’t portend more high-profile failures like Credit Suisse. The central banks will keep moribund institutions on life support. But the era of dollar-based reserves and floating exchange rates that began on August 15, 1971, when the US severed the link between the dollar and gold, […]Continue Reading
HONG KONG: Hong Kong needs to watch carefully for any further “spillover” from US regional banks, although the city has very little exposure to the situation in European and US financial institutions, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said on Friday (Mar 24). The failure of two US banks and aContinue Reading
The United Thai Nation Party (UTN) has introduced its new economic team tasked with spurring economic development and growth.Continue Reading
The atmospherics surrounding the recent National People’s Congress all came down to one question: when exactly will China become the world’s biggest economy? Communist Party leader Xi Jinping didn’t offer a specific answer. But it’s clear that the new reform team Xi has assembled is accelerating the timeline by prioritizing consumption over investment. There’s not a […]Continue Reading
China’s social credit system is widely viewed in the West as a digital surveillance system to categorize and guide people through reward and punishment. This perception continues despite efforts by scholars to build a morally normalized, rather than ideologically charged, framework to understand the system. The social credit system should be understood as method — […]Continue Reading