Synopsis
Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key markets - but they may struggle to find talent in the city-state.
AP
Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key markets - but they may struggle to find talent in the city-state. Messaging-and-gaming behemoth Tencent is opening a hub and TikTok owner ByteDance is on a hiring spree after establishing a regional HQ, while e-commerce giant Alibaba is investing in property and recruiting. The tech firms are shifting their focus to booming Southeast Asian markets as authorities tighten the screws at home amid concerns about the platforms growing power.
Ministers in France accused of dining at secret restaurants during pandemic France just entered a new partial lockdown in response to intensive care units again filling with Covid-19 patients Associated Press Reporter 05 April, 2021 10:30
French authorities are investigating accusations that government ministers and others dined in secret restaurants in violation of pandemic restrictions.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said an investigation has been opened into possible charges of endangerment and undeclared labour, and to identify the organisers and participants of the alleged gatherings.
A documentary that aired on French network M6 over the weekend included an unidentified man saying that he had eaten in two or three clandestine restaurants “with a certain number of ministers”.