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Manila’s alliance with the US may be one reason China is taking a much tougher stance, but Hanoi’s island-building could still be a problem
KUALA LUMPUR: Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir's four-day working visit to Switzerland, which began on Friday (Sept 6), aims to strengthen cooperation between the two countries and internationalise Malaysia's higher education.
China has dramatically increased use of the yuan to buy Russian commodities over the past year, with nearly all of its purchases of oil, coal and some metals from its neighbour now settled in the currency instead of dollars, sources told Reuters.
Beijing’s high-handed assertion of maritime claims has drawn international censure, putting its preferred approach of bilateral solutions at risk
MANILA/HONG KONG: Huddled in the presidential situation room in February last year, senior Philippines officials faced a stark choice.
SINGAPORE: Singapore companies are stepping up investment in Cambodia, drawn by the country’s progressive economic road map and the increasing ease of doing business there.
JAKARTA: More Singapore companies are seeking help to enter and grow their business in Indonesia, attracted by the large market size and up-and-coming sectors in South-East Asia’s largest economy.
UNIVERSITY of Technology Sarawak (UTS) is expecting to receive an increase in international student enrolments in the coming years.
Management and Science University (MSU) has a long-standing history of zakat (tithe) distribution that involves its students and staff.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) is making its maiden attempt to internationalise the Malaysia International Halal Showcase (Mihas) by taking it to Dubai this year.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry, through its agency SME Corp Malaysia, has allocated RM134.6mil to empower micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) this year.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM134.6mil has been allocated to empower and enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to penetrate the international market, says Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan.
French billionaire Vincent Bollore’s Vivendi SE is now formally proposing to break up the sprawling media and entertainment empire into four separately traded companies.
Shenzhen’s cross-border yuan payments rose 46 per cent to 2.5 trillion yuan (US$386 billion) last yearThe rise bodes well for Beijing in its efforts to boost the use of the currency in international transactions
The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China's space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of "taikonauts" to advance the country's space ambitions in the future.
Terengganu government will rebrand Kampung Cina in Kuala Terengganu to Chinatown in an effort to attract more domestic and foreign tourists.
Global companies are making a beeline for China’s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuan-denominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rock-bottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump.
SINGAPORE: Singapore signed a ground-breaking free trade agreement (FTA) with four South American nations on Friday (Dec 8).
THIS year’s near-doubling of the yuan’s share as a global payments currency has largely gone unremarked because the figures are still rather modest, and forecasts of the dollar’s impending demise have so far turned out to be greatly exaggerated.
In this interview, economist Dr NUNGSARI AHMAD RADHI elaborates on the concept of Ekonomi Madani and how it aims to empower the people and the nation.
