Category: South China Morning Post

Ukraine invasion: Malaysian diplomats flee Kyiv by road as government draws flak for evacuation bungling

By Hadi Azmi Malaysia’s diplomats stranded in Kyiv are currently making their way to neighbouring poland by road, after hanging in limbo earlier as Russian forces closed in on the under-siege Ukrainian capital.Their evacuation was confirmed by Malaysian government sources with direct knowledge of the matter.In a statement on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri […]

China’s Xi Jinping assures North Korean leader of cooperation under ‘new situation’

By Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un the significance of cooperation between the two countries, North Korean state media reported on Saturday.In a message to Kim, Xi said China was ready to work with Korean side to steadily develop bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation “under a new situation”, […]

Evergrande is losing some property projects as China’s state-owned companies pick away at the assets of world’s most indebted developer

By Pearl Liu China Evergrande Group lost control of some of its property projects around the country, as several state-owned developers picked away at its assets while the heavily indebted builder teeters on the brink with more thanUS$300 billion of total liabilities.Evergrande Fairyland, a theme park subsidiary in the Nansha district of the Guangdong provincial […]