China Covid: Panic and fear drove iPhone factory breakout
2022-11-03
Workers at the plant in Zhengzhou, China, thought they were going to be part of a huge Covid experiment.Continue Reading
Indonesia’s start-up scene: The land of plenty
2022-11-01
Indonesia is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and home to tech success stories like GoTo and Bukalapak, but thanks to the market’s size and scale, we are only at the very beginning of its start-up story.Continue Reading
Maxis, MDEC collaborate to support new tech startups and foster innovation
2022-10-31
IdeaKita aims to create, foster 200 brand new tech companies by the end of the yearProgramme enables aspiring innovators, entrepreneurs to start their own tech firms Maxis and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) are collaborating to foster greater creativity and tech breakthroughs among startups through MDECâs IdeaKita programme. ÂIn a statement,…Continue Reading
Total of 38 tankers supplying water to Johor residents affected by outage, says exco
2022-10-30
PASIR GUDANG: A total of 38 tankers are being used to supply water to thousands of people in 70 residential areas here as SAJ Ranhill Sdn Bhd continues its efforts to fix two pipes that burst two days ago. Read full storyContinue Reading
Imagining a post-Putin Russia
2022-10-28
Speculation regarding how secure Vladimir Putin’s position is surfaces every few years, but has intensified since the invasion of Ukraine, particularly in light of Russia’s military failures in recent months. Many of these speculative debates discuss either who will take the leadership position or what sort of regime – and led by who – will […]Continue Reading
Semiconductor bans chip away at cross-Strait stability
2022-10-28
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and President Joe Biden’s pledge that the United States would defend the island have escalated tensions in the Taiwan Strait. At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of reunifying with Taiwan. The escalating US-China technology rivalry and global chip shortage make Taiwan’s role as […]Continue Reading
China’s stock market turmoil is down to ‘zero-Covid’
2022-10-26
Overseas investors sold a record US$2.5 billion worth of mainland China shares on Monday, according to Bloomberg data. This pushes the year-to-date level into a “net outflow.” It comes as foreign investors fled after the twice-per-decade Communist Party congress at which Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to cement a power grab with an unprecedented third […]Continue Reading
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh killing nine, flooding low-lying areas
2022-10-25
DHAKA: A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday (Oct 25), killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives but the full extent of theContinue Reading
At least 9 dead as Cyclone Sitrang lashes Bangladesh, flooding low-lying areas
2022-10-25
DHAKA: A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday (Oct 25), killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives but the full extent of theContinue Reading
The illiberal hypocrisy of Western nations
2022-10-24
Western nations’ declaration of liberalism is questionable. Certainly, Western citizens treasure liberal values, but this tendency doesn’t naturally translate into their foreign policies, as claimed. Western nations’ economic and military supremacy has empowered them to dominate the world politically. This has led Western governments to perceive liberalism as a notion that is administered top-down toward the rest […]Continue Reading