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Asia
With its economy rebounding from COVID-19, China appears set on integrating Hong Kong economically via its Greater Bay Area project including Macau, analysts say.
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Business
Myanmar is hoping to offset its COVID-19 woes by boosting foreign investment and allowing Yangon’s garment factories to reopen.
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Burma
The government has invited investors to submit alternative proposals to develop the China-initiated New Yangon City industrial project and related infrastructure.
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World
The Chinese government has hit back at Canada and demanded the release of a Huawei executive after the Canadian prime minister accused China of ‘coercive diplomacy’
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Burma
Sources say Myanmar is too scared of China to heavily punish illegal migrants from the giant to the north.
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Burma
A video posted by China’s Xinhua in which a Myanmar woman describes a happy, prosperous marriage to a Chinese man could be used by human traffickers, activists warn.
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Burma
Singapore-based fintech Fincy has cut ties with the Yatai New City project in Karen State after media reports linked its Chinese backers to illegal financial activities.
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Burma
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy has been offering 20-year contracts to build 30 solar power projects around Myanmar.
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Burma
Development of “China Town” new city along Thai border in Karen State is rife with questions, while COVID-19 stalls Myanmar government efforts to investigate.
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World
Two major Japanese suppliers of parts for Huawei smartphones are seeking approval from Washington to export chips to the Chinese firm amid US sanctions on the tech giant.
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Burma
A major Thai bank says it is opening in Myanmar and trade reopened on the Chiang Rai border. Myanmar’s government also says it is drafting an economic reform package.
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Asia
Domestic tourism is thriving during China’s ongoing eight-day holiday, demonstrating the extent to which the country has brought COVID-19 under control.
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Business Roundup
This week Myanmar’s authorities continued to dig deep into reserves to help firms struggling with COVID-19 while the ban on international flights was extended.
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Burma
Chinese investors are far outpacing their Japanese and Thai counterparts in proposing projects for the $8-billion Dawei Special Economic Zone in Tanintharyi Region.
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Asia
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested Thursday for demonstrating last year against a law that aimed to prevent pro-democracy protesters from concealing their faces.
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