Zhongrong, one of China’s largest trusts, missed payments to clients in August. China’s secretive shadow banking industry includes gigantic financial institutions and
Tag: Asia Pacific
Paradise prison: How 107 Bangladeshis became enslaved on a Pacific island | Slavery News
Port Vila, Vanuatu – When Bangladeshi businessman Mustafizur Shahin left for a job opportunity overseas he did not expect to be held
‘Bold step’: Philippines vows to remove future South China Sea barriers | South China Sea News
Comments by the Philippine coastguard come after it dismantled a Chinese buoy barrier set up on a disputed shoal that raised tensions.
US says China’s ‘global information manipulation’ threatens freedoms | Media News
China is spending billions of dollars a year to shape perceptions of China through influence, censorship and disinformation in a large-scale campaign
US National Security Agency unveils artificial intelligence security centre | Cybersecurity News
NSA Director Paul Nakasone says US maintains advantage in AI development but capabilities can not be ‘taken for granted’, emphasising threat from
Mid-Autumn festival: Why Asia goes mad for mooncakes | Food News
Taipei, Taiwan – As autumn approaches in many parts of Asia, that means one thing: boxes and boxes of mooncakes. The small
American soldier Travis King returns to US after release from North Korea | Prison News
King sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas more than two months ago. The American soldier released
Vietnam jails environmental activist for three years over tax fraud | Environment News
Rights groups condemn sentence against prominent campaigner on issues of climate change and environmental degradation. Vietnam has sentenced prominent environmental activist Hoang
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds | Environment News
Japanese scientists have found between 6.7 and 13.9 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested. Researchers in Japan have
North Korean parliament enshrines nuclear ambitions in constitution | Kim Jong Un News
Leader Kim Jong Un says the constitutional amendment will help North Korea hold a ‘definite edge’ in deterring threats. North Korea’s parliament
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