Saturday, 6 April 2013

Capture of drug lord Naw Kham shows China’s clout in region

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The hunt for Naw Kham highlights how China’s influence reaches far beyond its borders and into the nations that make up the Golden Triang...
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Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Marine Corps Sgt Goes Ballistic Over a Civilian Driver

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Monday, 1 April 2013

Long-standing myth of double standards haunts multinationals

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Onus is on big foreign firms to work together to clear up misconceptions among mainlanders about compromises in production-line quality
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No stamp duty relief for singles switching homes

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A single person who buys a home to live in will be hit with the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) if he does not dispose of his existing ...
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Officials go underground to defeat moves to curb their lavish feasting

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Officials dodge Xi Jinping's curbs on luxury by turning canteens into five-star restaurants and meeting businessmen away from public gaz...
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Sunday, 31 March 2013

Curbs on 2nd home purchases in Beijing

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Single-person households cannot buy second home, minimum down payment raised for buyers
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Chinese visitors to Paris hit by mass muggings

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France vows to find the perpetrators; attacks may affect tourist numbers
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Big cities announce capital gains tax on second-hand properties

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Beijing, Chongqing and Shanghai will levy a 20 per cent capital-gains tax on second-hand property transactions, officials in the three citie...
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Outrage at photo of Danish tourists urinating on Shanghai highway

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Chinese internet users expressed their anger after six Danish tourists were witnessed urinating in the middle of a busy overpass in Shang...
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Monday, 25 March 2013

Singapore's old order ready for fall, says candidate Tan Jee Say

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Opposition candidate says ruling People's Action Party may lose the 2016 elections in a backlash against influx of foreign workers
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Thursday, 21 March 2013

New study reveals how lack of sleep leads to weight gain

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People whose slumber was limited to five hours ate far more than those allowed nine hours in bed, gaining an average of about 1kg in a week
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

US hasn't learnt lesson on danger of groupthink

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Ten years ago, America invaded Iraq; somehow, our political class decided that we should respond to a terrorist attack by making war on a re...
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Monday, 18 March 2013

LTA to install CCTVs at 30 locations to deter illegal parking

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China's Cabinet

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Saturday, 16 March 2013

UN says US drones violate Pakistan's sovereignty

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  The head of a United Nations team investigating casualties from United States drone strikes in Pakistan declared after a secret researc...
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