International News

Where you live should not determine whether you live or die, to quote Bono, lead singer of the rock band U2, but, sadly, it often does. I was reminded of Bono’s phrase as I was reading about the contribution that Silicon Valley–based 3D-printing technology company Carbon (Redwood City, CA) made to the development of a low-cost, easy-to-use in vitro diagnostic (IVD) device to test for tuberculosis (TB).

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Oct 13 (Reporting ASEAN) – A Vietnamese reporter once visited the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, and randomly asked five local youngsters: “What organization is this?” Three of them shook their heads, one said something about ‘foreign cooperation’, and the third one gave the correct answer.

NINGBO, China, Sep 20 (Reporting ASEAN) – It is disturbingly obvious that the ASEAN states do not – and will not – possess the same enormous politico-economic clout that China has to be able to accommodate the West while at the same time strive to reshape a world order dominated by Western hegemony. Hence, the 10-member Association is likely to continue being a receiver of rules of the game that are delineated by the great powers around it, such as China and the United States.