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As graft fight goes high-tech, business engagement crucial
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/12/2019
» The willingness of governments to use technology to enhance transparency and a strategy to engage the private sector are crucial in the fight against graft, experts say.
Entrepreneur in overdrive
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/04/2019
» Do you remember what you were doing when you were 13? Aaron Tan, a teenage prodigy in Singapore, was running his first tech startup. He then went on to set up two more companies before turning 21. Today he is the CEO of Singapore-based Carro, an automotive marketplace and services portal that started from his love of trading cars, not driving them.
Medicine man
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 21/08/2017
» Many people living in Thailand know Betadine as ya daeng or "red medicine", but few know much about the company behind this popular medicine that millions of parents apply to their children's frequent cuts and scrapes.
The new trade order
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 07/08/2017
» The rise of anti-globalisation sentiment and trade protectionism in the United States and Europe has thrust China into a new role as the world champion of free trade and multilateral agreements, a role that would have been unthinkable even two decades ago.
Time to move up
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 01/05/2017
» Asian steelmakers should focus on innovation and value-added products to combat a possible influx of cheap steel diverted from the United States if Washington imposes anti-dumping duties on steel imports from Asia, industry executives say.