At last I’ve regained my freedom,” Cai Xia, a fierce government critic, said after her expulsion from the party whose officials she once taught. ( read original story ...)
China CNOOC’s interim profit tumbles, cuts costs further
China's national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd said first-half profit slumped by nearly two-thirds to the lowest since December 2017, as the coronavirus pandemic battered energy ... ( read original story ...)
No new U.S.-China trade talks are scheduled, White House chief of staff says
No new high-level trade talks have been scheduled between the United States and China but the two sides remain in touch about implementing a Phase 1 deal, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told ... ( read original story ...)
China says latest U.S. sailing near Taiwan ‘extremely dangerous’
China's military said on Wednesday the latest U.S. navy sailing near Chinese-claimed Taiwan was "extremely dangerous" and stirring up such trouble was in neither country's interests. ( read original story ...)
Sultan of Oman names new foreign, finance ministers in government reshuffle
Also on Tuesday, Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi was named Oman’s finance minister. Two female ministers were added, bringing the total number of women in the Cabinet to five, reports The National ... ( read original story ...)
At midpoint, Nepal PM struggles to deliver
modernise the country and make Nepal self-sufficient, the election manifesto of the UML-Maoist electoral alliance is largely unfulfilled with almost its boxes unticked. The list of projects still ... ( read original story ...)
‘Pakistan should benefit from emergency trade relaxations’
The participants included from finance, commerce ministries, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, Applied Economic Research Center and trade bodies. ( read original story ...)
Grab pushes ‘one-dollar’ financial revolution in Southeast Asia
The financial business launched by Grab in 2016 ... According to a survey by U.S. consultancy McKinsey, 48% of consumers in Indonesia have increased mobile payments during the pandemic, while ... ( read original story ...)
India is in a financial mess
Photograph: PIB/PTI Photo This is the last column I will be writing as director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. I will focus on the gravity of India's fiscal situation, which I ... ( read original story ...)
India Takes on Asia’s FX Hubs for Lion Share of Rupee Trade
India’s policymakers have been increasingly ... an international jurisdiction,” said Ananth Narayan, a professor of finance and former South Asia head of financial markets at Standard Chartered. ( read original story ...)