Monday, 6 June 2011
Chinese turn copper into property gold
Stanchart raises concern over businesses’ use of commodities to secure loans
U.S. regret for 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
US lawmakers launched a drive on Thursday for Congress to make an official statement of regret for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which restricted immigration along racial lines for decades.
Modesty’s value differs East to West
Research on students from China and the US suggests cultural norms colour our attitude on self-effacement
Coaching and Much More for Chinese Students Looking to U.S.
In December 2009, a rejection letter from Columbia University found its way to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. It was addressed to Lu Jingyu, a top student and member of her school’s student government. As she read the disheartening words, Ms. Lu immediately began to panic. Where had she gone wrong? How could she fix this?
What is happening to Malaysia’s durians?
I am getting a bit worried about the fate of the King of Fruits in Malaysia. Imagine, if only a fraction of the 1.3 billion people in China decide that they prefer durians over mandarin oranges, will there be any left over for us back home?
China developers to write down asset values
Falling land prices may prompt Chinese property developers to write down the value of their assets, forcing a sober reassessment for those with vast land holdings, according to a survey released Monday by Credit Suisse.
Rampant fake news in mainland China the flip side of authorities’ tight media control
Zhang Xiaomao cites the lack of press freedom on the mainland as the cause
5,000 Families Break Up in China Everyday
The divorce rate in China has increased for 7 consecutive years! According to statistics from China’s civil administration, more than 460,000 couples registered for divorce between January and March this year, increased by 17.1% compared to last year’s statistics, meaning that 5,000 couples get divorced everyday on average.
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Malaysian women urge wives to be ‘whores in bed’
“You must satisfy your husband. A good wife should be a whore in bed,” said 46-year-old doctor, whose husband has three other wives.
Friday, 3 June 2011
Malaysian women launch ‘The Obedient Wife Club’
Maznah Taufik said “The Obedient Wife Club” being launched Saturday is aimed at drawing women who will be taught how to please their husbands better to prevent them from straying or misbehaving.
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Falling prices for wineries lure investors
The dream of producing their own wine makes buying in a prestigious region attractive to investors, including many from China
Friday, 27 May 2011
SGH warns against evangelising
Christian volunteer told to leave after complaint by a Taoist patient’s son
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Crossing the legal divide with the mainland
Fai Hung Cheung, a litigation partner at Allen & Overy, discusses the nuts and bolts of civil litigation on the mainland
Another blow for mainland web users
Popular internet tool used to get round the ‘Great Firewall’ censor is being disrupted
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Cut US voting share on IMF, says PBOC adviser
Emerging markets should have more say on who is next boss, urges policy committee member
China set to unearth shale power
But China may have more energy riches under its own soil than policy makers in the world's second-largest economy ever dared imagine.
Beijing wary as new US military strategy emerges
PLA officer warns of response to Pentagon plan to integrate forces
For Many Chinese, New Wealth and a Fresh Face
Even in a blue-striped hospital bathrobe, her face wiped clean of makeup and marked with purple lines by her surgeon, the young woman who called herself Devil embodied an image of beauty widely admired in China: large, luminous eyes, a delicate nose and softly sculpted cheekbones.
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Qi Baishi's painting sold for record 425.5m yuan at auction
The painting was intended as a gift to China's former leader, Chiang Kai-shek
Monday, 23 May 2011
Big pay cuts on the cards
PMO calls for ‘significant discount’ in ministers’ pay relative to private sector
Beijing unlikely to listen in US lecture on human rights
“It used to be that raising these issues would get you a lecture about how China has made huge improvements and needs to make more progress,” said the diplomat.
“But now the lecture is much more about, ‘Who are you to criticise me? What right have you to criticise China?’”
“But now the lecture is much more about, ‘Who are you to criticise me? What right have you to criticise China?’”
Foreigners attracted to Thai ‘rose of the north’
Cooler, more affordable Chiang Mai appeals to investors and retirees
China should stop trying to silence its people’s voice
‘They feel they are sitting on a volcano,’ said a prominent Chinese academic when explaining why the government is cracking down on its critics.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Flagship of cultural heritage tarnished
It’s seen as a sacred place by millions, but the theft of artefacts, inept management and greed at the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City has stunned a nation
Apocalypse not: doomsday prediction falls flat
The prophecy of the end of the world ended with a whimper, not a bang, Saturday as life went on as usual despite warnings of Judgment Day by a US preacher which provoked panic in some quarters and parties in others.
Apocalypse almost: World waits for Rapture
Warnings by a US fundamentalist preacher that Saturday is Judgment Day have sent some people into hiding or scrambling to repent, while others are planning parties to wave off good Christians.
Qingdao aims to harness the sea for its growth
Shandong city wants to be shipping hub and marine industry centre
Sichuan police apologise for beating teacher
Sichuan police have apologised to a middle school after one of its teachers was severely beaten by seven policemen who mistook him for a fugitive, even though students and teachers tried to intervene.
