Apple supplier Foxconn suspends hiring at largest iPhone factory for 3 days over shortage of quarantine space
Under the required closed-loop mode of production that keeps workers confined to Foxconn’s campus to minimise the spread of Covid-19,…
‘I went for a haircut and was filmed for sleazy fetish website’: Chinese police probe woman’s head-shaving ordeal
A police probe is underway after a Chinese woman went for a bob-style cut at the hairdressers and was duped…
Can Singapore’s ONE Pass pull top global talent?
Author: Terence Ho, NUS In August 2022, Singapore announced a new Overseas Networks & Expertise (ONE) Pass to attract top…
At least 21 killed, including 7 children, in fire at Gaza Strip block of flats
Ambulances rushed several injured people to local hospitals, and Israel, which together with Egypt maintains a blockade on Gaza, said…
WeChat’s wires are crossed in Australian politics
Author: Fan Yang, Deakin University Weixin was launched in January 2011 by Chinese tech giant Tencent. It is now the…
Gender on the agenda for Indonesia’s social protection policies
Author: Citra Handayani Nasruddin, Jakarta Inflation cuts across social and economic groups. But it leaves deeper wounds on those from…
Xi Jinping chides Canadian leader Justin Trudeau on G20 sidelines for ‘media leaks’ after meeting
Trudeau then said Canada believed in “free and open and frank dialogue” and would continue to look to work constructively…
Shrinking role of China’s public intellectuals will hold back country’s rise
Bao Tong, aide to the late reform-minded former Communist Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang, holds a photo of Zhao as…
India’s data protection dilemma
Authors: Dharish David, SIM Global Education and B Rajeshwari, Niiti Consulting The Indian government’s Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019…
‘He wants a son’: heavily pregnant mother of 4 girls in China says husband is divorcing her for having a daughter again
A pregnant 25-year-old woman in China with four daughters alleges her husband beats her and wants a divorce, blaming her…