TikTok's experience in India offers broader lesson
Short-video platform TikTok will be available for download again in India, with media reports saying that the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday vacated its interim order ...
China may help ease Sri Lanka economic distress
Economic distress may yet leave a dent in Sri Lanka once the dust has settled from the Easter bombing on Sunday. If the island country fails to seek further assistance ...
Pragmatic approach can improve China-India ties
The leaders of about 40 foreign governments will attend the second Belt and Road Forum (BRF), which will begin in Beijing on Thursday, but India is likely to boycott the ...
Economic growth can never be split from security
The news is saddening: coordinated bombings in Sri Lanka caused great casualties on Easter Sunday. The explosions not only shocked the world but reminded people to contain the spread of ...
Development will drive closer China-Malaysia ties
"Malaysia is already caught in China's web, and there's no escape from it," said a Forbes op-ed that triggered discussion over the weekend. Some US observers may try to provoke ...
Time to rethink China's e-commerce business model
US-based internet giant Amazon.com on Thursday said it is notifying customers that it will no longer operate a marketplace nor provide seller services on its Chinese website Amazon.cn from July ...
'996' overtime schedule can help India catch up with China
While a boycott of Chinese products in India gets under way, China is caught up in a nationwide discussion over the “996” overtime schedule: working 12 hours a day from ...
China can use new strength to gain from talent flows
A new round of talent flows has emerged in the world amid a Cold War mentality adopted by some US politicians to crack down on Chinese high-tech companies.
India's trade deficit with China finally reduced!
India cut its trade deficit with China by the most in more than a decade, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, mainly because of a sizeable increase in exports by India who won ...
Struggles of Chinese delivery staff merit more attention
An internal letter attributed to Liu Qiangdong, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, said JD Logistics ended the base salary for delivery staff because the subsidiary must end a 12-year ...
Drilling platform a breakthrough in South China Sea
Discussions over joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea could soon be stirred up once more, as China's first self-developed semi-submersible drilling platform completed its first deep-water ...
China can't ditch state-led drive for high technology
The US produces only 5 percent of the world's lithium-ion batteries, some statistics show, lagging far behind China.
US can't be Myanmar's bargaining chip against China
A team of US economists, diplomats and lawyers was dispatched to Myanmar to “scrutinize contracts, flag bad deals, and empower the country to push for better terms with Chinese agencies ...
Rational China approach can boost Indian jobs
During the 2014 election campaign, India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the country had been led through “10 years of jobless growth by the Congress-led UPA Government,” and promised that ...
Measuring China-Djibouti ties with money shows narrow mind
Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh now has a deep impression of a Chinese carpenter who lived 2,400 years ago. The opening ceremony of a workshop named after carpenter Lu Ban ...
Malpass ought not shift World Bank's priorities
David Malpass, US President Donald Trump's choice to be the next World Bank president, won unanimous approval from the institution's executive board recently, adding uncertainty to future collaboration between the ...
Overproduction remains top risk for Chinese companies
What are the most significant risks Chinese companies face today? Some may highlight potential woes involving human resources, finance, property, production, supply and demand. Of course, they are crucial.
BRI can help bind Britain's economic Brexit wounds
A swift decision to join the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could help bind the Brexit wounds that plague the hearts and minds of British people.