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Banking on the unbanked
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 22/02/2021
» Southeast Asia's fintech scene is going from strength to strength, with the regional industry valued at up to US$100 billion at the end of last year. Yet it has so far only produced a handful of unicorns -- startups valued at more than $1 billion.
China's e-commerce evolution
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 28/09/2020
» China's government is preparing to accelerate the growth of its already rapidly expanding e-commerce sector by establishing 15 new national e-commerce demonstration bases. These are industry clusters for e-commerce companies and the incubation platforms needed to foster the sector's development.
Southeast Asia's fruit express to China
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 15/06/2020
» China has become a major destination for fruit exports from Asean, with Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and Hunan provinces in the south emerging as key markets thanks to their geographical proximity and close trade with Southeast Asian countries.
Rewiring global payment systems
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 01/06/2020
» Chinese technology companies are redefining global payment systems and reconfiguring money channels across the world.
China's medical apps eye Asean
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 18/11/2019
» China's largest online healthcare platform, Ping An Good Doctor, is setting its sights on Southeast Asian expansion to tap growing regional demand for healthcare services and cater to the increasing number of middle-class mainland Chinese who are travelling to the region for medical treatment.
Asean alternatives to single-use plastics
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 28/10/2019
» Single-use plastics, and how to reduce our dependency on them, has become one of the hottest consumer issues in the world, especially with young people. This is certainly true in Thailand where a number of high-profile stories have galvanised people into changing their habits.
Swine fever a serious threat to Southeast Asia
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 14/10/2019
» With pork being China's most popular meat, the African Swine Fever epidemic that first hit the country last year is becoming a major crisis. More than 100 million pigs have already died, including half the country's herd of breeding sows, and the price of pork in China has risen by more than half.
Haze-plagued Asean should learn from China
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 07/10/2019
» Forest fires have raged in Indonesia in recent weeks, resulting in choking haze in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and the southern Thai provinces of Yala and Songkhla. Bangkok last Monday also experienced thick smog, with IQAir AirVisual ranking it the third worst major city in the world for air pollution.