Malaysia pins its belt and road infrastructure hopes on deepening China ties
“There is a very strong bonding between Malaysia and China,” Loke told This Week in Asia during a sit-down interview in Hong Kong last week.
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Philippines files U.N. claim to extended continental shelf in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippines filed a claim with the U.N. on Saturday to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea, a waterway where it has had increasingly confrontational maritime disputes with China.
As China ties deepen, Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim says geopolitics is no zero-sum game
“If they have compelling evidence to suggest that any company or any country is causing mischief, then all right. They should adduce evidence,” he said.
Luxury homes on these beaches are losing value fast, as effects of climate change hit hard
As sea levels rise and storms intensify, coastal real estate is seeing flooding and erosion like never before. From Dana Point, California, to Long Island, New York, and Nantucket, Massachusetts, some of the nation's priciest coastal real estate is in an increasingly precarious position due to climate change.
Myanmar’s embattled military government cracks down on free flow of news by blocking VPNs
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has launched a major effort to block free communication on the Internet, shutting off access to virtual private networks, or VPNs, which can be used to circumvent blockages of banned websites and services.
Ukraine war: Japan mulls sanctions on Chinese firms but is it ‘step in right direction’?
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is about to announce sanctions on Chinese companies suspected of assisting Russia’s war in Ukraine, government sources say, even with Kishida yet to unveil the plan at the G7 summit in Italy.
Chinese journalist who promoted #MeToo movement sentenced to 5 years in prison
BEIJING (AP) — Supporters say a a Chinese journalist who promoted women’s rights as part of the country’s nascent #MeToo movement has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of incitement to subvert state authority, almost three years after she and an activist were detained.
