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Chinese leaders’ assets revealed; money trail ends with murder
(From Indian Express)
For months, Gu Kailai worried about a secret that threatened to upend her comfortable life and stop her husband’s climb to the top rungs of China’s political leadership.
So she took action. In a hotel room in the southern Chinese megacity of Chongqing, she mixed tea and rat poison in a small container as Neil Heywood, a British business ...
ASIA UNHEDGED
Japan Seven & i’s 83-year-old CEO quits after board rejects his proposal
(From Reuters)
The veteran boss of retail group Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd (3382.T), who pioneered 24-hour convenience stores in Japan four decades ago, said on Thursday that he is stepping down to take responsibility for a failed management reshuffle.
The ...
Chinese traders flood into Hong Kong shares
Hong Kong looks like the favorite place for Chinese traders right now.
For the past 104 consecutive trading days, Chinese investors have been net buyers of the city’s shares, sinking 43.8 billion yuan ($6.8 billion) into equities from October through Tuesday, ...
China’s Apex Technology in bid to buy Lexmark: Sources
(From Reuters)
Apex Technology Co Ltd, a Chinese company that manufactures ink cartridge chips, is in negotiations to acquire U.S. printer and imaging systems provider Lexmark International Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.
The potential deal with Apex represents an ...
Chinese business activity got services spark in March
Stronger services growth leads to the greatest expansion of overall activity in 11 months
(From Caixin Online)
By staff reporter Wang Yuqian
Overall business activity gained steam in March on stronger growth of services sector and a rebound in manufacturing output, new data ...
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Panama Papers name 400 Japanese individuals, firms
(From Asahi Shimbun)
Japanese doctors and professors were named in leaked documents known as the Panama Papers, but so far no leading politician or public figure ...
China’s super strategy to dominate South China Sea: Little green fisherman
(From the National Interest)
By Tom Hanson
China’s militarized fishing fleet is Beijing’s analogue to Russia’s ‘little green men’. The protection of ‘innocent actors’ from local authorities ...
Kim Jong-un assassination suspects nabbed: Source
(From UPI)
By Elizabeth Shim
At least two suspects who attempted to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were arrested, according to unconfirmed reports in the ...
Americans show up in the Panama Papers, too
No politicians of note are in files but plenty of others
Among them: Retirees, scammers, and tax evaders
All find a use for secrecy of offshore companies
(From ...
China pushes Marxism for party members to root out wrongdoing
(From Reuters)
China's ruling Communist Party has begun a year-long campaign to reassert the importance of Marxism and ensure members' ideological "consistency" to root out bad ...
Malaysia’s 1MDB board offers resignations after parliament report
(From Reuters)
Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) said on Thursday its board of directors have collectively offered their resignations to the finance ministry following ...
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The nuclear summit is merely a small win for Obama, in the face of huge changes in foreign policy
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(From China US Focus) By initiating and organizing the nuclear security summit, history might decide that President Obama’s show of statesmanship was worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize hastily bestowed on him at the beginning of his presidency. The Norway… Read More ›
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Alice in Trumperland and China’s currency: Spengler
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“There’s a trade war on with China, and we’re losing it,” radio talk show host Laura Ingraham hectored Sen. Ted Cruz, who opposes legislation to punish China for alleged currency manipulation. “Ted, you’re on the wrong side of history on… Read More ›
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Americans won’t be paid for being American any more: Spengler
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Donald Trump argues that America’s problem is that it has sent its wealth overseas. Exactly the opposite is the case: America’s problem is that the world’s wealth came to America, and bought subprime mortgages. At the peak of the housing… Read More ›
Fashion, Lifestyle, Sports, Travel, Food, Tech
(From Houstonia)
Korea seems to know what it's doing when it comes to skincare and beauty products. Even this lazy beauty writer is officially on a 10-step Korean daily skin care routine and my skin has never looked better. So when my ... Read More
When episode 13 of the ‘Descendants of the Sun’ aired on KBS2 on Wednesday, not everyone was happy.
The cliffhanger moment showed an unconscious and fatally wounded Capt Yoo Si-jin being carried to a hospital ward. An inconsolable Dr Kang Mo-yeon shed ... Read More
(From PTI)
Lashing out at the BCCI for converting Indian public to "zombies of cricket" by foisting tournaments like IPL "tamasha", former Sports Minister MS Gill today asked the Board to have some sanity in its thinking and shift the matches ... Read More
(From AP)
Pyongyang may be one of the few major cities left on Earth where you can’t find a Starbucks. But it’s brimming with coffee shops.
The small, dimly lit cafes have been around in the North Korean capital for years, but ... Read More
(From BD News 24)
Ahead of the World Health Day, the WHO South-East Asia Regional office warned the member countries, including Bangladesh, that diabetes has reached “epidemic” proportions and is expected to further increase in coming years.
“Diabetes rarely makes headlines, and ... Read More
Samsung is about to change the way you look at digital content. With the emergence of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality(AR), the company seems to have set its sights on visual user experience.
According to a report by Sam Mobile, Samsung ... Read More