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China Perspective Ep 21: China continues support and improves relations with Asean 7:19 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. 0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 0:26 Significance of Asean-China special summit to commemorate 30th anniversary of dialogue relations 2:05 Chinese President Xi Jinping assures South-east Asian leaders that China will not bully its smaller neighbours 3:07 Companies such as Alibaba fined by Chinese authorities for failing to declare deals from 2012 5:04 China expresses dissatisfaction as Taiwan opens a de facto embassy in Lithuania Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei (dawntan@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Tan Dawn Wei's stories. Asian Insider newsletter. --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

AI Rudder, a leading software company that harnesses the power of AI voice automation, recently raised US$10 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Sequoia Capital India and Sequoia China Seed Fund. Kun Wu, Co-Founder & Managing Director, AI Rudder shares more about the company’s business model, the advantages of adopting voice AI for businesses, and their plans for these fresh funds.

According to an Internet economy research report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co, investments in South-east Asia’s Internet economy hit an all-time high this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But will this funding scene continue to rise and last for long? Fock Wai Hoong, Managing Director, Investment (Telecommunications, Media & Technology & South East Asia), Temasek International shares the key highlights from the report and what to possibly expect from the Internet economy in this region. 

Kum Soekching, Head of Southeast Asia Research, Private Banking Research, Credit Suisse, discusses her outlook for the various REIT subsectors as the economy recovers. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss President Joe Biden's decision to nominate Fed Chair Jerome Powell for another four-year term, Biden's plan to release reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and more. 

From the highlights of the ASEAN - China Special Summit to China’s market regulator finding a few of their own tech giants, and the country downgrading its diplomatic ties with Lithuania, Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times gives an analysis of it all. 

Washington Report Ep 24: US discusses how to deal with China's rising military power in Indo-Pacific 10:23 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States. Mr Steve Okun, senior advisor, McLarty Associates - standing in for The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh who is on leave - chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish. He  gives an analysis of the incoming US ambassador to Singapore, heighten tensions resulting from China’s increasingly assertive military actions, Former US secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comments on Russian President Vladimir Putin, and more.    0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above): 1:05 Significance of the US Senate's confirmation of President Joe Biden's pick for its ambassador to Singapore - technology entrepreneur Jonathan Kaplan 2:23 Call for US and its allies to operate with greater urgency in the Indo-Pacific with tensions resulting from China’s increasingly assertive military actions 3:45 Consequences of the tensions surrounding Taiwan 5:10 Former US secretary of State Hillary Clinton highlights the need to not forget about concerns over Russian President Vladimir Putin's power plans Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Fa'izah Sani Edited by: Dan Koh Subscribe to our Asian Insider Podcast channel to follow our various shows each week and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h  Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Nirmal Ghosh's stories. Asian Insider newsletter. --- Discover more ST podcast series: Green Pulse Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check Podcast: https://str.sg/JWaN ST Sports Talk Podcast: https://str.sg/JWRE Life Weekend Picks Podcast: https://str.sg/JWa2 #PopVultures Podcast: https://str.sg/JWad Bookmark This! Podcast: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko Podcast: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts!

While brands constantly advertise against high performance content on YouTube, a survey conducted by TAG and BSI revealed that up to 82 percent of consumers worldwide will stop using brands who appear alongside the wrong content. Alex Littlejohn, Managing Director Asia-Pacific, Channel Factory shares how brands can pick the right content to advertise on, along with ways to avoid being remembered for the wrong reasons. 

Pan Jingyi, Associate Director, Economic Indices, IHS Markit discusses how Biden's pick for Fed chair will affect markets, as well as what to look out for in the FOMC minutes, US Flash PMI (Nov), and Q3 GDP data. 

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss US President Joe Biden's pick for the Fed Chair before Thanksgiving, a post-pandemic outlook for various companies reporting earnings this week, a possible rise in the US GDP in the third quarter of this year, and more.