Friday, 18 March 2011

Amitav Gosh, Indian author’s take on Opium Wars

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While the industrial revolution in Britain is hailed for the advent of capitalism, Ghosh, an anthropologist and an historian from Oxford Uni...
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Thursday, 17 March 2011

Poisoned workers at Suzhou plant demand compensation from Apple

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Angry workers suffering from chemical poisoning at a factory that supplies components for Apple iPads say they are taking their demands for ...
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Renault bosses apologise to wronged execs

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Top Renault bosses made a public apology to three executives falsely accused of industrial espionage and pledged to forgo their bonuses afte...
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Sleeping disorder affects 15% of Singaporeans

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An estimated 15 per cent of the population in Singapore is affected by obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), one of the most common sleeping disor...
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Fears of health risks rise amid Japan crisis

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Fears about health risks rose dramatically in Japan Tuesday with news of a greater radiation release and renewed warnings to remaining resid...
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China flexed its muscles using U.S. Treasuries

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Confidential diplomatic cables from the U.S. embassies in Beijing and Hong Kong lay bare China’s growing influence as America’s largest cred...
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Beijing lowers the bar for judges to make up shortfall

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A desperate shortage of judges for grass roots level courts means Beijing is going to be more flexible when considering applications, the Su...
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BHP offered to trade China info: Wikileaks

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US cables showed CEO made offer to American diplomat
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After Egypt’s uprising, China likely to step up control

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China, which has been obsessed with political stability ever since it called out its army to crush a massive albeit peaceful protest in Beij...
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Wedding bells ringing for money rather than love

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Finding the ideal partner is rarely easy but on the mainland - where an estimated 260 million are hunting for a spouse - the process is ofte...
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Monday, 14 March 2011

SingPost to launch digital mailbox in H2

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It also announced the sale of its pawn broking business
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Rising food prices will spark next big Asian crisis

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Forget Egypt for a moment. Skip the water crisis in China. Look past angst on the streets of Bangladesh. If you want to see how extreme the ...
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Lim Hock Siew sues “Chronicle of Singapore” editor and related parties for defamation

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Former political detainee Dr. Lim Hock Siew, who was detained for close to twenty years, has sued the editor, publisher and printer of “1959...
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Railway chief pledges war on corruption

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The new party chief of the railways ministry, Sheng Guangzu, has pledged his new team will not become personally involved in the ministry’s ...
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Court dismisses Tony Chan’s ‘totally dishonest’ appeal

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Tony Chan Chun-chuen yesterday lost a second round in his “totally dishonest case” to wrest the fortune of the late Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum fr...
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Average incomes tell a different story

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News that China had officially surpassed Japan as the world’s No. 2 economy was greeted with neither surprise nor much cheer by most Chinese...
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Mainlanders shun Japan amid simmering Diaoyus row

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Tourism industry feels the impact of a collision at sea
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Renault managers in police custody over spy probe

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Carmaker says it may have been duped into paying 250,000 euros for false information
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Chinese property ‘bubble’ fuels hard landing fears

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The world business elite raised concerns over China’s property prices at its annual get-together in Davos, with some worrying that if the bu...
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China’s investment makes big imprint on Portuguese world

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Risks grow as Chinese companies expand role in Africa, Brazil
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