Beijing’s recent smackdown on tech and tutoring giants may be a move towards a more progressive era but risks killing the golden geese that laid those golden eggs, says a China observer.

The new prime minister may seek continuity and unity in keeping to his predecessor’s formula, but at least UMNO’s gripes about the previous administration no longer hold water, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak’s Francis E Hutchinson.

Toyota has been making cars for decades and new units roll out of its factories like clockwork. But now a reversal of longstanding supply chain trends may be on the cards, says IMD Business School’s Howard Yu.

The minister also said that COVID-19 can likely become endemic in the country by the end of October.