Belt and Road

YIWU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the largest and most influential daily consumer goods fair in China, the 25th China Yiwu International Commodities (Standards) Fair (Yiwu Fair 2019) concluded on October 25 with great success. With an exhibition area of 100,0…

BEIJING (AP) China's ruling Communist Party is holding a key meeting this week amid a drastically slowing economy, ongoing protests in Hong Kong and pushback abroad against Beijing's global ambitions. The official Xinhua News Agency said the party's 19th Cen…

Published: 11:15pm, 25 Oct, 2019 Updated: 11:15pm, 25 Oct, 2019

(CNN)Issues of a comic book about China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have been seized in Malaysia after the government said it "promotes communism and socialism and its content could cause confusion." The comic, written by Malaysian author and politicia…

HEADLINE-GRABBING deals in which Chinese firms promise to build impressive infrastructure in some neglected corner of the world have a habit of unravellingbut usually not so quickly. Last month a local official in the Solomon Islands signed an agreement with …

HEADLINE-GRABBING deals in which Chinese firms promise to build impressive infrastructure in some neglected corner of the world have a habit of unravellingbut usually not so quickly. Last month a local official in the Solomon Islands signed an agreement with …

US-based lawyers saying Hong Kong is finished do not understand the differences between business infrastructure and social issues. Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Hong Kong has attracted plenty of negative publicity this year, mainly due to the disconnect …

Under fire former DAP leader Hew Kuan Yau (above) has resigned as chief executive officer for the Malaysia China Business Council (MCBC) He said this is to ensure the "smooth operation" of the council. The announcement comes after continuing brickbats again…

Washingtons Blog: October 31st Is Our Last Day. :-( Robotic ‘Mayflower’ to cross the Atlantic on 400th anniversary of Pilgrims’ journey NBC (furzy). Help me. The original got off to a late start and landed in Plymouth Bay as opposed to Virginia just before t…

Gardens in Singapore Duy Nguyen/Unsplash With concerns increasing about US leadership on climate, immigration, and trade, and about Europe, slowed by its own economic and social pressures, my recent Asian travels fortified my sense that 21st century leaders…