Saturday, 11 October 2014

New documentary on Edward Snowden covers NSA whistleblower’s Hong Kong revelations

›
Premier of a documentary about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden offers an intimate portrait of man prepared to risk losing his freedom in or...
1 comment:

Triads See Underworld Business Hurt by Hong Kong Protests

›
As thousands of pro-democracy protesters thronged Hong Kong’s major retail and business districts, blocking roads and forcing shops to clo...

You Could Make $50,000 Selling Your Luxury Bag Online

›
Two years ago, Marie Green, a San Diego fashion stylist, was running out of closet space. She was spending $12,000 to $20,000 a year on hi...
Friday, 10 October 2014

China's high-end car dealers go online in search of second-hand income

›
A government campaign in China against the high pricing of luxury cars is hitting the profit margins of auto dealers, prompting them to supp...

China’s Plan for Regional Development Bank Runs Into U.S. Opposition

›
For almost a year, China has been pitching an idea to its neighbors in Asia: a big, internationally funded bank that would offer quick finan...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Hong Kong's 'silent majority' critical of protests

›
Link

Why personal secretaries to Chinese leaders are so prone to graft

›
The job of personal secretary to a senior leader offers ample opportunity to advance in the system and use great influence for corrupt gain
2 comments:

Biography of Emperor Hirohito a whitewash: US historian Herbert Bix

›
Herbert Bix, the respected US historian and author of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, has launched a withering criticism of the Imp...
1 comment:

Hirohito a string-puller, not puppet

›
Last month, I received a startling e-mail from an employee at one of Japan’s largest newspapers, about a development I’d long awaited.
2 comments:

Precious stones and metals dealers to report cash transactions above S$20,000

›
A cash transaction reporting regime for precious stones and metals dealers (PSMDs) will be implemented in Singapore from Oct 15.
1 comment:

Court denies woman permission to divorce before completing mandatory 3-year period of marriage

›
Judge rules that she has insufficient grounds to do so before 3-year mark
1 comment:
Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Hwa Chong student calls sex-ed booklet by Christian group "bigoted”

›
Link

Umbrella Generation: Hong Kong's despairing youth split with old guard

›
Hong Kong's unprecedented student-led democracy rallies have highlighted a stark divide between a disenfranchised younger generation who...

The umbrella revolution won’t give Hong Kong democracy. Protesters should stop calling for it.

›
This is about inequality, not politics, so democracy can't fix the problem. Link

Man accused of sexually harassing protester vows to sue Occupy leaders and Apple Daily

›
A restaurant owner accused of sexually harassing a young female protester may try to sue the organisers of Occupy Central.
1 comment:

Patten aides ‘offered UK passport to Jimmy Lai’

›
Is Jimmy Lai Britain's MI6 agent?
1 comment:
Sunday, 5 October 2014

US Now Admits it is Funding Hong Kong "Occupy Central"

›
Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called "Arab Spring" began spreading chaos across the Middle East that it had fully f...

China ‘unlikely’ to give in to HK protesters: Shanmugam

›
Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam also pointed out the anti-China bias in Western media reports, and urged the people of Hong Kong to con...
1 comment:
Saturday, 4 October 2014

Evil US Government behind Hong Kong Protests

›
Previous cables show links between United States agencies and the Hong Kong protest movement Link
Friday, 3 October 2014

Shoppers’ paradise on Hainan Island gives Hong Kong a run for its money

›
Massive mall on Hainan is drawing away from city mainlanders keen to snap up luxury goods at duty-free prices while enjoying beach holiday
1 comment: