Beijing has a balancing act meeting energy needs, ensuring fuel supplies and upholding climate change pledges. Evidence of the challenge has been apparent with recent soaring coal prices, which prompted the government to step in to cool the overheated market. That involves measures to boost supplies and crack down on speculation. But the key to resolving the problem in the long term is better advance planning - and technology can lead the way..
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What derailed the Singapore-Malaysia high-speed link, and where now for neighbours’ troubled relationship? Tashny Sukumaran in Kuala Lumpur A disagreement between Malaysia and Singapore over an assets company to operate a high-speed rail link between the two countries resulted in the project being abandoned. Photo: Reuters
For many observers, the 2016 bilateral agreement between Malaysia and Singapore to construct a high-speed rail (HSR) link was a seminal moment in the neighbours history.
The pact was a capstone of sorts to the energetic efforts of Singapore s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his then-counterpart, Najib Razak, to overcome an acrimonious past that included disputes over everything from water supply to outcrops in the sea, airspace, and land that belonged to Malaysia before Singapore split off to become an independent nation.