The research combines laser measurements from Nasa’s ICESat-2 satellite with optical data from the European Union’s Sentinel-2 to map underwater changes with unprecedented precision. The team’s peer-reviewed paper was published in the Chinese-language Journal of Tropical Oceanography on February 13. Barque Canada Reef is the largest landform in the Spratly Islands, an archipelago in the…
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to make the city a Muslim-friendly destination for businessmen and tourists from Southeast Asia, by rolling out measures such as simplifying immigration requirements and more halal food offerings. He also focused on deepening ties with the Asean bloc, saying talks were under way with the Malaysian government…
Malaysia’s trade minister has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to strengthening investment ties with Hong Kong amid worries that the US could impose further punitive measures targeting the city and mainland China. Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Malaysia’s minister for investment, trade and industry, said on Monday that Asean would continue to engage with the United States while…
Malaysia’s semiconductor industry stands to benefit from the escalating US-China tech war, as trade restrictions steer more companies to consider the Southeast Asian country as a viable alternative in the global chip supply chain, according to experts. As the US government continues to tighten trade restrictions on China, Malaysia is seeing more opportunities to develop…
Malaysia’s trade minister has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to strengthening investment ties with Hong Kong amid worries that the US could impose further punitive measures targeting the city and mainland China. Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Malaysia’s minister for investment, trade and industry, said on Monday that Asean would continue to engage with the United States while…
Global investors are “massively underinvested” in China, and as an exporter of capital and technology, the country will continue to create new business opportunities in Southeast Asia despite deglobalisation, panellists said at a South China Morning Post conference on Monday. “The world is waking up to the fact that China’s [technological] advancement is really spectacular,…
Hong Kong should leverage its experienced, well-connected China experts and capitalise on its role as a “superconnector” to share knowledge of the country with Asean economies, former city leader Leung Chun-ying has said. Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on Monday at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025, Leung also highlighted the potential…
Malaysia, Thailand, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Hong Kong, Egypt, Cambodia, Greece, Bhutan, Jamaica, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Mauritius, Fiji, St. Petersburg, Indonesia,…
Bid by Hong Kong to develop a clear and effective mechanism for resolving sports disputes is gathering pace. The starting gun was sounded in the chief executive’s October policy address, with a pledge to explore the creation of a centralised system for athletes, sports associations, sponsors and broadcasters. An advisory committee held its first meeting…
United States, Germany, United Kingdom, India, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Brazil: The Global Rise of Ecotourism and Its Eight Hundred Twenty-Nine…