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1. How Thailand, India and Japan illustrate Asia’s patchy recovery in hospitality

   The post-pandemic recovery in Asia’s hotel industry is patchy. While international tourist arrivals in some countries surpassed 2019 levels some time ago, most markets have yet to experience a full return to pre-Covid levels. According to CBRE, only three of the 13 major markets in the Asia-Pacific region – Japan, Vietnam and South Korea – welcomed more overseas tourists in the first half of...

2. China warns against ‘do-nothing’ officials ahead of 2027 leadership reshuffle

   Chinese state media have warned the Communist Party to be vigilant against officials who “do nothing but wait for a power transition” – a clear reference to next year’s national party congress. The China Organisation and Personnel News, affiliated with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, published a commentary on Friday titled “Preventing Officials from Sitting Around and Doing...

3. Legislators, judiciary must ‘support’ Hong Kong’s executive-led government: Xia Baolong

   Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs has called on the city to improve its executive-led governance model, arguing that the legislative and judicial branches should support the government as they perform “on the same stage” rather than undermine one another. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, on Monday warned against any attempts by foreign and disruptive forces...

4. China needs silver and young spenders, plus policy support, for consumption growth: HSBC

   Young consumers’ spending on anime, comics, games and pop toys, alongside growing wellness expenditures by senior consumers, will continue to shape China’s consumption landscape this year, according to HSBC Holdings. Against this backdrop, the coming nine-day Spring Festival holiday was set to benefit the food, hotel and tourism sectors, HSBC said in a trend report, adding that this tailwind...

5. AIIB pledges critical infrastructure investments across Asia amid global turbulence

   The Beijing-headquartered Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) aims to marshal resources from governments, private parties and peer institutions to build critical infrastructure across Asia despite geopolitical headwinds, its new president said on Monday. Zou Jiayi, who took the baton of the multilateral development bank in mid-January from inaugural president Jin Liqun, called for...

6. Greg Bovino: the public face of Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign

   Clad in tactical gear with a helmet and hurling a tear-gas canister at protesters, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino has become the public face of US President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign. Bovino’s public profile rose further in recent days as he defended violent immigration sweeps in Minneapolis, which culminated Saturday with federal agents fatally shooting 37-year-old...

7. Myanmar’s junta-backed party declares majority in poll decried as ‘fraudulent’

   Myanmar’s dominant pro-military party has won a junta-run election, according to a party source on Monday, after a month-long vote that democracy watchdogs dismissed as a rebranding of army rule. The military snatched power in a 2021 coup, ending Myanmar’s experiment with civilian rule and triggering civil war, but pledged a three-phase vote, which finished on Sunday, would return power to the...

8. Chinese lending to Africa nearly halves in a year as priorities shift to smaller projects

   Chinese lending to Africa dropped by nearly half to US$2.1 billion in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to a new report. The fall, from US$3.9 billion in 2023, was part of a decade-long trend. Lending had been on an upwards trajectory since 2006 and peaked between 2012 and 2018 – a period that saw the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative when lending passed the US$10 billion mark...

9. China miniseries production team slammed for exposing infant to heavy rain during filming

   A miniseries production team in China has come under fire for allowing a baby to be exposed to heavy rain during filming. On January 17, Chinese actress Xing Yun criticised the crew she worked with last year for mistreating the infant. In a video clip, Xing’s character, a businesswoman, sees a mother and her baby caught in the rain and offers them both an umbrella and money. Xing recalled that...

10. Thai comeback kid Pita urges ‘decisive’ People’s Party win to break establishment’s grip

    Thailand’s most popular political figure Pita Limjaroenrat has exhorted the public to fight apathy and vote in droves at a February 8 election for his reformist party, which remains the biggest threat to the power of the country’s entrenched elite. Pita led the reformist People’s Party – then called Move Forward – to win the last election in 2023 on a record 76 per cent voter turnout, stunning...