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 …

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui, Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Deng Xijun with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi and ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Kung Phoak takes part in the virtual opening of the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship (ACYLS) 2020 with the aim of enhancing people-to-people exchanges between the two partners. According to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo the ASEAN-China Young Leaders …

NANNING – The recent China-Asean education exhibition held in capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, has embraced the steadily increasing demand for smart educational equipment. The event set up seven showrooms with great variety of educational equipment for all ages as well as providing seminars and training services to participants. President of the Guangxi Educational Equipment Industry …

MANILA – Beijing and Manila announced that they have reached an agreement on the joint exploration of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea. The announcement came after President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the ban on oil and gas exploration in the contested West Philippine Sea area. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has ended the ban on oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed on Thursday. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said that the president approved the department’s recommendation to lift the ban that was placed in 2013. He thanked the President’s approval for the recommendation as they need …

METRO MANILA – One of China’s candidate vaccine for COVID-19 has been cleared by the country for Phase 3 clinical trial that is expected to start by November. According to the Food and Drug Administration director general Eric Domingo the vaccine expert panel from the  Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has given the vaccine the green light to proceed …