Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency for the first time in more than half a century, suspending parliament in a move that allows embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to avoid facing an election until the pandemic is over. The emergency decree gives Muhyiddin’s administration more power to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases, […]
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Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. A team of scientists dispatched by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan will arrive in China on Thursday, the country’s National Health Commission said Monday—more than a […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Controversy has rocked Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo since the start of 2021, with two employee deaths and a viral video from a former employee fomenting widespread online criticism of the company and renewing debate about […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. For months, U.S. President Donald Trump has tried to ban TikTok, the wildly popular short-video app owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, on the grounds that the app’s Chinese ownership poses a national security threat. […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. China has placed the capital of Hebei province—Shijiazhuang, a city of 11 million—under lockdown as the city enters “wartime mode” to combat a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 that has infected over 300 people. On Saturday, […]
On Nov. 30, Hong Kong’s government announced a rare piece of news that was welcome in all sectors of a politically-divided city battling its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections: The vaccines are on their way. Hong Kong had purchased 7.5 million doses of a vaccine co-developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German vaccine maker […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. On Thursday, Brazilian authorities said private Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac’s COVID-19 candidate was 78% effective in preventing infections, allowing it to join companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca as leaders in the global race to […]
This is the web version of Eastworld, Fortune’s newsletter focused on business and technology in Asia. Subscribe here to get future editions in your inbox. Well, it has been an eventful week in Washington. And yet, amid the chaos, President Donald Trump on Tuesday found time to sign an executive order banning transactions with eight more Chinese […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday laid siege to the U.S. Capitol building to protest Congress’s certification of November’s presidential election. The astonishing scenes of violent rioters overtaking police to occupy the […]