Japan has announced that its foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, will be visiting China; the first visit by a senior foreign policy official in nearly five years. At a time of …
OPEC Producers Shouldn’t Panic Yet About Slowdown in China
Concerns that the slowdown in China’s economic growth will curb Asia’s energy demand from the Middle East and beyond could be premature. Yes, any hint of weakness in the world’s …
The Great Unwinding
For the past two decades we have seen unprecedented growth in demand for consumer items and housing with large emerging economies like China playing a focal point in the supply …
Prada and Poverty: What luxury brands tell us about China’s economy
With China’s booming industrial and economic growth, how much of China’s population are in receipt of a such an affluent lifestyle?
Daud Vicary Abdullah talks China, AIIB, and the suitability of Islamic Finance in funding Mega Projects
Daud Vicary Abdullah, President and CEO of the International Centre for Education of Islamic Finance (also known as the Global University of Islamic Finance) discusses China, AIIB, the suitability of Islamic Finance as a means of financing mega-projects, and whether Islamic Finance is simply a niche or a genuine alternative to conventional banking.
“The Girl with Seven Names” – An Interview with Hyeonseo Lee
I would say: you have no idea what you’re getting yourself into. Don’t cause your mother so much pain, and don’t put yourself through so much turmoil. If you are really going to leave the country, you have to do it with your family together. The separation will be almost unbearable…
Islamic Finance begins to find a new home in Singapore
On June 3rd the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it will further develop its Islamic finance capabilities, making a strong statement to markets and industry players. Deputy Manager, …
Ramadan is not a freedom shared by all… By Noura Abughris
In a move by the Chinese government to crack down on ‘religious extremism’ and maintain ‘social stability’, China has officially banned Ramadan in the Muslim majority district of Xinjiang. Civil servants, teachers and students are being banned from fasting, entering mosques or attending any form of religious activity during the Islamic holy month. The education bureau of Tarbaghatay city in the Xinjiang district has ordered schools to communicate to students that ‘during Ramadan students (should) not fast, enter mosques or attend religious activities’. Meanwhile, local restaurants are being encouraged to stay open while state run media outlets are running editorials on the health dangers of fasting.
TTIP is about US hegemony. No more, no less.
The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), which includes China–the world’s second largest economy–are all noticeably absent from these FTAs. Many of the BRICS countries favor state-led industrialization, as opposed to the neoclassical economic orthodoxy of private sector-led growth and selective austerity favored by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The United States is the only country that appears in both the TPP and TTIP, a likely indicator that American private and public interests are driving these two agreements forward.
Opinion: Sony runs from N. Korea
From a satellite in Space, North Korea is merely a black spot, an anomaly compared to its bright technophile neighbours China and South Korea. Often called the most dangerous place …
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