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King of coffee
Asia focus, Nithi Kaveevivitchai, Published on 14/01/2013
» When most people think of coffee they do not usually think of Vietnam. Few realise that the Southeast Asian nation last year surpassed Brazil as the world’s biggest coffee exporter. However, almost all of the output is low-quality robusta beans with high caffeine content, used mostly to make instant coffee.
Regional food security priorities sharpened
Asia focus, Nithi Kaveevivitchai, Published on 03/09/2012
» “We’ve always known that what gets measured, gets done,” said Carl Lukach, the president of DuPont East Asia, offering a few numbers to concentrate people’s minds.
How green can China be?
Asia focus, Nithi Kaveevivitchai, Published on 17/09/2012
» No other country is investing as heavily in clean energy as China these days, but at the same time no other country burns as much coal to fuel its economy. So how green will China actually become? That is the question posed by a new report on China’s environmental policies.