Despite the Ukraine war having reached its first anniversary, the relevance of the conflict is still not recognized. Russia’s assault inaugurated a formal competition for dominion over the Eurasian landmass. Its goal was to create a strategic position from which it could crack NATO. As it stands, it has failed to conquer Ukraine, but now seeks to break […]Continue Reading
PETRONAS FutureTech is committed to redefining the future of energy
Seeks to nurture regional startups via opportunity to scale their ventures Responding to the pivotal need to remain competitive through innovation, PETRONAS in 2019 launched PETRONAS FutureTech to uncover visionary entrepreneurs with breakthrough technologies to accelerate the tech-driven startup ecosystem of Malaysia.
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Washington once again has outraged Beijing, this time by announcing new “guardrails” prohibiting any recipients of US government funding that operate in China from They also are forbidden to expand any existing facility’s production capacity by more than 10% unless at least 85% of its output is incorporated into final products that are consumed locally. […]Continue Reading
Protectionist trade policies and the lack of an economic agenda for East and Southeast Asia have become central themes in critiques of US policy towards the region and its approach to managing US-China “strategic competition.” According to these accounts, US protectionism undermines its economic draw in East Asia — and the political leverage stemming from it — at a time when it has […]Continue Reading
The social media app TikTok has been a focus of concern that the Chinese government could access data on individual users. Whether the app poses a security risk remains unclear, but TikTok has now been banned from government devices in several countries. However, reports suggest that computer-based tools designed to collect data from publically available […]Continue Reading
The listing comes as the global initial public offerings (IPO) market last year plunged from a record-breaking 2021.Continue Reading
TOKYO – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s recent visit to Japan took an often backward-facing relationship and reset it looking forward, at least for the time being. The US was pleased to see its two allies working together rather than arguing about history. Yoon spent two days in Japan, meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida […]Continue Reading
“FEAR INDEX” DROPS The US and European rally filtered through to Asia, where banks were among the big gainers with tech firms. Hong Kong led the way, riding more than 2 per cent thanks to a bump in lenders HSBC and Standard Chartered as well as e-commerce titans Alibaba andContinue Reading
To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, a number of extraordinary women from a wide range of fields who have inspired change in their communities through the pursuit of excellence have been named the Bangkok Post’s Women of the Year.Continue Reading
If Governor Yi Gang’s staff at the People’s Bank of China had been planning a vacation in 2023, it might be time to cancel. The PBOC’s surprise move on March 27 to lower the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for financial institutions by 25 basis points is the first official acknowledgment that troubles from Silicon Valley […]Continue Reading