Due to the significant disparity in living standards across different regions in China, local governments set their own minimum wages. The minimum wage in Shanghai, China's 'financial hub,' is ...

A parallel governance structure has emerged, with DCs, UNOs, and divisional commissioners dominating local administration and maintaining strong links to central bureaucracy. These bureaucrats hold ...

The Chinese “deflation offensive” has now set its sights on Korea’s car market. Some are arguing for higher tariff walls to ...

At the recently concluded January 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja, it was revealed that many local governments had not opened the necessary accounts with the ...

BEIJING -- China's finance ministry vowed to step up fiscal spending and government bond ... The country will work continuously to prevent and defuse risks in key sectors and continue to increase ...

DALIAN, China -- A short-lived attempt by a Chinese county to sell rights to access local airspace underscores the challenge China's regional governments face in supplementing their plunging ...

Mandarin Oriental Qianmen and the Chinese government have refreshed a 600-year-old enclave in Beijing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Belleville has already been narrowed by the installation of a new bike lane. With the flow of traffic onto Belleville from ...

Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia Center for ...

The Philippine government’s efforts to boost tax collections have far-reaching implications for national and local development. Finance Secretary Ralph Recto highlighted last week the transformative ...

Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged ...

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.