According to a recent report, an increasing need for a sharper emphasis on sustainability issues is obvious in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).Jointly conducted by the United Overseas Bank and the Institute for Emerging Market Studies of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the researchers also found that Chinese …

SINGAPORE – Going very green seems to offer up to US$1 trillion (S$1.35 trillion) in annual financial benefits to South-East Asian economies by 2030, a report by Bain and Company, a global administration consultancy firm, said in particular on Thursday (Nov 26). According to the writers, greater investment in renewable energy, reduced consumption and better waste management, less unhealthy crop-growing …

As economic and trade cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has developed, border areas in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China have played an important role in linking China to ASEAN. Despite the pandemic, China’s trade with ASEAN exceeded $500 billion in the first 10 months, according to data from the General Customs Administration. …

Asian climate leadership is rising, with three major economies, Japan and South Korea by 2050, and China by 2060, recently promising to decarbonize their economies towards net-zero targets.In particular, our area is exposed to threats from climate change, including increasing sea levels and weather changes that can affect agriculture and food production. One reminder of the vulnerabilities is the recent …

KUALA LUMPUR – On Nov 17, Malaysia announced that it had entered into an agreement with China to engage in the promotion of a safe and efficient antibody vaccine as part of efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the deal, in effect for an initial duration of five years, priority access to COVID-19 vaccines produced by China will be …

Just After everything that happened, China decided to disqualify unpatriotic members, Hong Kong ‘s opposition bloc intended to withdraw, one of Beijing’s toughest measures yet to quash criticism in the territory. More than a dozen members of the 70-seat Legislative Council’s pro-democracy camp will resign at a press conference later on Wednesday following the disqualification of four members under the …

DHAKA – Bangladeshi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said that the country is looking forward to connect and establish road and railway links to ASEAN and China. As the chief guest at a webinar “Bangladesh-China Development Cooperation: Experience Outlook”, Alam said that they have reached out to the Chinese embassy in Dhaka to discuss the possible partnership between …

ASEAN – Civil organizations of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries have pushed to promote economic and industrial recovery as well as regional cooperation in the post-Covid-19 era. In a virtual meeting chaired by Gu Xiulian, president of China-ASEAN Association, they published the initiative on Monday together with the leaders of the civil organizations. Gu …

ASEAN – Rabobank predicts that the Asean region is on it’s way to become the decade’s hungriest dairy consumers. According to the report posted by Rabobank, the current 12.9 billion litre annual milk deficit across the ASEAN. The region consumes 12.9 billion litre annual milk and is looking to expand up to 19 billion litres by the year 2030. The …

Indonesia is poised to become a Battleground for the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries as two global giants, China’s CATL and South Korea ‘s LG Chem, are investing billions of dollars in supply chains, tapping into the resource-rich Southeast Asian nation’s abundant reserves of nickel, a crucial raw material. Indonesia owns about one-quarter of the world’s nickel reserves, with the …