It is a well-known ancient art form and the lion dance is now to be jointly nominated by China and Malaysia for the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage. During Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s maiden visit to Malaysia in June, celebrating the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations, he and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim […]
The aim of the UN World Heritage list is to contribute to the protection of traditional cultures and living expressions of different civilizations around the world, such as Chinese silk production, Arabic calligraphy or the Thai “Nora” dance. References to the lion dance can be found in writings as early as the fourth century, including […]
AIA Group, Asia’s largest insurer, reported its best half-year profit in five years as mainland Chinese customers continued to buy policies in Hong Kong with the prospect of better investment returns and as a hedge against a weakening yuan. Net profit rose 53 percent to $3.31 billion, or 29.53 cents per share, in the six […]
Kunlun Tech, an online game publisher, has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that it claims can produce short dramas, the latest example of a Chinese company seeking to make money from AI-generated content. Skyreels, the “world’s first AI reel platform,” can generate scripts, characters, plots, storyboards, dialogues and music to create a short video, […]
2023 was a pretty good year for Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas giant Pertamina. The company posted a net profit of $4.8 billion and paid over $900 million in dividends to its sole shareholder – the Indonesian government. This represents a significant improvement from 2020, the low point of the COVID-19 pandemic for the oil […]
SINGAPORE — A Philippine lawmaker has condemned Singapore over its exclusive contract with American pop star Taylor Swift, which resulted in the republic being her only stop in Southeast Asia on her Eras tour. The criticism came from Rep. Joey Salceda, who on Wednesday (Feb. 28) called on the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) […]
