Restarting cross-strait tourism? Potential Shanghai-Taipei trial a 'sensible option' but politics looms large
[Channel NewsAsia] - 12/26/2024
Both mainland China and Taiwan have strategically used tourism as a bargaining chip to gain a “political upper hand” over one another, say analysts.
In Asian newspapers
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[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
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A review group to strengthen Singapore's stock market also suggested that Global Investor Programme applicants (…)
[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
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[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
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[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals
The deal does not involve any agreement to give an exploration or mining licence to China, says the Cook Islands (…)
[Channel NewsAsia] - 22/02/2025
After Bukit Chagar RTS Link, will more integrated hubs be built along Johor’s new rapid transit lines?
More transit-oriented mixed-use developments are “inevitable” in Johor Bahru and could help increase liveability in (…)
[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
Upcoming leadership changes in Malaysia’s judiciary stir concerns of political intervention
Several judges of the Federal Court, Malaysia's highest judicial body, are due to retire and the legal (…)
[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
