Geurasia

14/11/2024 23:18

Xi Jinping travels to Peru for APEC summit, inaugurates new Chinese port

Chinese President Xi Jinping is on an official visit to Peru, where the next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit will be held. Ahead of the meeting - where Xi will finally meet outgoing US President Joe Biden - the Chinese leader inaugurated a massive port in the Peruvian city of Chancay, which provides a direct route from the Asian superpower across the Pacific Ocean to South America.

Economics

13/11/2024 21:51

India set to overtake Japan in GDP rankings

India’s gross domestic product could soon become larger than Japan’s, according to some economists, as economic stagnation and a weak yen take the world's No. 4 economy to the fifth spot.

2T2C

27/11/2023 07:00

The university where futures are shaped

The National University of Singapore (NUS) consistently makes the top 100 in all higher education rankings worldwide, and this year it came a quite prestigious 11th in one ranking. We asked the rector of NUS, renowned mathematician and French knight, Professor Eng Chye Tan about the secret of their success.

Geurasia

27/11/2023 08:00

Southeast Asia wants to go its own way

The United States would also benefit from a multipolar world order, but for the time being it is not willing to give up its hegemonic role, according to George Yeo, former foreign minister of Singapore, who recently visited Budapest at the invitation of the Danube Institute. He also spoke to Eurasia about how he sees the role of Southeast Asia in the emerging new world order and how Singapore's situation is similar to that of Hungary.

Geurasia

27/11/2023 08:00

ASEAN faces new challenges

Jakarta hosted the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related non-binding intergovernmental meetings from 5 to 7 September, with the participation of heads of state and government from the 10 member countries of the alliance and senior officials from India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Canada, as well as the United States, China and Russia.