China holds the crown as gold producer and consumer
In 2022, it was estimated that China accounted for 10 percent of the world's total gold production and it has been the world's largest gold producer since 2007.
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China’s smaller cities becoming coffee gold mines
In China, as an increasing number of people across the country develop a taste for coffee, smaller cities and towns are being viewed as gold mines.
Asean cities face uphill battle to preserve heritage
With the majority of the world’s population living in cities, an additional 2.45 billion people are expected to join them by 2050, 90 per cent of whom are forecast to be in Asia…
India asks Pakistan for modification of 62-yr-old Indus Water Treaty
It is believed New Delhi's move follows Islamabad's "intransigence" on its implementation.
K-pop industry aims for a bigger piece of pie through ‘glocalization’
Glocalization is used to describe a product or service developed and distributed globally but adjusted to accommodate consumers in a local market.
Foreign tourists key to Japan’s economic recovery from pandemic
Moves are already afoot in the tourism industry to make up lost ground, with a number of luxury hotels slated to open to accommodate wealthy foreign tourists.
China’s catering sector projected to bounce back
In terms of development strategy in 2023, nearly 50 per cent of enterprises surveyed said they will continue to maintain stable development, and the industry as a whole will…
Chinese yearning for overseas trips in 2023: Report
Most surveyed believed that travel was an inevitable part of life. In 2022, over half of them travelled twice in China and about 20 per cent travelled four times.
World population growth to slow down
The population of East and South-east Asia will be in decline by 2050, while growth will continue in Africa and Central and South Asia.
Davos 2023: Climate change litigation set to grow, says WEF panel
There have been nearly 2,000 ligation cases globally, with around a quarter of them in the past two years alone, the panel mentioned.