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Against the flow
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/01/2017
» From the urban office worker to the village boatman, many people's lives are changing -- for better or for worse -- with the growing influence of China in the Mekong region. This situation has produced a mixed set of reactions.
ADB chief calls for continued US involvement in Asia
Published on 11/11/2016
» The chief of the Asian Development Bank on Friday called on the United States to maintain its economic involvement in the Asia-Pacific region in the wake of Republican Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
Chinese firm to build $2bm agriculture SEZ in Cambodia
Published on 20/10/2016
» Kampong Speu province in Cambodia will soon be home to a Chinese-funded agricultural special economic zone (SEZ) with facilities to research plant diseases.
Australian-Chinese bid for massive cattle estate
AFP, Published on 09/10/2016
» SYDNEY - Australia's richest woman and a Chinese property developer joined forces Sunday to bid for one of the world's largest cattle estates, despite Canberra's rejection of previous foreign offers.
Trump is right about America's 'third world' airports
News, Adam Minter, Published on 07/10/2016
» It's the one opinion that Donald Trump and his opponents seem to share: America's airports are so bad, it's like "they're from a third world country", as Mr Trump said in the first debate. Vice President Joe Biden said the same of New York's LaGuardia two years ago. Much of the flying public seems to roughly agree.
M.K. allocates B1.2bn for warehouses, factories
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 28/09/2016
» SET-listed developer M.K. Real Estate Development Plc will spend 1.2 billion baht from this year to 2018 to develop 135,000 square metres of rental space for warehouses and factories in the Bangkok Free Trade Zone in Samut Prakan.
Game On
Asia focus, Wanant Kerdchuen, Published on 22/08/2016
» The Beijing Olympics in 2008 helped to redefine the world's perception of China. The sports extravaganza not only served notice to the world of China's potential to become the world's largest economy, but also created a positive spillover to other economic sectors and attracted foreign investment.
In Nepal's Himalayas, hopes of closer China ties
AFP, Published on 22/08/2016
» KORALA (NEPAL) - Twice a year, a normally deserted border checkpoint high on the Tibetan plateau throngs with activity as traders from Nepal flock to do business with their giant northern neighbour China.
Regime takes on powerful Buranupakorn clan
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 03/08/2016
» The regime's detention of a local politician in the powerful northern Buranupakorn family shows the coup-makers are targeting allies of their nemesis, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Sri Lanka withdraws freehold land offer to China
AFP, Published on 02/08/2016
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka said Tuesday it was withdrawing permission for a Chinese company to buy the freehold to 20 hectares of land being reclaimed under a $1.4 billion port project after India objected.