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Jack Ma gives up power, escapes Beijing’s crosshairs
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/07/2022
» Jack Ma is taking a weeks-long tour in Europe after largely disappearing from public view for almost two years, adding to signs that China’s government is easing pressure on the entrepreneur as he steps back from a business empire that had made him one of the country’s most powerful people.
EEC Office, ZAEZ ink aerotropolis agreement
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 30/08/2019
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office has signed an agreement with China's Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone (ZAEZ) on strategic cooperation and to develop an aerotropolis at U-tapao airport in Rayong province.
Hong Kong bars British news editor from entering city
Reuters, Published on 09/11/2018
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong has barred the Asia news editor of the Financial Times from entering the city as a visitor, the newspaper said, after authorities refused to renew his work visa in October, raising questions about the city's commitment to free speech.
Cleaning up the economy
Asia focus, Published on 10/07/2017
» The Asia-Pacific region might be entering a golden era, at least if you look at the forecasts by international organisations that praise the resilience of its economies. In its Asia Pacific Regional Economic Outlook released in May, the International Monetary Fund said Asia Pacific continued to be "the world leader in growth", which it expects will reach 5.5% this year and 5.4% next year. For the World Bank, the outlook for developing East Asia and the Pacific is broadly positive for the next three years.
China Communist party expels former spymaster Ma
AFP, Published on 30/12/2016
» BEIJING - China's ruling Communist Party has expelled the former deputy chief of the country's top intelligence agency, it said Friday, the latest high-ranking figure to face prosecution in a much-publicised corruption crackdown.
Jack Ma offers China’s answer to Apple, Google with web car
Published on 07/07/2016
» Billionaire Jack Ma is taking the challenge to Apple and Google by pushing Alibaba into the car business, joining the global battle to control the automobile dashboard.
Xi strives to secure Mao-style authority
News, Published on 13/05/2016
» Fifty years ago this month, Mao Zedong launched China's Cultural Revolution -- a decade of chaos, persecution, and violence, carried out in the name of ideology and in the interest of expanding Mao's personal power. Yet, instead of reflecting on that episode's destructive legacy, the Chinese government is limiting all discussion of it, and Chinese citizens, focused on the wealth brought by three decades of market-oriented reforms, have been content to go along. But at a time when President Xi Jinping is carrying out ruthless purges and creating his own cult of personality, burying the past is not cost-free.
China's demographic calamity to come
Asia focus, Published on 09/11/2015
» The abolition of China's 35-year-old one-child policy closes one of the darkest chapters in the country's history. In the late 1970s, the Chinese Communist Party, determined to increase economic growth, decided that population control was the answer. Millions of abortions, sterilisations, and infanticides later, its chickens are coming home to roost.
China set to disappoint with Q3 growth: AFP poll
AFP, Published on 16/10/2015
» SHANGHAI - China probably grew at its slowest pace since the depths of the global financial crisis in the third quarter, an AFP survey has found, confirming investor fears following stock market turmoil and a currency devaluation.
Long road to equality
Asia focus, Published on 13/07/2015
» Same-sex marriage has taken a major step forward in the United States but equal rights for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community remain elusive in many parts of Asia, with the possible exception of Taiwan.