Cybersecurity firm Blackpanda closes US mil Series A funding round

Aims to further develop its cybersecurity insurtech platform 
Funds will go towards expanding services, deepen presence in Asia   Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Blackpanda has raised US$15 million (RM64.6 mil) in its Series A funding round co-led by Primavera Venture Partners and Gaw Capital Partners. San Francisco based WI Harper, also participated in this…Continue Reading

Huawei seeks ‘China solution’ for global green ports

Huawei Technologies, a Shenzhen-based telecommunication equipment maker, has successfully achieved zero carbon emissions in a Tianjin port with the use of its 5G technology and the BeiDou navigation satellite system. The company said it had turned the Section C Terminal in the Beijiang Port Area of the Port of Tianjin into the world’s first zero-carbon […]Continue Reading

Electric vehicles now mainstream, but no silver bullet

Electric vehicles are finally going mainstream. After decades of waiting for the EV revolution, more and more people worldwide are finally driving them. Driven by strong growth in China and Europe, EV sales crossed a critical milestone in 2022 with 10% of the global vehicle market share. As more governments, large and small, look to promote electric-vehicle […]Continue Reading

Indonesia moving to keep China at bay in Natuna Sea

JAKARTA – On the surface, Indonesia’s decision to divide the Co2-heavy East Natuna gas field into three separate blocks is an effort to revive it as an economic proposition employing new carbon capture technology. Beneath the surface, the move may also be aimed at resisting China’s efforts to enforce its illegal nine-dash line of territorial […]Continue Reading

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway back to life

On Thursday, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Transport announced that “representatives of Uzbekistan’s Temir Yollari JSC, the national railway company, arrived in the Kyrgyz Republic to participate in the opening of a joint Project Office to coordinate the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway.”  This news was not an isolated event but rather further confirmation that […]Continue Reading