
New infrastructure funding must be found before it bankrupts states
[South China Morning Post] - 02/22/2025
Many governments have difficulty funding basic needs while meeting global challenges like climate change. Meanwhile, businesses freeload.
In Chinese newspapers
How long can Singapore’s NMP scheme stay relevant? Why 2 resignations have raised eyebrows
The resignations of two nominated members of parliament have sparked a debate on the scheme’s non-partisan integrity (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Trump orders new curbs on Chinese investments in strategic areas
A memo signed by the US president seeks to promote overseas investment while protecting US national security (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Monthly cap on Hong Kong’s HK$2 fare scheme unfair to elderly, experts say
Professor Nelson Chow also suggests reconsidering plan as projected savings will account for ‘tiny percentage’ of (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Cash-flush Toyota builds a city to test AI, green technology
Daisuke Toyoda, an executive in charge of the project, stressed it’s not ‘a smart city’ but a ‘test course for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Pakistan NGO chief who alleged vote rigging has home sealed
Sarwar Bari’s report alleged widespread rigging in national elections last year, when a coalition of parties (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
China drills ‘ultra-deep’ oil well to help shore up energy needs
The Shenditake 1 well, in Xinjaing’s Tarim oilfield, reaches a depth of 10,910 metres.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Deadline diplomacy: Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ scheme mobilises the Arab world
With lives at stake, the Arab world is rallying to counter what analysts described as the US president’s ‘deranged (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Why a post-election shift in Germany’s China policy is no longer a sure bet
Front runner Friedrich Merz has long been expected to take a hawkish stance, but Trump and electoral maths may limit (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Malaysia rages at Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ gambit – but what can it do?
The US president’s provocative proposal was greeted with disbelief and disdain in Malaysia, yet quiet diplomacy may (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Pope begins second week in hospital, cancels Sunday prayer
Francis is alert but still ‘not out of danger’ according to his doctors, while top cardinals sought to dampen (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Hong Kong Bar Association chair urges global unity against planned US sanctions on judges
Senior Counsel Jose-Antonio Maurellet says any interference in judicial work will ‘undermine the administration of (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025