Belt and Road

YIWU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 25th China Yiwu International Commodities (Standards) Fair kicked off on October 21-25, 2019 in the eastern city of Yiwu, the small commodities paradise in China. This year, the Fair features 1 Standards Innovation area, 1 Qu…

PETALING JAYA: The official Facebook account of former DAP member Hew Kuan Yau, better known as "Superman Hew", has been deactivated. It is believed that the closing of the account was due to the overwhelming flak that Hew received over the fiasco of a comic…

In June, the Indian government quietly withdrew the candidate it had nominated for the post of Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization. As NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand was facing certain defeat by Chinas Qu Dongyu, New Delhi seemed keen to…

Traditionally, a strong rising power has challenged a weakening incumbent, making the outcome preordained. But the outcome of the current struggle between China and the United States is far from inevitable, because the powers of both the aspirant and the incu…

Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Company has unveiled China's plan to launch a freight service from Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, to Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, by the end of this year under the much-toute…

Abandoned by Great White Sharks, Cape Town Is Now Short of Whales, Too Bloomberg Extraordinary pictures of the most ancient trees on Earth Gizmodo (David L) Study: California’s big July quakes strain major fault Associated Press (David L) The US military i…

China is working to end U.S. military predominance in Asia, and likely beyond. This forces U.S. officials to rethink how military security relates to trade and investment. U.S. officials are urging friends around the world to join the reexamination. How to r…

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning takes part in drills in the western Pacific, April 2018.(Stringer/Reuters) America and its allies must cooperate to counter the military-commercial threat.China is working to end U.S. military predominance in Asia, and l…

Hew Kuan Yew, who authored the controversial comic book 'Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for Win Winism', has criticised Education Minister Maszlee Malik for banning the book in schools. The Penang-based Asia Comics and Cultural Museum curator accused the min…

DRAGON AND tiger, or panda and elephant? As Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, and Narendra Modi, Indias prime minister, met for an informal summit on October 12th, the masala of metaphors in the Indian press was telling. Strongmen on their own political turf…