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South China Sea: Philippines denies striking deal with Beijing on disputed Second Thomas Shoal
A spokesperson at China’s embassy in Manila said on April 18 that the two had agreed early this year to a “new model” in managing tensions at the Second Thomas Shoal, without elaborating.
Daigou were once ‘make-or-break’ for Australian brands in China – where are they now?
Disgruntled shareholders sued the listed company after its share price sank heavily in 2020, claiming it had misled them about the loss of daigou sales.
Hong Kong exports rebound despite Sino-US trade war
Hong Kong’s exports and imports rebounded in the first quarter of this year after a significant year-on-year decline in the same period of last year.
Why China risks US sanctions arming Russia: Survival
US secretary of state Antony Blinken fired a warning salvo toward China during a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting on the Italian island of Capri on April 20. The United States’ top diplomat described China as a “prime contributor” of weapons-related technology to Russia, saying Beijing was fueling the “biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War.”
Forget Macau’s junket launderers, dirty Chinese cash has a new home: Southeast Asia’s casino scam hubs
“There was, before 2022, a wave of funds coming out of mainland China in breach of capital-control regulations and some of that was passing through unlawful gambling activities in Southeast Asia and Macau,” said Steve Vickers, CEO of Steve Vickers and Associates, a regional political and corporate risk consultancy.
These are the places where Chinese-owned TikTok is already banned
TikTok has long maintained that it doesn’t share data with the Chinese government, and its CEO has taken a defiant stance, vowing to fight back.
‘Ukraine of Asia’: pro-Duterte coalition slams Philippines’ involvement in US ‘proxy war’ with China
At the end of the launch event for the Citizens’ Coalition Against War in Manila on Wednesday, the group released a petition calling for signatures supporting an end to the proxy war as well as a manifesto criticising the government’s position on the Second Thomas Shoal, a highly contested maritime landmark in the South China Sea that the Philippine refers to as Ayungin and Beijing calls Ren’ai Jiao.
Anglo American rejects BHP's $39 billion takeover bid to form mining juggernaut
Mining giant Anglo American on Friday rejected a takeover bid from rival BHP Group, saying the offer "significantly undervalues" the company and its future prospects.