Oscars 2023: Michelle Yeoh eyes a victory for ‘unseen’ Asian communities
2023-03-09
The actress tells the BBC what her possible victory would mean to Asians around the world.Continue Reading
Visa: Card Payments Overtake Cash Usage In Singapore
2023-03-09
Popularity of mobile contactless payment is increasing
Almost all Singapore consumers in study use cards for payment Card payments have overtaken cash to become the most-used payment method in Singapore, according to the latest edition of Visaâs Consumer Payment Attitudes Study.Â
This study was conducted in October 2022 by CLEAR with 1,000 Singaporeans…Continue Reading
Bao Fan: Why do Chinese billionaires keep vanishing?
2023-03-08
The mystery over the latest missing business leader comes as Xi Jinping tightens his grip on China.Continue Reading
China in a hard pivot to more supply-side reforms
2023-03-08
Ten years ago, when China’s leader first took power, Xi Jinping pledged to let market forces play a “decisive” role in economic policy and financial regulation. At the time, and since, foreign investors assumed that meant the government would set the private sector free. Yet a decade on, Xi is now making an argument few […]Continue Reading
As Johor floods push up prices of Malaysia produce, Singapore vegetable sellers turn to other sources
2023-03-08
“There is very little stock, and the vegetables that do come in aren’t in good condition because of the bad weather,” says a wet market stall owner. Continue Reading
Singapore’s Sea reports first profit on cost cuts; shares soar
2023-03-08
Singapore-based Sea on Tuesday (Mar 7) posted its first quarterly profit, as the gaming and e-commerce company benefited from major cost cuts it undertook to offset a post-pandemic slowdown in demand. Shares of the company closed 22 per cent higher on the back of the announcement. As part of itsContinue Reading
How China is making the green leap in power generation and manufacturing
2023-03-07
To achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2060, China is retrofitting coal-fire powered plants, expanding energy storage systems, and changing the demand for energy across key sectors, according to a collaborative article from MioTech and GIC.Continue Reading
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund screening for Chinese firms at risk of US bans
2023-03-07
SYDNEY: Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, is screening its portfolio for Chinese companies at risk of United States investment restrictions, its chairman said on Tuesday (Mar 7). The Biden administration plans to ban investments in some Chinese technology firms and increase scrutiny of others, sources have said, asContinue Reading
Commentary: Perils and promise beneath global enthusiasm for Thai baht
2023-03-06
There has been a certain buzz around the baht, but the attention could be short lived if the Thai government fails to navigate deeper structural problems, says a researcher.Continue Reading
Fearing ChatGPT is ‘opium,’ China to build its own
2023-03-06
Beijing has stepped up the pace of its efforts to build its own artificial intelligence chatbots as Chinese news media express fears the United States will use ChatGPT to brainwash Chinese people. Since the Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT last November, many Chinese companies have announced their plans to launch their chatbots in 2023. Chinese […]Continue Reading