OCBC’s CEO-to-be comes with a wealth of China experience, including a five-year stint leading DBS’s institutional banking business in China.

The warmer posture contrasts with his threats against other trading partners to ravage their economies. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to submit a pact upgrading their free trade areas to their leaders for approval in October, according to China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday.

China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to submit a pact upgrading their free trade areas to their leaders for approval in October, acc

The ringgit rebounded this morning, opening higher against the US dollar amid reports of a softer stance by United States (US) President Donald Trump towards China.

AFTER more than two decades of negotiations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China have agreed on a Single Draft Code of Conduct (COC) Negotiating Text, which will serve as the framework for establishing behavior guidelines to prevent conflict in the South China Sea.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi had a "positive" meeting in Malaysia on Friday, both sides said, in an apparent bid to ease tensions between the rival powers. Beijing said in a statement "both sides agreed that the meeting was positive,

The country has been gradually expanding military cooperation with the U.S., Japan, and Beijing-claimed Taiwan.

Foreign Minister Sugiono emphasised that ASEAN-China synergy has an important role in advancing peace and stability in the region and creating prosperity for