Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Southeast Asia

Make Asia's wealth work harder for its poor

20 Mar 2013

Six years ago, the term impact investing had yet to even be coined, much less developed into the viable opportunity for investors that it is today. Since then, hundreds of millions of dollars have...

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SE Asia ratings are wrong, say investors

12 Mar 2013

The bond market is telling Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's that they've got it wrong in rating sovereign debt in Southeast Asia.

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South China Sea's history of boundary changes must not be forgotten

10 Mar 2013

It might have been comic were people not being killed, with the Malaysian government using excessive aerial and ground firepower against a ragtag bunch of "invaders". But the bizarre incursion...

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Manila's lonely path over South China Sea

12 Feb 2013

It is probably just as well that Philippine lawyers and officials spent months quietly working out the strategy and legal steps required to force China to UN arbitration over the South China Sea....

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More Hong Kong companies expected to quit Pearl River Delta

11 Jan 2013

The Pearl River Delta, once regarded as the factory to the world, will lose 10 per cent of its Hong Kong-owned factories over the next two years.

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Schemes lure more Asians to retire in Southeast Asia

24 Dec 2012

Like many mothers, Ritsuko Kawasaki fretted over the health and safety risks of remaining in Japan after last year's quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.

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Opinion

Is Frederick Ma readying himself for a political comeback?

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Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Bloomberg TV to step up 'big push' into Southeast Asia

Bloomberg Television, the 24-hour global network broadcasting division of financial information giant Bloomberg, plans to step up the establishment of new partnerships next year in Southeast Asia...

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How they see it, November 25, 2012

1. Global Times

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Letters to the Editor, November 18, 2012

Hard-working expats add vitality to city

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DIPLOMACY: ANALYSIS

Obama's Asian trip delivers firm message

For anyone doubting Washington's determination to push ahead with its strategic "pivot" back towards Asia amid China's rise, US President Barack Obama's diplomatic offensive in Southeast Asia this...

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INTERNATIONAL

Lagarde begins Southeast Asian tour

Fresh from yet another meeting in Brussels on Europe's debt crisis, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde yesterday kicked off a three-country tour of Southeast...

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INVESTMENT

Indonesia's strong economic growth lures property investment

With China's economic growth stalling and regulators there and in Hong Kong and Singapore trying to restrain their property markets, investors are turning their attention to Southeast Asia, and...

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