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China’s $303bn ‘shadow trade’ exposed as apparent Asia-wide tariff dodge network
The report, carrying the somewhat dramatic title of ‘The Great Transshipment Scam’ and headed by an image of a Trojan horse style graphic, says Chinese exporters increasingly routed goods through third countries
Russia and Myanmar sign ten documents as Putin dangles LNG, nuclear power and a deep-water port
Russia and Myanmar signed ten documents in the Kremlin on August 18, including a joint declaration on countering Western sanctions.
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Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing seeks closer ties with Putin
Russia is one of the few major countries to have maintained close ties with Myanmar’s military rulers since the 2021 coup. Much of the West has instead isolated the government.
India courts Myanmar’s rare earths as China tightens grip
International Energy Agency data shows that Myanmar and China together account for about 83% of global mined supply of heavy magnet rare earth elements.
Electrifying Asia – where EVs are reshaping power demand and fuel use
The winners are likely to be countries capable of building integrated ecosystems spanning renewable generation, batteries, charging networks and EV manufacturing.
Myanmar conflict death toll surpasses 100,000 since 2021 coup
Analysts consider Myanmar's civil war to be the deadliest active conflict in Asia with the country the world's second-most conflict-affected region last year after the Palestinian territories.
Russia's ASEAN summit in Kazan was a diplomatic coup for the Kremlin
The ASEAN summit held in Russia last week was one of the Kremlin’s biggest diplomatic successes since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
From Sapura to Vantris, Malaysia's biggest corporate rescue
Because of the firm's scale, an uncontrolled insolvency was never an option for Malaysian regulators, as the company was too embedded in the domestic O&G ecosystem, supporting over 59,000 jobs in the nation's energy sector.
COMMENT: Iran war shows why Asia must quit fossil fuels
Across Asia, governments are now accelerating approvals for renewable projects and grid modernisation schemes. Battery storage investments are making headlines almost daily.
Asia welcomes Iran-US breakthrough, but caution remains
The tentative peace agreement between the United States and Iran has been greeted with a mixture of relief and caution across much of East and Southeast Asia, a region that has borne more than its fair share of the economic fallout of late.