Being ānot Chinaā may have been the easy part. A big manufacturing pitch in several Asian economies was that they enjoyed cordial relations with Beijing and solid historical ties to the US. Leaders didnāt mind taking some rhetorical shots at America if it was convenient for domestic politics, but showed no desire to choose between…
Would you trust artificial intelligence to help run your country? Malaysia is doing just that. The Southeast Asian nation announced a plan to roll out Googleās Gemini AI tools to nearly half a million civil servants as part of a broader top-down push to make its workforce more efficient and help with the more tedious…
Plastic waste piled outside an illegal recycling factory in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat, Malaysia October 14, 2018. Picture taken October 14, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters Malaysia’s trade ministry said it has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, originating or exported from China and Indonesia. The anti-dumping duties range from 6.33%…
