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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the pressures China is facing due to its Covid-Zero strategy including, Chinese tech stocks falling for a third consecutive day, weighed by shares linked to electric vehicle production as lockdowns on the mainland disrupt logistics.

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Synopsis: On the third Friday of every 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 US' National Zoo celebrating its 50th "pandaversary" and China's most significant mode of animal diplomacy.

Highlights (click/tap above):

01:28 How Americans view the National Zoo's pandas

03:10 Animal diplomacy: Pandas serve as friendly ambassadors and bridges of friendship

04:51 US panda cub Xiao Qiji, conceived via artificial insemination

07:48 Haiguis: a term also used for pandas born in the US and returned to China

09:03 How tensions between US and China could affect panda conversation efforts

Produced by: Charissa Yong ([email protected]), Danson Cheong ([email protected]), Fa'izah Sani and Hadyu Rahim

Edited by: Fa'izah Sani and Hadyu Rahim

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As borders are reopening, international education services provider IDP Singapore has observed a mounting interest from Singapore students. Emma Chen, Marketing Manager, IDP Education, talks to us about her company's role in helping Singapore's youth pursue their academic endeavors and how the climate surrounding overseas study has changed given the current Covid-19 pandemic.

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Singapore has always had a healthy semiconductor industry. But despite the demand, the industry is somewhat finding it hard to fill up the gaps in their workforce. So what is it like working in the semiconductor field in Singapore? How can the industry entice people to work in their field? Tan Lee Sar, Managing Director, HR Business Partner Regional Lead, Applied Materials shares more. 

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