Category: Asia Pacific
Global Impact: new era of geopolitical alignment takes shape as Antony Blinken travels to China, India’s Narendra Modi visits Washington
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we wrap up recent visits by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and look at who is in the better…
Read MoreSingapore’s Lawrence Wong succeeds Tharman at MAS central bank, GIC sovereign wealth fund
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The city state’s deputy prime minister – widely seen as its next leader-in-waiting – will become chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte’s investment strategies committee. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3226357/singapores-lawrence-wong-succeeds-tharman-mas-central-bank-gic-sovereign-wealth-fund?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSingapore home prices ease slightly for first time since pandemic began – as public housing posts more gains
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Private property values slid 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of this year – the first decline since the outbreak of the pandemic. Resale prices for public housing, meanwhile, recorded their 13th straight…
Read MoreWhy Taylor Swift will only play Singapore in Southeast Asia, China’s seed advancement: 8 highlights from the weekend
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. From where Taylor Swift will perform to China warning the US against conflict, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s reporting over the weekend. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3226336/why-taylor-swift-will-only-play-singapore-southeast-asia-chinas-seed-advancement-8-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIsn’t that Brazil? Philippines pulls tourism advert for using stock footage of other countries
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Stock shots of Brazilian sand dunes, Indonesian rice terraces and locations in Switzerland and the UAE appeared in the video for the new US$880,000 ‘Love The Philippines’ tourism campaign. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3226318/isnt-brazil-philippines-pulls-tourism-advert-using-stock-footage-other-countries?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreEyes on China? Why some Asian nations ‘privately welcome’ Nato’s regional move
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. As Nato upgrades its ties with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, the wider region is ‘generally happy’ to have Western powers’ support to help balance China’s influence, observers say – despite lingering…
Read MoreModi’s much-hyped US visit has shifted no sand in the Indo-Pacific alliance
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. India’s policy of strategic autonomy raises questions about whether it will enter into a formal alliance with the US, continue engaging with China or uphold long-standing ties with Russia. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3226081/modis-much-hyped-us-visit-has-shifted-no-sand-indo-pacific-alliance?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIn Australia’s Last Frontier, Fireworks One Day a Year
New York Times In the vast and sparsely populated Northern Territory, residents’ sense of rugged individualism finds expression every July 1, explosively. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/world/asia/australia-fireworks-territory-day.html
Read MoreSouth Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol tells unification ministry to be less soft on North
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Yoon urges the ministry to stand up for liberal democratic values, saying that unification should improve people’s lives in the two Koreas. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3226284/south-koreas-yoon-suk-yeol-tells-unification-ministry-be-less-soft-north?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreJapan’s Native Ainu Fight for Vestige of Identity
New York Times A group representing the Indigenous people has sued to regain the right, lost over a century ago, to freely fish for salmon in a Hokkaido river. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/world/asia/japan-ainu-fishing.html
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