- Both nations keen to work together, but analysts say they may have slightly different priorities, with Manila keener on aid and economic assistance
- Manila ‘performing balancing act’; Marcos knows China vital for trade but also advocates closer security ties with Japan, US to counter Beijing’s expansionist policies
- Both nations keen to work together, but analysts say they may have slightly different priorities, with Manila keener on aid and economic assistance
- Manila ‘performing balancing act’; Marcos knows China vital for trade but also advocates closer security ties with Japan, US to counter Beijing’s expansionist policies
Singapore lawmaker’s Grab appointment raises conflict of interest concerns
Tin, a three-term lawmaker from the ruling People’s Action Party, will run the superapp’s government affairs department.
Could Indonesian conservative Anies Baswedan be nation’s next president?
Anies is seeking to cut a moderate image but his history as a polarising, ‘very religious’ figure, and decision to align himself with conservatives, hasn’t helped the effort.
English-speaking Filipinos tricked into Chinese scam jobs: whistle-blowers
Many Filipinos were tricked into thinking they were hired to work at overseas call centres, but instead were forced to work at online scam rooms.
Fiji pivoting back to ‘well-established’ partners by axing China security deal
Last week, Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka cancelled a police training exchange agreement with China because their ‘systems are different’, but allowed officers from Australia and New Zealand to stay in the country.
Singapore
- Desire to escape China’s strict controls has seen ‘influx’ of inquiries about possible move to Singapore, Malaysia or Thailand, observers say
- Property sector upbeat as return of big-spending Chinese nationals expected to drive sales
Singapore
‘Run’ culture: China’s well-off plot emigration to Southeast Asia
Desire to escape China’s strict controls has seen ‘influx’ of inquiries about possible move to Singapore, Malaysia or Thailand, observers say.
Malaysian conservatives target bikinis, booze, gambling as tourists return
The conservative northern state of Kedah, where gambling is banned, will target the sale of alcohol in Langkawi, a tourism hub with a tax-free status.
South Asia’s inflation woes set to deepen as China ends zero-Covid policy
China’s reopening is expected to deepen inflation woes with a surge in demand driving up prices across South Asia, one of the world’s poorest regions.