How will US-Taiwan trade initiative affect cross-Strait ties?

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Reuters reported on August 18 that Washington and Taipei had begun talks under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade (USTI) agreed in June. The USTI was reached after Taiwan was excluded from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) that US President Joe Biden announced during his visit to Asia in May. The IPEF and USTI are […]

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BRI vs PGII spoils Asia for infrastructure choice

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Since the launch at the Number of Seven (G7) summit in June 2022, the Partnership for Global Infrastructure plus Investment (PGII) continues to be met with both interest and skepticism. Facilities development has been a perennial bane for building countries, whose capability to face challenges ranging from urbanization to climate change is constrained by limited sources. […]

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Five arrested in Hong Kong over Southeast Asia job scams

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HONG KONG: Five Hong Kongers have been arrested for allegedly setting up job scams in which victims were lured to Southeast Asia and then held against their will, police announced on Sunday (Aug 21). In recent months, victims have reported travelling to countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos onContinue Reading