The video of a man bloodied by security guards for refusing to give up his seat on a plane bound for Louisville, Kentucky, is proving to be a global social media sensation. Twitter users are mocking the company by creating new mottos for United Airlines and memes, and Weibo users have made the...
Water privatization, in theory, is supposed to steady supplies and costs of the limited resource. But water is essential for survival and is regarded as a basic public service. Government handing control to companies seeking profits leads to problems including emphasis on increased costs, reduced...
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation regional group supports sustainable growth and prosperity among its 21 member states, both developed and emerging economies through trade, investment, sustainability and innovation. One individual may exemplify such goals. “A Filipina who co-founded Sustainable...
Read the article from the Inquirer. Read about APEC.
The 31st summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was marked by a failure to address human rights. “This comes at a time when some citizens of most, if not all, of ASEAN member-states are experiencing some form of oppression by their own governments,” writes Jodesz Gavilan for Rappler...
A US assistant secretary of state insists that the country won’t take a position on competing claims for small bits of land in the South China Sea, but does expect international law to be followed. In a speech, Daniel Russel explained “that the United States was currently encouraging relevant...
Read the story in the Diplomat. Read about the US posiition on UNCLOS.
The US and China are the world’s two largest economies – but the citizens of the two nations differ in terms of financial habits. For example in 2005, savings accounted for at least 30 percent of Chinese household income while the US registered no savings at all. In the second of this two-part...
Time to head west? Capital market opening might further dampen the prospect of China's lackluster stock market
BEIJING: Just after midnight on April 14 the People’s Bank of China released a public notice on...
Global leaders are failing youth, and 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg addressed 60 world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit about the need for urgent action on climate change, warning “we’ll be watching you.” Her assessment was concise, blunt and searing: “People are suffering. People are...
China – the world’s second largest market – is ordering all government offices to remove foreign computer equipment before 2023. The government is encouraging more reliance on Chinese-made technologies while also responding to the Trump administration’s efforts to discourage US businesses and...