https://www.scmp.com/rss/315827/feed en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China is set to host the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement negotiations (15th round) in Tianjin ( 天津 ) this month. Negotiators from the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and six countries – India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea – with which Asean has free trade agreements will meet to hammer out a multilateral trade deal that encompasses 40 per cent of global trade. For treatment providers like Medecins Sans Frontieres... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2026720/aids-revolution-why-asean-india-and-china-must-resist https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2026720/aids-revolution-why-asean-india-and-china-must-resist Mon, 10 Oct 2016 07:48:14 +0000 Ten years ago, I went on my first mission with MSF to Liberia, specifically Monrovia. It was a year after the end of the second civil war. Fighting was still going on in the midst of the UN's disarmament and demobilisation programme. At the time, Medecins Sans Frontieres was one of a handful of actors providing health care, filling the gap left by a dysfunctional public health system, which had a huge lack of facilities, resources, equipment and manpower. It was a country trying to get its feet... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1598653/asias-pandemic-expertise-can-help-west-africa-fight-ebola https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1598653/asias-pandemic-expertise-can-help-west-africa-fight-ebola Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:45:45 +0000