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  Virtually covered

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 10/12/2018

  » As an enthusiastic user of two-wheeled transport -- both bicycles and motorcycles -- Nicolas Faquet understands what kinds of risks he has to take on the road every day.

• BUSINESS

  Sharing the vision

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 10/12/2018

  » Taking a road trip from Yangon to Mawlamyine, Myanmar's fourth largest city and the capital of Mon state, offers an escape from congested traffic and frequent electricity brownouts in the former capital.

• BUSINESS

  Let's talk about sex

  Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 10/12/2018

  » Ask anyone what sex means and you will get any number of different responses. After all, it's a highly personal matter and can mean different things to different people. It is such a delicate and intimate topic that most people prefer to avoid the conversation altogether.

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  Asean moving forward with Surin's legacy

  Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 10/12/2018

  » As a regional grouping of 10 countries with vastly contrasting types of government, Asean has managed to show surprising cohesiveness and solidarity in its 51 years of existence.

• BUSINESS

  Beyond GDP: The movement to measure wellbeing

  Asia focus, Published on 10/12/2018

  » Just under 10 years ago, the International Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress issued a report titled Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn't Add Up. The title summed it up: Gross domestic product is not a good measure of wellbeing.

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  Huawei affair threatens truce

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 10/12/2018

  » Is there really a truce in the trade war between the United States and China? The arrest of a senior Huawei executive last week says otherwise. Yes, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have called a ceasefire in their tit-for-tat tariffs, but there's no peace treaty in sight.

• BUSINESS

  Storytelling renaissance takes hold in India

  Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/12/2018

  » Preeti Mutha was a bundle of nerves. The 32-year-old housewife in Chennai was haunted by bad memories that had shaken her when she was in school. She had just lost her father and was also struggling with post-partum depression after giving birth to her son.

• BUSINESS

  Fresher and faster

  Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 03/12/2018

  » Getting food from farm to fork before it goes bad has been a challenge ever since humans learned how to grow food and domesticate animals around 10,000 years ago.

• BUSINESS

  Welcome mat pulled back

  Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 03/12/2018

  » The Indonesian government is making further tweaks to its newly revised list of businesses open to foreign investment, following protests from some business groups.

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  Harbouring ambition

  Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 03/12/2018

  » Ports planned in Myanmar will provide the final link in a transport network connecting China with Southeast and South Asia and onward to the Middle East. The ports are to be linked by rail and road to China in the north and Thailand to the west.

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