Singapore’s deputy prime minister Heng Swee Keat says tensions in region – including in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea – must be better managed for belt and road project to boost growth and innovation. Source link
Read More »China’s cities ease property curbs as economy takes an Omicron hit
Property curbs are easing in cities across China as stability takes precedence over reform in the slumping, debt-ridden sector. More than 60 municipal authorities started easing property restrictions in the first quarter, according to a note on Sunday by the China Index Academy, one of the country’s biggest independent real …
Read More »Stability, economy ‘should take precedence’ over Hong Kong’s democratic progress
A top mainland expert on Hong Kong affairs has emphasised that maintaining stability and improving people’s livelihoods should take precedence over democratic development in the city.Wang Zhenmin, director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, said on Monday that the city had returned from chaos to stability …
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