Japanese carmakers can’t shake off fears of Donald Trump’s tariff threats
Japan’s carmakers are not resting easy, despite recent suggestions that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could announce some sort of quid pro quo agreement, where Japan gives...
View ArticleMilitant Rohingya group raises funds in Malaysia by extorting money from...
A militant group of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar is actively fundraising in Malaysia – to the tune of RM80,000 (US$19,500) – from Rohingya refugees working and sheltering in Malaysia, according to...
View ArticleDuterte says he allows Chinese vessels to fish in Philippine waters to...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday insisted the West Philippine Sea belonged to his country, but defended his agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping to allow Chinese fishermen to...
View ArticleUS steps up its activities in the Pacific to counter China’s growing...
The United States Coast Guard will intensify its activities in the Pacific in response to China’s growing influence across the region, according to the force’s commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, who said...
View ArticleWhy a warmer US-Pakistan relationship is a win for China
During his Oval Office meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, United States President Donald Trump characteristically abandoned the script and hailed the Pakistani leader as...
View ArticleCan China and India agree on new ways to solve old problems?
Following his emphatic re-election in May, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a renewed mandate to explore the opportunities presented by India ’s seesawing relationship with China. However, both...
View ArticleUniversity of Queensland faces heat for naming Chinese diplomat Xu Jie as...
An Australian university that was the scene of clashes between pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing students this week is under fire from several academics over its appointment of a serving Chinese diplomat...
View ArticleXi Jinping’s ZTE concession to Donald Trump still haunts Chinese negotiators...
In May last year, President Xi Jinping unexpectedly called his American counterpart Donald Trump to plead with him to ease up on crippling sanctions against ZTE Corporation, one of China’s largest...
View ArticleUS naval base rumours in Sri Lanka spark alarm as Washington and Beijing...
Cambodian officials who struggled this week to swat away claims that the Southeast Asian country had signed a secret deal to allow the Chinese military to use one of its naval bases are likely to find...
View ArticleTaiwan’s 2020 election candidates? It’s the US vs China
Since their debut in 1996, Taiwan’s presidential elections have been a showdown between the self-ruled island’s independence-leaning camp and those favouring unification with China.There will be no...
View ArticleUsing WhatsApp and SMS, refugee Behrouz Boochani writes book on Manus Island...
Behrouz Boochani is not an angry man. He tells me this on the phone from Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, where he has been detained by the Australian government for the past six years. “I should be...
View ArticleUniversity of Queensland braces for protest over China’s Confucius Institute...
The University of Queensland, which was the site of clashes between Hong Kong and pro-China demonstrators last week, is bracing for a protest set for Wednesday by students accusing it of bowing to...
View ArticleMike Pompeo set for first visit to Thailand as US looks to renew ties despite...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will begin his first visit to Thailand on Thursday as part of a week-long tour of the Indo-Pacific that will include stops in Australia and Micronesia.His visit comes...
View ArticleChinese cash: enough to keep East Timor out of Asean?
When work began on East Timor’s US$490 million deep water port, things went with a bang – literally.The government waived its regulations on explosions so that Chinese contractors could blast their way...
View ArticleEast Timor wants to tap oil and gas near Australia, so why is it courting China?
Geopolitical tremors were felt in the region when reports surfaced that East Timor’s state-owned energy company was considering a US$16 billion loan from China to develop an offshore oil and gas...
View ArticleGolden era with China, or special relationship with Trump? Brexit Boris must...
According to Brexit supporters, Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is not about turning its back on the world. Rather, it is about staking out a new position in the global economy as a...
View ArticleChinese exceptionalism, law vs etiquette and ‘chopsticks people’
Rudyard Kipling said in his famous ballad: “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.”Whether we like it or not, the twain are meeting again, and creating and opening a new...
View ArticleIndia’s dispute with Pakistan over Jammu & Kashmir has a loser – New Delhi’s...
On Monday, the Indian government unilaterally reshaped its special constitutional relationship with its northernmost province of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), under which that princely state had...
View ArticleDuterte’s China development plan for South China Sea islands ‘poses security...
Defence officials say plans by Chinese investors to develop infrastructure and tourism facilities on three Philippine islands pose a security risk and undermine Manila’s position in its dispute with...
View ArticleMalaysia looks to woo Chinese cash with belt and road positivity
Malaysia intends to set up a special, government-helmed channel to facilitate more investment from China, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said on Thursday.“We wish to see an increase in Chinese...
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