12 h. ago China’s New Tax Reporting Rules Are a Game Changer for Overseas Internet Platforms – Publications

China’s New Tax Reporting Rules Are a Game Changer for Overseas Internet Platforms – Publications  Morgan Lewis

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6 d. ago Indonesia’s Bali subway plan stalls over investor concerns and feasibility

A US$20 billion plan to build an underground light rail in Indonesia’s Bali has stalled due to wary investors and concerns over land scarcity, throwing into question whether the island’s long-promised solution to solve its notorious traffic gridlock would ever get off the ground. More than a year after its ceremonial groundbreaking, the “Bali Urban Subway” remains in the feasibility-study phase. Officials once hailed the project as a game changer that would ease congestion and preserve the...

Economics

2 w. ago Return of Iran sanctions a moment of reckoning for China and the world

The rejection of the Russian-Chinese proposal at the UN Security Council on September 26 closed the final diplomatic window to delay the return of sanctions against Iran. This moment signals a turning point in Gulf security and global power dynamics. For Tehran, already battered by inflation and economic isolation, the return of sanctions narrows options and makes asymmetric responses more likely. The Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly one-fifth of global oil supply passes, remains Iran’s...

Politics

2 w. ago Will new accountability system be fair to Hong Kong’s civil servants?

Alarm and despondency could spread through Hong Kong’s civil service in the coming weeks as the significance of last month’s policy address begins to sink in. The proposal to introduce a heads of department accountability system and make other changes to performance assessment methodology is a real game changer. Despite ritual praise of our 170,000 officials as “an outstanding team”, it is clear Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu feels there is considerable scope for improvement in management, and...

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2 w. ago Think through what it means to discipline Hong Kong’s top civil servants

Alarm and despondency could spread through Hong Kong’s civil service in the coming weeks as the significance of last month’s policy address begins to sink in. The proposal to introduce a heads of department accountability system and make other changes to performance assessment methodology is a real game changer. Despite ritual praise of our 170,000 officials as “an outstanding team”, it is clear Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu feels there is considerable scope for improvement in management, and...

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3 w. ago With US backing, Israel’s rising global isolation is not a ‘game changer’

After two years of warfare with Hamas that the United Nations says has brought genocide and famine to Gaza, Israel finds itself more isolated than ever, as it remains intransigent in pursuing its goal of defeating the militant group and rejecting rising global support for Palestinian statehood. Many of its Western allies, including Australia, Britain, Canada and France, have recognised – albeit conditionally – the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority as the government of a non-existent...

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3 w. ago Li Qiang touts China’s global vision at UN, hits Washington isolationism

Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged the United Nations on Friday to embrace multilateral values and a stable global order, took pointed swipes at the US and called for reforms that reflect Beijing’s development model. “Solidarity lifts everyone up,” Li said, without mentioning US President Donald Trump by name. “History keeps reminding us that when might dictate right, the world risks division and regression.” “Should the era of the Law of the Jungle return and the weak be left as a prey to the...

Events

3 w. ago Li Qiang touts China’s global vision at UN, slams Washington isolationism

Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged the United Nations on Friday to embrace multilateral values and a stable global order, took pointed swipes at the US and called for reforms that reflect Beijing’s development model. “Solidarity lifts everyone up,” Li said, without mentioning US President Donald Trump by name. “History keeps reminding us that when might dictate right, the world risks division and regression.” “Should the era of the Law of the Jungle return and the weak be left as a prey to the...

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3 w. ago Premier Li Qiang touts China’s global vision at UN, slams US isolationism

Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged the United Nations on Friday to embrace multilateral values and a stable global order, took pointed swipes at the US and called for reforms that reflect Beijing’s development model. “Solidarity lifts everyone up,” Li said, without mentioning US President Donald Trump by name. “History keeps reminding us that when might dictate right, the world risks division and regression.” “Should the era of the Law of the Jungle return and the weak be left as a prey to the...

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