In China, Fear of Fake Eggs and ‘Recycled’ Buns
But a stomach-turning string of food-safety scandals this spring, from recycled buns to contaminated pork, makes it clear that official efforts are falling short. Despite efforts to create a modern food-safety regimen, oversight remains utterly haphazard, in the hands of ill-trained, ill-equipped and outnumbered enforcers whose quick fixes are even more quickly undone.
US in new push to break ‘Great Firewall’
The United States plans to pump millions of dollars into new technology to break through internet censorship overseas amid a heightened crackdown on dissent in China, officials said on Tuesday.
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Can China keep it up?
Economic, political and environmental challenges are bound to slow the country down
Casino rivals watch closely as Galaxy Macau opens
Rivals in the world’s largest casino market are watching closely as Macau’s biggest casino in two years opens its doors today.
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Chickens fed mineral salts to boost weight
Market regulators found hundreds of chickens bound for market in Chongqing stuffed with high-density mineral salts, added to boost their weight and sale price.
China developers struggle as govt tightens property market
Property developers from China are facing stagnant sales and increased losses in the midst of Beijing’s efforts to cool the hot real estate market.
Saturday, 30 April 2011
KhattarWong lawyers split to start new firm
Heavyweight law firm KhattarWong is set to lose its high-profile criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan and three of its top partners when they move to a new firm next month.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Friday, 1 April 2011
Tin Pei Ling Music Video "I don't know what to say"
PAP's future member of parliment would be paid $15,000 a month to "don't know what to say" and behaving like an immature kid.
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Thursday, 31 March 2011
Watchdog probes disappearance of 40,000 files after Chen resigned
The office of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday revealed that nearly 40,000 official documents, including more than 25,000 diplomatic secrets, went missing when Ma’s predecessor Chen Shui-bian stepped down in 2008.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Custody battle auction, bid to lose custody
In Beijing, a couple who is getting divorced is in a custody battle, instead of fighting to win the custody of their 4 year-old son, they fight to lose it.
Monday, 28 March 2011
Forgotten benefactor helped hide the movement’s leaders
The man who set up the revolutionary base at Castle Peak Farm is largely forgotten, just like the history of the site he owned.
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Peter Lim gives $2m for Hwa Chong scholarship
Former remisier Peter Lim has donated $2 million to Hwa Chong International School’s (HCIS) scholarship fund, one of the largest donations he has made to a school so far.
Friday, 25 March 2011
Casino stake of Ho’s wife rises to HK$8.6b
Angela Leong On-kei, the fourth wife of Macau gaming magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun, has emerged from the prolonged family fight for control of Ho’s assets with an effective 12 per cent stake in SJM Holdings, worth HK$8.64 billion based on the casino operator’s share price.
Elizabeth Taylor, last of the old-Hollywood screen sirens
Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars, died yesterday at age 79.
The Chinese consumer fails to live up to the world’s hopes
The world is pinning its hopes on the great Chinese consumer.
Smoking ban on way for indoor public places
New regulations on tobacco use to come into effect from May 1
Gaoxian trading halts: a poser
China Gaoxian has joined the string of S-chips that have seen trading of their shares either halted or suspended. While investors are still anxiously awaiting news from the company, speculation is rife on what could have possibly happened. Investor fears stem from accounting irregularities at some China-based firms listed in Singapore.
Hong Kong inquest faults Manila police for hostage slaughter
Philippine police officers contributed to the deaths of eight hostages in the Manila bus bloodbath an inquest jury said yesterday, ruling that they were unlawful killings.
Crucial questions that were never answered
Investigation was impeded by poor handling of evidence and limits on jurisdiction
China can overtake US in 20 years with 8% growth
China could overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy if it maintains annual growth of 8 per cent over the next 20 years, the World Bank’s chief economist said yesterday.
A green pipe dream
Step forward the South-North Water Diversion Project, the much-vaunted, long-awaited silver bullet that is supposed to cure Beijing’s parched state. A relic of the Maoist era - it was Mao Zedong who in 1952 first suggested transferring water from the south of China to the arid north - the scheme called for three routes to funnel water north from the Yangtze River. But, almost 60 years on, none of the routes are close to completion, while the costs continue to rise inexorably.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
China’s Shrinking Labour Pool Creating ‘Spoilt’ Workers
“Mama Mia,” the GM of an Italian company lamented to me over lunch in Shanghai, “The corruption I can deal with, but human resource issues are driving me insane. Workers are too short-term focused – 50 percent leave within two months no matter how much money and training we give.”
Man jailed for spreading radiation rumours
Police in eastern China have jailed a man for 10 days and fined him 500 yuan ($76.13) for spreading rumours online that a blast at a quake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant had contaminated Chinese waters, state media said.
Monday, 21 March 2011
US ‘must adjust to China’s rise at World Bank’
The rise of China’s influence in international institutions including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is inevitable and must be accepted by the United States, according to a US security review of Sino-US ties.
China displays a bold face to world
In the past few weeks, the world has witnessed a more confident and decisive China, evidenced by its large-scale operations to protect its citizens abroad, from the evacuation of 35,860 workers from strife-torn Libya three weeks ago, to the withdrawal of thousands of Chinese nationals from the worst-hit disaster zones in Japan last week.
