• BUSINESS

  Making musical waves

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 25/02/2019

  » Many people associate a cruise holiday with being in a floating hotel, with buffet lines and various forms of entertainment and recreation, plus the obligatory port calls for shopping. As for the passengers … well, grey is the dominant hair colour.

• BUSINESS

  Double the fun

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/01/2018

  » Sailing on the equivalent of a floating Macau, viewing spectacular shows and enjoying all-day indoor and outdoor entertainment are par for the course on the new generation of cruises serving the growing Asian leisure travel market.

• BUSINESS

  Tourism trap

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/07/2019

  » Southeast Asia is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, making the region a tourism magnet. But truly unspoiled beaches are getting harder to find outside of Instagram.

• BUSINESS

  Delivering quality

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/12/2019

  » The US-China trade war has had little impact on the Asia Pacific operations of the logistics giant DHL thanks to stronger performance from its e-commerce unit, says CEO Frank Appel, who believes the impact of trade conflict on the global economy has been overblown.

• THAILAND

  A shortcut to convenience and cash

  Spectrum, Erich Parpart, Published on 25/03/2018

  » Pakdee Tanapura, head of the Thai Canal study team at the Thai-Chinese Culture and Economy Association, argued that because of current congestion in the Malacca Strait, the Thai Canal would provide another channel for ships.

• BUSINESS

  Adjusting to the new China

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 12/03/2018

  » The National People's Congress of China opened its annual legislative gathering last Monday with Prime Minister Li Keqiang announcing a conservative 2018 economic growth target of around 6.5%, and the biggest rise in military spending in three years. The budget for the People's Liberation Army is rising 8.1% to 1.1 trillion yuan or US$175 billion.

• BUSINESS

  Meth menace

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/11/2019

  » Boshe, a community of 14,000 in Guangdong province in southern China, was once known as the "Breaking Bad Village" because it supplied one-third of the methamphetamine consumed in the country.

• BUSINESS

  Saviours at sea

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/03/2019

  » The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 took a terrible toll across South and Southeast Asia, with an estimated 230,000 people killed in 14 countries. In Thailand, the hardest hit area was in Khao Lak in Phangnga where some 4,000 people lost their lives when the wall of water overwhelmed them.

• BUSINESS

  Facing down China

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 01/04/2019

  » Repression at home, assertiveness in disputed territory on its doorstep, and expansion of soft power, economic and technological influence worldwide have all become hallmarks of confident China in the 21st century.

• BUSINESS

  Bright future seen for GMS organic food sector

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 28/08/2017

  » The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) has ample potential to become a leading supplier of organic food to the world as local processors add more value to products and ship them through regional economic corridors.

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