China will deliver "a proper and necessary" response to new curbs by the State Department on its envoys to the United States, the foreign ministry said Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Asia’s factories shaking off COVID gloom, China shines
Asian factories continued to shake off the coronavirus gloom in August as more bright signs in China raised hopes of a firmer recovery in global demand, reducing pressure on policymakers to take ... ( read original story ...)
Jimmy Lai vs. China
Hong Kong’s most combative media tycoon, the highest-profile figure arrested under the city’s new security law, discusses his quest for freedom. ( read original story ...)
China Clamps Down on Inner Mongolians Protesting New Mandarin-Language Rules
Authorities are searching for protesters in Inner Mongolia after a new policy aimed at pushing Mandarin-language education across the region sparked widespread unrest among the country’s ethnic ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Aussie finance scandal offers universal truths
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews ... As a result, Chairman David Murray – a grandee of Australian finance brought in to help turn things around – quit last week. So did John Fraser, a board director ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s new passport design shouts “Taiwan” in a bigger font
Instead, in its search for a new passport design that would better convey its national identity, Taiwan went with the safest option possible. The Taiwan government today unveiled the winning ... ( read original story ...)
Bhutan-India relations, an epitome of immaculate neighbourly relations
In the financial sector, we have made great strides in integrating our economies and promoting cashless payments through the introduction of the RuPay cards in Bhutan and the subsequent launch of ... ( read original story ...)
Bhutan Announces Its First Nationwide Lockdown With 113 Cases as Capital Thimphu Becomes Hotspot
Bhutan had already enforced strict screening and monitering of people at all entry points to the country which, the government stated, was the reason for slow spread of the disease. However ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia Power kicks off Labor Day weekend with water and boating safety tips
2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As the largest non-governmental provider of recreation facilities in the state, Georgia Power today is reminding customers and vacationers if they are planning to head out ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait runs short of cash
KUWAIT: When Kuwait’s then-Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh warned in 2016 that it was time to cut spending and prepare for life after oil, he was ridiculed by a population raised on a seemingly endless ... ( read original story ...)