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The folly of Thailand's endless protests
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/11/2013
» Is this the end of Thaksin Inc in Thailand? The more than 100,000 people who joined rallies Sunday to oust the nation's prime minister certainly hope so. So do the thousands who took to the streets again today, some of whom broke barricades and police lines to get inside the grounds of the Finance Ministry in Bangkok.
Frantic phone call failed to halt South China Sea territorial spat
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 24/03/2016
» Hours after reports of a confrontation between a Chinese coastguard ship and an Indonesian vessel in the South China Sea, a top Chinese diplomat called an Indonesian government official with a plea: Don't tell the media. We are friends after all.
Tiny island at centre of dispute
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 25/03/2016
» While warships and fishing fleets jockey for dominance of the South China Sea, the 200-odd residents of Itu Aba eke out their days growing vegetables and baking pizza.
WhatsApp-wielding vigilantes want garbage off the streets
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 04/04/2016
» If you were a pile of garbage on the street in India, here's what might happen to you now: a concerned citizen takes your picture, then sends it by WhatsApp to the smartphone of the garbage police. Khaki-clad cops jump in their vehicles, rush over and order your cleanup. City officials fine the offender and maybe reward the whistle-blower, too.
Nostalgia, English nationalism are confusing the Brexit debate
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 05/05/2016
» Nationalism is irrational, bizarre and threatening. Unless it's your own, in which case it's natural and reasonable. That's a lesson Bloomberg's Marc Champion learned as a foreign correspondent and one that teaches a lot about the United Kingdom's furious debate over whether to leave the European Union.
Election brings unneeded change
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2016
» Like Donald Trump, to whom he's often compared, the Philippines' apparent president-elect Rodrigo Duterte won over voters with a crude and bombastic persona — or, if you will, his big mouth. What the country he may soon inherit needs most, however, is a steady hand.
Ghost of the Marcos dictatorship hangs over Rodrigo Duterte
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 16/06/2016
» Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidency in a blaze of hard-line rhetoric -- an outsider who will stamp out crime and corruption. But his power base is tied to the nation's oldest political camps, including that of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Ireland hits Brexit alarm
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 19/07/2016
» The prime minister is under pressure, economists are slashing growth forecasts and companies are warning of Brexit's dire consequences. London? No, Dublin.
What does 8% growth mean when thousands are still dying?
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/07/2021
» A tidy financial centre of 5.7 million people is gradually preparing for life after the pandemic, as vaccination rates increase, social distancing measures ease and residents once again dare to daydream about leisure travel.
Facebook can rest easy. Nobody does old people better
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/06/2022
» Does Facebook Inc's declining relevance with teenagers really pose an existential threat to the company? After all, Facebook’s most loyal users are people over age 30 and today's teens are tomorrow's 30-somethings -- if they do not start using Facebook while they're young there's no guarantee they will later in life.