From TikTok to RedNote: a digital migration that defies geopolitics
[South China Morning Post] - 01/21/2025
The unexpected and spontaneous grass-roots response demonstrates the untapped potential for people-to-people diplomacy in our digital age.
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Malaysians call out ‘blatant profiteering’ as Lunar New Year service charge rises at eateries
Angry diners question whether the extra levy truly benefits workers or boosts profits of restaurant owners.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Asia’s lowest birth rate is rising for the first time in years
South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rates, but an uptick in pandemic-postponed marriages has sparked (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park to host biggest stress test yet on Friday
About 63,000 people are expected to take part in drill aimed to assess the sports park’s capacity.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Malaysia makes a Trump pivot, seeing risks to its China investments
The managing director of Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund says it could face challenges in China – but remains (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
EU tariffs failing to stop flood of Chinese electric vehicles, new trade data suggests
China’s exports of electric vehicles to the European Union rose again in December, prompting fears of an escalating (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump pardons imprisoned Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
US president makes good on a campaign pledge to free the mastermind behind the illicit drug marketplace Silk Road.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Greenland PM says ‘we don’t want to be Americans’ as Trump takes office
Denmark’s foreign minister said that no country should be able to simply help themselves to another country.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Trump strips Secret Service protection from ex-adviser Bolton, target of Iran murder plot
After leaving his White House job, Bolton had called his former boss ‘unfit to be president’ and said he would (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
Hong Kong minister voices concern as Greater Bay Airlines axes 200 flights
Source says around 200 flights from January to March will be affected.
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025
‘No chance’: in Myanmar, Asean’s pleas for peace fall on deaf ears
Despite Asean’s call to prioritise peace over a sham election, Myanmar’s military rulers appear bent on clinging to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/01/2025
Trump suspends US foreign aid for 90 days pending ‘American values’ review
While the affect on specific programmes remains unclear, the move signals a shift in foreign aid policy under the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/01/2025