Friday, 18 March 2011
Amitav Gosh, Indian author’s take on Opium Wars
While the industrial revolution in Britain is hailed for the advent of capitalism, Ghosh, an anthropologist and an historian from Oxford University, says "much of the industrial revolution itself was funded by the opium trade."
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Poisoned workers at Suzhou plant demand compensation from Apple
Angry workers suffering from chemical poisoning at a factory that supplies components for Apple iPads say they are taking their demands for compensation and medical care to the central government and Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
Renault bosses apologise to wronged execs
Top Renault bosses made a public apology to three executives falsely accused of industrial espionage and pledged to forgo their bonuses after the Paris prosecutor said the case was unfounded.
Sleeping disorder affects 15% of Singaporeans
An estimated 15 per cent of the population in Singapore is affected by obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), one of the most common sleeping disorders.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Fears of health risks rise amid Japan crisis
Fears about health risks rose dramatically in Japan Tuesday with news of a greater radiation release and renewed warnings to remaining residents within 20 miles to stay indoors.
China flexed its muscles using U.S. Treasuries
Confidential diplomatic cables from the U.S. embassies in Beijing and Hong Kong lay bare China’s growing influence as America’s largest creditor.
Beijing lowers the bar for judges to make up shortfall
A desperate shortage of judges for grass roots level courts means Beijing is going to be more flexible when considering applications, the Supreme People’s Court said yesterday.
After Egypt’s uprising, China likely to step up control
China, which has been obsessed with political stability ever since it called out its army to crush a massive albeit peaceful protest in Beijing 22 years ago, is likely to step up repressive tactics against its population in the wake of the toppling of Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak after 18 days of demonstrations.
Wedding bells ringing for money rather than love
Finding the ideal partner is rarely easy but on the mainland - where an estimated 260 million are hunting for a spouse - the process is often more about economics and pragmatism than a desire for romance, a major survey finds.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Rising food prices will spark next big Asian crisis
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 effects of surging food prices are becoming, look to wealthy Japan. So big are the increases that economists are talking about them pushing deflationary Japan toward inflation. Yes, rising costs for commodities such as wheat, corn and coffee might do what trillions of dollars of central bank liquidity couldn’t.
Lim Hock Siew sues “Chronicle of Singapore” editor and related parties for defamation
Former political detainee Dr. Lim Hock Siew, who was detained for close to twenty years, has sued the editor, publisher and printer of “1959-2009: Chronicle of Singapore - Fifty Years of Headline News” for defamation. He has requested for compensation from the respondents and demanded that they desist from repeating false information relating to him.
Railway chief pledges war on corruption
The new party chief of the railways ministry, Sheng Guangzu, has pledged his new team will not become personally involved in the ministry’s lucrative construction contracts, a hotbed for corruption that allegedly led to the downfall of his predecessor.
Court dismisses Tony Chan’s ‘totally dishonest’ appeal
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 from the Chinachem Charitable Foundation.
Average incomes tell a different story
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 people yesterday.
Mainlanders shun Japan amid simmering Diaoyus row
Tourism industry feels the impact of a collision at sea
Renault managers in police custody over spy probe
Carmaker says it may have been duped into paying 250,000 euros for false information
Chinese property ‘bubble’ fuels hard landing fears
The world business elite raised concerns over China’s property prices at its annual get-together in Davos, with some worrying that if the bubble bursts it could hurt growth.
China’s investment makes big imprint on Portuguese world
Risks grow as Chinese companies expand role in Africa, Brazil
‘My father is Li Gang’ case a cue for reform
If anything ought to convince Beijing of the urgency of pursuing justice reforms, it is public scepticism about the administration of the law. This sentiment is finding increasing expression in internet forums. Without respect for the law, the official goal of stability and harmony will be harder to achieve.
China policeman’s son gets 6 years for hit-and-run
A Chinese court sentenced a man who attempted to exploit his father’s senior police rank to flee a fatal road accident to six years in jail on Sunday, state media reported.
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Chinese boost prices in world’s auction houses
A Chinese face or two in the crowd at the world’s auction houses often means one thing: the gavel will fall on a price far beyond the seller’s wildest dreams.
China’s first property taxes kick in
China on Friday launched a long-awaited property tax in two of the country’s biggest cities, but the mayor of Chongqing in the southwest warned the measure was not a cure-all for soaring prices.
Carrefour faces fines over mainland prices
Mainland regulators want to fine French retail giant Carrefour 2.5 million yuan (HK$2.95 million), the maximum for overcharging customers, state media reported yesterday.
Carrefour faces fines and refunds over price fraud
French retailer Carrefour says it will refund customers five times the difference between the stated price and the actual amount charged after the authorities said on Wednesday that they had uncovered fraudulent pricing in 11 of its mainland supermarkets.
Profit bliss in wedded splits
New measures aimed at cooling an overheated mainland property market appear to have done the opposite as couples fake marriage or divorce to defeat the rules and buy
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