China's banking and insurance sectors are facing increasing pressure from rises in non-performing assets, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory (CBIRC) said on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
The US is reportedly threatening to remove the dollar’s peg to the Hong Kong dollar. Here’s why that’s an empty threat from the Trump administration.
Bloomberg reported this week that the possibility to limit Hong Kong's bank buying US dollars was escalated to Secretary of the State Mike Pompeo. ( read original story ...)
Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po had little time to celebrate his 65th birthday in mid-March, as he would soon pick up a call asking for the famously laissez-faire city government to ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyz Chaos: Shortage Of Medics, Hospital Beds As COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket
Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian nation of some 6.5 million ... while the Dordoi Plaza trade center announced the closure of business from July 8-19. As of July 10, southern Batken Province will ban public ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia, Pakistan must work together for sustainable trade ties: Iwan S Amri
The Indonesian embassy held a media webinar inviting leading journalist of the country to express their views about bilateral relations between the two countries and as to how this relationship can ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan will turn into ‘Technological Superpower’ in 10 years, says Fawad
In the next phase, Health City is being set up on 200 acres of land in Faisalabad and Science and Technology Special Economic Zones will be built in Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad," says Fawad. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Democrats Hold Primary Despite Security Law Warning
Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong held primary polls on Saturday to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from government officials that it may be in breach of a new ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pollster raided by police amid security law crackdown
Police say independent pollster may have been hacked but there are fears of link to pro-democracy opposition’s primary election ... ( read original story ...)
China, Hong Kong and the world: is Xi Jinping overplaying his hand?
But most are being magnified by the issue of Hong Kong, upon which Beijing imposed its authoritarian will this month with a national security law that removes the “high degree” of legal and political ... ( read original story ...)
Tiny nation Bhutan banks on Chimi Dema for a piece of history
Bhutan is a young NPC that has been making the most of the opportunities offered by the IPC/Agitos Foundation 11 Jul 2020 Until 2018, Bhutan’s Chimi Dema did not feel comfortable with her height. But ... ( read original story ...)