Reposted from The Interpreter
By Reader Riposte
Khishigbayar responds to Daniel Woker’s piece on Mongolia:
First of all thank you very much for visiting my country Mongolia and writing an excellent article which definitely promotes Mongolia in all terms. More…
China is Myanmar’s single-largest investor, accounting for about US$14 billion worth of investments
SINGAPORE : With a population of almost 60 million and vast agricultural and oil resources, Myanmar is seen by investors as the last sizeable economy in Asia that remains untapped. More…
The RCEP was officially launched on Tuesday during the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh
Cambodia’s ASEAN economic minister said the official launch of the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will lead to potentially forming the biggest single market in the region and is much bigger than the traditional markets of the US and the EU. More…
Reposted from The Interpreter
By Daniel Woker
Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen. This post is the result of a recent study trip to Mongolia and China. More…
Reposted from Caxin Online
By Mark Clifford
The resource-rich land remembered for the khans and sandwiched between two giants seeks a path to becoming a modern country
Think of a lively, but tiny, little kid living in a tough neighborhood who is about to inherit a lot of money and you have a pretty good sense of Mongolia’s situation. More…
This once isolated country is now one of the world’s hottest investment destinations
Dear friends and colleagues:
Being bullish on Myanmar is a cliché these days. However, I thought I’d share some notes from a recent trip to Yangon—it’s a good conversation starter at the very least. More…
Mr. Obama says he is going to Myanmar in order to reward the regime for the democratic changes
HE WILL be on the ground for less than a day. Still, when Barack Obama arrives in Myanmar on November 19th, one leg of a three-country South-East Asian tour, it will be quite a moment: the first ever visit to the country by a sitting American president, which sets the seal on one of the fastest rehabilitations of a former American foe. More…
Ethiopia’s Mesfin Engineering expects to build cars for China’s Geely within 5 years
Reposted from Bloomberg Businessweek
By William Davison
Ethiopia’s Mesfin Industrial Engineering Plc, a company linked to the ruling party, expects to build cars for China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (175) within five years, General Manager Habte Hadish said.
Mesfin Engineering, which is based in Mekele, 504 kilometers (313 miles) north of the capital, Addis Ababa, is now assembling six cars a day for Geely and wants to move into full production, he said. More…
Chittagong port, Bangladesh
Bangladesh must act soon to take advantage of its low-cost edge to become the “next China” before Dhaka’s competitors take the markets the world’s second largest economy is leaving, according to the World Bank. More…
US to move faster to normalize relations with Myanmar
Freshly re-elected US President Barack Obama’s visit to Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] and Cambodia later this week will be an extremely important step to firm up his Asia-Pacific policy, often described as a “pivot” to the region. More…
