In a 13-minute project promotion video China International Trust and Investment Company (CITIC) celebrates the wonder of Asia’s rapid development with portraits of the pre-industrial ports of Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan’s Daxi fade into their modern incarnations of high-rise glass and steel marvels. The final image, however, is particularly jarring: a container ship approaches […]
Kyaukphyu: Asia’s Next Commercial Hub to Rival Singapore and Hong Kong
June 2, 2017 by thiha
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Thailand reaffirms Dawei plans, but does Myanmar?
June 27, 2016 by thiha
“The governments of Thailand and Myanmar reaffirmed that the Dawei megaproject will create thousands of jobs and improve the livelihoods of people along the border,” according to Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. Prayuth was speaking at a joint press conference in Bangkok on Friday. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi also addressed reporters, […]
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