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Chinese company wants to turn the world's lights on
News, Adam Minter, Published on 05/04/2016
» China's State Grid Corporation, the world's biggest power company, is on an impressive buying binge. As Bloomberg News reports, the company is "actively in bidding" for power assets in Australia, hoping to add them to a portfolio of Italian, Brazilian, and Filipino companies. The goal isn't simply to invest, however. State Grid's Chairman Liu Zhenya has a plan that he believes will stall global warming, put millions of people to work and bring about world peace by 2050.
Tragic end for voters
News, Postbag, Published on 05/04/2016
» We now have a draft constitution to vote on, but how well-informed will we be on the draft?
Public apathy stokes shift to hard right
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/04/2016
» An appointed Senate and non-elected prime minister. Sending regime critics to training camps in the restive Deep South. Charging a woman with sedition who posted on Facebook a photo of herself with a red plastic bowl given by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Cycle of reprisals point to peace plan flaws
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/04/2016
» A rash of insurgent attacks in the deep South in the past months attest to the fact there are flaws in the military strategy and measures to achieve peace in this restive region.
Seize the drugs nettle
News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2016
» A recent series of arrests and seizures by anti-drug forces is a rare ray of optimism in the fight for a rational drug-control policy. But they also revived serious questions and brought more confusion to the problem. It is clear that some countries in the region are keen to take more responsibility while suffering more losses than others. And it seems while authorities have a somewhat tenuous handle on who is controlling drug trafficking, efforts to deal with the kingpins are ineffective at best.