BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – China will complete the necessary domestic approval procedures for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement within six months, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday (Jan 14). “China commenced the process in December to ensure that everything goes well, and at the same time has been steadily preparing for […]
BEIJING – China’s response was predictable – a strong rebuke – when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced last week that the United States was sending its UN ambassador on a visit to Taiwan, then followed that up by lifting restrictions on its officials’ interactions with the self-ruled island. From Beijing’s prism, Washington was flirting […]
A large fire tore through a crowded Rohingya camp in the Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh on Thursday, destroying hundreds of ramshackle shelters and forcing thousands of displaced Muslim refugees to flee in the winter chill. The blaze claimed no lives but left hundreds of people without homes, according to aid workers and officials. It […]
SINGAPORE – Issues arising from racial and social identities will continue to be a challenge that societies have to contend with in the years ahead, and how they should best be dealt with will remain a question that has no simple solution, said panellists at a forum on identities and cohesion on Thursday (Jan 14). […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday (Jan 14) urged federal lawmakers to appeal to the King to rescind the emergency declaration made on Tuesday, and for Parliament to sit as soon as possible. In a letter to MPs, Datuk Seri Anwar, who is also president of opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), asked […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – A Britain-based comedian has sparked a censorship row after he apologised to Chinese fans and removed a video featuring a fellow YouTube star who had been critical of Beijing. Malaysian-born stand-up comedian Nigel Ng has become a viral sensation in recent months with his character “Uncle Roger”, an alter ego based […]
BEIJING (AFP) – China’s President Xi Jinping has asked former Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz to help promote trade between Washington and Beijing in a rare missive to a foreign business figure, state media reported on Thursday (Jan 14). Mr Xi, responding to an earlier message from Mr Schultz, urged the multi-billionaire to “continue to play […]
BEIJING (AFP) – China’s President Xi Jinping has asked former Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz to help promote trade between Washington and Beijing in a rare missive to a foreign business figure, state media reported on Thursday (Jan 14). Mr Xi, responding to an earlier message from Mr Schultz, urged the multi-billionaire to “continue to play […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Malaysian police headquarters will work with South Korean police over investigations into an alleged theft by a Malaysian at a casino there. South Korean investigators have found several billion won in cash at the residence of a female Malaysian executive, a key suspect in the case, who […]
SINGAPORE – Two in five workers in Singapore polled in the first nationally representative survey on workplace sexual harassment said they have been victims of such unwelcome sexual advances or remarks in the office in the past five years. About one in three of those who were harassed suffered at the hands of their boss […]