The AI dividend: Advancing shared prosperity in Malaysia and China
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept confined to science fiction or research laboratories. Today, it is actively reshaping the global economy, driving productivity, innovation, and transforming everyday life. As governments and industries increasingly embrace these technological breakthroughs, a central policy challenge emerges.
Institutionalising people-to-people ties: Asean-China
THE Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI) has yielded mutual benefits across Southeast Asian (Asean) countries by integrating cultural dialogue with economic and sustainable development.
Human-centred AI in the Digital Silk Road era
THE diplomatic and economic relationship between Malaysia and China has evolved into a broad strategic partnership that is increasingly shaped by collaboration in advanced technologies and a shared commitment to human-centred development.
China’s Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI) in a realist world: Asean's pragmatic choice
Beijing launched its Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI), calling for equality between civilisations, mutual learning and dialogue, rejecting any claim that one civilisation is superior, and insisting that modernisation should not follow only a Western path.
Malaysia–China Cooperation under GSI: Opportunities and Projections to 2030
FROM Dr Nurul Aqilah Binti Mhd Yusak is an Assistant Professor at Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology. The views expressed here are entirely the writer's own.
Mutual learning among civilisations key to China-Asean ties
CHINA'S President Xi Jinping noted that in today's world, where the future and destinies of all countries are closely intertwined, the inclusive coexistence and mutual learning among different cultures play an irreplaceable role in advancing the modernisation of human society and enriching the global garden of civilisations.
Malaysia’s calculus: Green gains or growing debt?
MALAYSIA stands at a pivotal juncture as it accelerates its transition toward a low-carbon economic order.
Asean-China connectivity and Chinese language competency development
SINCE the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), academic and policy discussions have shifted from a primary focus on hard infrastructure and trade facilitation towards the initiative's "people-to-people" dimension.
Adaptive, values-driven talent is shaping shared prosperity across China and Malaysia
Under the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), economic integration is increasingly aligned with sustainability and climate goals.
Digital China: A new era of China-Malaysia technological partnership
The march toward a fully digitalised economy has become a defining feature of national competitiveness, and this is evident in the ambitions laid out by China to build a Digital China.
Utilising Sino-Penang people-to-people relationship history to expand BRI people-to-people bonds
According to the "Encyclopedia on the Belt and Road Initiative: What is People-to-People Bond?" published by the Regional Openness Department under China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), People-to-People Bond is one of the five cooperation priorities of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Global green economy booming, but developing countries left behind
The world's transition to sustainable development is accelerating at an unprecedented pace.
