Schools in China ordered their pupils to sit down in front of the television at 8 pm on Saturday night, only for them to be subjected to a lengthy series of commercials.

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China’s popular online streaming video service, iQiyi, has removed view counts from its videos in order to combat the rise of fake views by paid third parties. Instead, they’re implementing a new system called “Heat Value” to determine the quality of their content.

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Debt is not something that you want hanging around your neck. It can be difficult to deal with if you don’t plan properly. According to the Bank Negara Malaysia 47% of Malaysian youths have high credit card debts whilst 38% have personal loans.

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Power changes the way that you think - neuroscientists have boiled this down into “high” and “low” construal thinking, with people in power generally veering towards “high” construal thinking. But successful leaders should be able to switch between the two when appropriate.

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Anyone can experience burnout, and as a team, you should be looking out for signs of burnout in your team members so that you can help them through it. Recognising and helping someone who is burned out will contribute overall to team productivity and happiness.

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“I think a lot of the stress that people feel, they feel because they have put themselves at the centre of their own universe, when you remove yourself from that place, I think a lot of that pressure subsides” - says Malcolm Gladwell. What’s your trick for dealing with stress?

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South Korea is planning to ban all coffee products in primary and secondary schools by the 14th of September. This follows media reports of students consuming coffee to keep up with the high expectations of studying to the point of suffering from heart palpitations.

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'The Malaysian Business Sentiment Survey 2018/2019', conducted by Monash University Malaysia in collaboration with CPA Australia provides key insight into the minds of 416 Malaysian CEOs and senior managers. This comprehensive study highlights aspects of the changing ASEAN economic landscape and voices both the optimism and concerns of Malaysian business leaders amid positive growth factors contrasted by potential rising costs of doing business and economic uncertainty in light of the ongoing US-China trade war.

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Despite the rise of many new ride hailing services in town, sexual assaults by drivers and passengers are still prevalent. To combat this, a new ride hailing service called Carriage for Her is born, designed to give women a safe and efficient service throughout the country.

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Research has shown that people expressing gratitude underestimated how pleasantly surprised recipients would be to receive a handwritten ‘thank you’.

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