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Why a Communist Party boss had a coffee shop date with Chinese content creators

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Why a Communist Party boss had a coffee shop date with Chinese content creators

The setting may have been casual but the choice was not when the Communist Party boss of a northeastern Chinese province sat down with digital content creators at a coffee shop on Wednesday. Jilin province party secretary Huang Qiang invited the influencers to the relaxed setting of the Songyuan Coffee Shop in Changchun to encourage them to “actively promote mainstream values and spread positive energy”. According to a local government statement, Huang and the participants also exchanged views...

Malaysia urged to police its firms in Indonesia as haze shuts schools

Oct 10, 2026

Malaysia urged to police its firms in Indonesia as haze shuts schools

Malaysia is facing renewed pressure to clamp down on its companies over their alleged links to forest fires abroad, as recurring haze from Indonesia continues to disrupt schools and daily life despite years of regional efforts to tackle the problem. On Thursday, Malaysia ordered schools to close across several states, including Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and the Rompin district in Pahang, while sporting events scheduled for the weekend were cancelled. The latest...

Modi and Xi can’t bridge the India-China divide by themselves

Oct 10, 2026

Modi and Xi can’t bridge the India-China divide by themselves

Last month, President Xi Jinping travelled to New Delhi to attend the Brics summit – his first visit in seven years. On the summit’s sidelines, Xi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an in-depth conversation that explored topics of shared interest between them, such as leveraging open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) for mutual benefit. Even so, such sanguine signals were soon drowned out by a spate of downbeat headlines. One recent story warned of the “asymmetric” relationship...

[Vantage Point] Landbank’s P182-million belated retreat

Oct 10, 2026

[Vantage Point] Landbank’s P182-million belated retreat

Prolonged financial paralysis is never a harmless administrative technicality

New Taipei-Hong Kong subsea route opened to cut risk and meet AI demand

Oct 10, 2026

New Taipei-Hong Kong subsea route opened to cut risk and meet AI demand

One of the world’s biggest network service providers has opened a new subsea route between Taipei and Hong Kong to strengthen the system against repeated underwater cable disruptions around the island. Britain-headquartered RETN said the new route would take its total to six serving Taiwan: four connecting Taipei and Hong Kong, and two linking Taipei and Tokyo. “Like many island economies, Taiwan’s international connectivity relies heavily on subsea cables, which creates exposure to risks such...

Budget 2027 balances growth, fiscal discipline, household support

Oct 10, 2026

Budget 2027 balances growth, fiscal discipline, household support

This is a budget of disciplined continuity, says AmBank Group CEO.

Passed from hand to hand, Paete’s taká tradition looks to its next generation 

Oct 10, 2026

Passed from hand to hand, Paete’s taká tradition looks to its next generation 

While Paete, Laguna is renowned for its woodcarvers, its papier-mâché craft remains far less recognized

South Cotabato co-op warns of possible higher rates due to El Niño

Oct 10, 2026

South Cotabato co-op warns of possible higher rates due to El Niño

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — An electric cooperative in Mindanao has warned consumers of higher power rates possibly due to the El Niño phenomenon, which could further strain power supplies now in precarious levels brought by the shutdown of some major power plants in the island. Raffee Edsel Epistola, South Cotabato I Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO-I)

$14M penthouse leads auction of 6 more homes seized in Singapore's biggest money laundering case

Oct 10, 2026

$14M penthouse leads auction of 6 more homes seized in Singapore's biggest money laundering case

Six more freehold luxury apartments seized in Singapore's S$3 billion (US$2.3 billion) money laundering case will go under the hammer on Oct. 28, after only four of the first 26 properties offered at auction found buyers.

Indian passenger caught with $178,000 in gold hidden inside speaker at Bangkok airport

Oct 10, 2026

Indian passenger caught with $178,000 in gold hidden inside speaker at Bangkok airport

Thai customs officers detained an Indian passenger arriving from Jakarta at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport after finding more than 1.3 kg of gold hidden inside a speaker.

Villagers rescue ailing Philippine serpent eagle in Zamboanga del Norte

Oct 10, 2026

Villagers rescue ailing Philippine serpent eagle in Zamboanga del Norte

PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — Environment authorities have taken into custody an ailing Philippine serpent eagle (Spilornis holospilus) after residents rescued the raptor when it repeatedly plummeted to the ground in Barangay Manil of Leon B. Postigo town in Zamboanga del Norte on Wednesday, October 7. Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO) Maribel

Kurt Campbell on US’ China focus, the Indo-Pacific Quad, risks of AI

Oct 10, 2026

Kurt Campbell on US’ China focus, the Indo-Pacific Quad, risks of AI

Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has played a leading role in shaping Washington’s approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for more than a decade. He served as the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs from 2021 to 2024 and as US deputy secretary of state from 2024 to 2025. Previously, he served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2009 to 2013 and was a key architect of the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia”. Often...

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