Starbucks, Ai Ni to turn Yunnan into coffee capital

Companies agree to set up joint venture to buy and export top-quality Arabica beans from the province

Fears of a mainland housing bubble are wildly inflated

The rise in property prices might sound like the precursor to a spectacular collapse, but the argument doesn’t pan out when you take a closer look

Female bodyguards for Thailand’s next prime minister

When Yingluck Shinawatra takes up her post as leader of the new government, Thailand won’t just have a female prime minister. Her bodyguards, too, are likely to be drawn from the fairer sex.

Chinese women learn to snag rich men

Want to marry rich? Then the unlikely named Beijing Moral Education Centre for Women is for you.

Tan Jee Say decides to run for presidency

He says many Singaporeans want president with no PAP links

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Da Vinci Furniture importer under fire

A retailer of international brand furniture, which has recently been suspected of selling poor-quality fake foreign products at high prices, has insisted it does not play foul with buyers but has admitted “faults” in its employees’ sales tactics.

Smuggler Lai Changxing nears extradition

The possible repatriation of Lai would mark the end of a 12-year dispute between China and Canada over the issue and justify their partnership in fighting crime, analysts said.

Support staff for Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong

Government says it will help them go about their official duties

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Red Cross stuck in the firing line

Lack of transparency appears to lie at the heart of bizarre saga the major charity is caught up in

Singapore survey: Ruling party losing credibility

Fewer Singaporeans consider the ruling People’s Action Party to be credible after the party’s worst election results since independence, a survey showed Friday.

Beijing halts sales of tainted bottled water

Authorities in Beijing have halted the sale of 31 brands of bottled water after they failed safety tests, the government reported, in the latest such scare to hit China.

China accused of rushing bridge opening

Chinese officials have been accused of rushing construction of the world’s longest sea bridge to open for the Communist Party’s 90th anniversary, with nuts left unfastened, state media said on Thursday.

China Said to Discuss Letting SEC Probe Mainland Companies

U.S. and Chinese officials will meet next week to discuss giving American securities regulators the right to investigate companies within China for the first time, said two Chinese officials with direct knowledge of the plans.

Macau’s side-betting may be worth US$235b

It’s 10 times reported revenues; Macau disputes US report

More developers doubtful over mainland demand

Lower sales and the likelihood of tougher measures to dampen expectations for more sales, Stanchart says

Property market inventories set to soar

The inventory in China’s property market will surge in the second half of the year, thus prompting property developers to cut prices further as tightening measures continue, industry experts said on Tuesday.

Riding on the graft updraft

Corruption charges against Taiwan ex-president Lee Teng-hui should be a blow for the pro-independence camp but they may just win voters to his side