https://www.scmp.com/rss/330239/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Britain will not let up on its strict management of Huawei’s involvement in its communication networks, spy chief Jeremy Fleming said on Monday, as he described the country’s approach as “probably the toughest oversight regime for that company in the world”. Since 2010, Fleming’s communications intelligence agency GCHQ has partnered with the Chinese company to set up a centre that scrutinises Huawei equipment before it is used throughout the United Kingdom. “[The oversight regime] revealed... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2187625/britains-scrutiny-huawei-equipment-toughest-world-says-uk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2187625/britains-scrutiny-huawei-equipment-toughest-world-says-uk?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:19:00 +0000 ‘NIRC’ – it’s a uniquely Singaporean economic abbreviation that stands for net investment returns contribution. It’s a mouthful, but in the coming weeks the term is likely to be on the lips of many of the Lion City’s lawmakers as they debate the national budget Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will unveil on Monday. The NIRC is the amount of Singapore government revenue that comes from interest earned on its outsize reserves. The city state has elaborate rules on how much a sitting government can... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2186409/singapores-giant-reserves-taxing-question-its-next-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2186409/singapores-giant-reserves-taxing-question-its-next-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Feb 2019 05:02:39 +0000 China’s treatment of its Muslim minorities, the Uygurs, will be a potential source of contention in any effort to build closer ties with Turkey and Middle East countries, experts at a conference said on Tuesday. China was now one of the largest trading partners of Turkey, which is part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. Leaders of both nations have pledged to cooperate more on trade and investments. But Altay Atli, of Istanbul’s Koc University, said there were still “serious differences”... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2185880/chinas-treatment-uygurs-obstacle-developing-better-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2185880/chinas-treatment-uygurs-obstacle-developing-better-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:08:20 +0000 Rivalry among countries in the Middle East is an obstacle to the region building closer ties with China, and they should take a leaf out of Asean’s playbook, experts said at a conference on Monday. Nasser Saidi, who heads consultancy firm Nasser Saidi & Associates, said if Middle Eastern states could behave like the 10-member regional trading bloc, it could pave the way for a regional free-trade agreement with China to further improve trading volumes and future infrastructure investments from... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2185754/middle-eastern-states-have-lessons-learn-asean-building?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2185754/middle-eastern-states-have-lessons-learn-asean-building?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:30:30 +0000 A rare political poll released in Singapore on Monday shone a light on a topic that thus far had been confined to pockets within the chattering classes: will a “third-generation” member of the city state’s powerful Lee family enter politics? The family of the revered late founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has dominated Singapore’s politics for the best part of six decades – his eldest son Lee Hsien Loong is the country’s third and current premier – and there have been increasing questions... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2183999/poll-finds-singapore-divided-over-prospect-third-generation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2183999/poll-finds-singapore-divided-over-prospect-third-generation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:37:04 +0000 The decision by British technology firm Dyson to move its head office to Singapore has prompted a predictable backlash in its home country. The British press seized upon Tuesday’s announcement as further evidence of hypocrisy on behalf of the firm’s founder, James Dyson, who has been vocal in support of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (Brexit), yet – according to some – appears to have hedged his bets when it comes to his own business. Dyson’s latest move follows the firm’s... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/2183450/real-reason-dysons-swapping-brexit-britain-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/2183450/real-reason-dysons-swapping-brexit-britain-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0000