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Asean is already economically divided. AI will make it worse

AI has helped South-east Asians like (from left) Mr Lim Yi Ping from Singapore, Mr Jamras Inpuek from Thailand and Associate Professor Hasyiya Karimah Adli from Malaysia.

Big dreams, shiny projects and regional inequalities in China’s inland cities

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The world’s largest high-speed rail station - Chongqingdong - that opened its doors in June this year is a landmark in the historic Nan’an district, flanked by some of the country’s most modern tracks that can facilitate the movement of train carriages up to speeds of 350 km/h. Roughly the size of 170 football fields - it can accommodate 10,000 passengers and visitors every hour. The eight-storey station with six funnel-shaped pillars at its entrance, resembling the municipality’s signature white fig trees and their wide-spreading canopies, is the latest symbol of Chongqing’s development. Mr Xi has labelled the city a “comprehensive transportation hub for the opening of inland cities”.

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Riding the rails: Malaysia rediscovers allure of train travel

‘Unresolved pain’: Last surviving comfort women in Asia seek closure, 80 years on

India-Pakistan Partition’s last generation: Will their memories of home survive them?

Asian Insider Podcast

Asia and the world think Trump’s US ‘has lost its mind’: John Bolton

In this episode, senior columnist Ravi Velloor (right) speaks with John Bolton (left), former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump during his first term.

Lights dimmed at South-east Asia’s scam hub but ‘pig butchering’ continues

Which floor is this? Chongqing’s maze-like environment powers its rise as a megacity

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