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Shopee has just taken over the first place of e-commerce platform from Alibaba. to both maintain the current service quality and celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, Shopee has committed to empowering the local brand via promoting special local mooncakes products. 

Jemie Then, Shopee Mall Lead, Category Lead of Food & Beverage at Shopee shares more.

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Synopsis: Every third Friday of the month, The Straits Times examines various facets of the US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia.

Join Charissa Yong and Danson Cheong - ST’s US and China correspondents respectively based in Washington DC and Beijing - as they chat about the impact of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

How will it affect tensions across the Taiwan Strait? And what mark will it leave on relations between the US and China?

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:03 Breaking down China’s reaction to the visit in two main ways

6:13 The US’ hardening resolve to support Taiwan

8:16 China unconvinced by US’ separation of powers

10:00 US-China ties seriously damaged; what else affected besides military talks?

Produced by: Charissa Yong ([email protected]), Danson Cheong ([email protected]), Eden Soh and Teo Tong Kai

Edited by: Eden Soh

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The APAC region contributes disproportionately to the global burden of vision impairment and eye disease, from myopia to cataracts. In light of this, Johnson & Johnson Vision (JJV) and A*STAR has recently established APAC’s first-of-its-kind Eye Health Digital Innovation Consortium.

Vaibhav Saran, Area Vice President, APAC, Vision Care, Johnson & Johnson Vision tells us about the consortium and more.

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The hospitality sector is responsible for offering unique experiences to guests. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has shown how vulnerable this industry can be. And as we move into an endemic work, the industry is now face with issues such as manpower crunch. 

Lim Boon Kwee, Chief Executive Officer, SHATEC tell us more about how SHATEC's new hospitality talent development programme can help mitigate this particular issue. 

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we discuss with Kelvin Wong, Analyst, CMC Markets on his view on the latest FOMC minutes, UK inflation hitting a new 40-year high and new OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais latest inflation comment. 

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As entrepreneurs juggle various responsibilities, they often overlook the cornerstones of growth which is to innovate and stay relevant. This is where StartupX comes in, guiding startups and enabling them to scale and see greater success in regional and global markets.

Durwin Ho, CEO, StartupX tells us more about how the company assists startups in their growth journey.

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As the world transitions to Web 3.0, blockchain and bitcoin, we might know of the high risks associated with these digital assets. However, how many of us know the difference between blockchain and bitcoin.

Kai Shin Aw, Blockchain Trainer, Smartcademy helps understand these differences and more. 

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Malaysia's in focus with former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak final appeal to overturn his conviction of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.

We analyse more headlines from the region with Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs. 

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In today's Breakfast Brief, we discuss with Michael Dyer, Investment Director for Multi Asset Strategies at M&G Investments on how investors in Chinese markets are suffering a slump in confidence this week, a look ahead as investors watch out for US retail sales numbers and what to expect from the new FOMC minutes. 

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To ensure that Lifebuoy can continue its purpose to help prevent illness, the brand has announced the creation of a Think Tank. The group of advisors will supercharge Lifebuoy Social mission and create a ‘Betterverse,’ a Metaverse for social betterment.

Triveni Rajagopal, Personal Care Digital Transformation Lead, Unilever tell us more about what Lifebuoy's Think Tank is all about. 

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