Redefining the Meaning of ‘Chinese’:
Mainland China is seen as the source of Taiwan's economic future, but on the question of culture, it could be the reverse, with Taiwan showing Beijing how Chineseness can be defined more broadly.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Do you think you know Australia? Take the quiz
Do you think you know Australia? Take the quiz:
Are you an armchair crocodile hunter or a dinky-di Aussie? Speak any Strine? How much do you know about the Land Down Under?
Are you an armchair crocodile hunter or a dinky-di Aussie? Speak any Strine? How much do you know about the Land Down Under?
Work With China, Don’t Contain It
Work With China, Don’t Contain It: 
Asia’s internal balance of power should be the key to our strategy.
Asia’s internal balance of power should be the key to our strategy.
Japan's Economic Plan May Be Bad News For Everyone Else
Japan's Economic Plan May Be Bad News For Everyone Else:
New measures designed to flood the country's economy with money are raising concerns of a "currency war." As Japan devalues the yen, will other nations have to follow suit?
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New measures designed to flood the country's economy with money are raising concerns of a "currency war." As Japan devalues the yen, will other nations have to follow suit?
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China and Japan attempt to ease tensions
China and Japan attempt to ease tensions:
China’s incoming president meets Japanese envoy in first high-profile discussion between the two countries since start of bitter territorial dispute
China’s incoming president meets Japanese envoy in first high-profile discussion between the two countries since start of bitter territorial dispute
Japan launches new satellites to boost surveillance
Japan launches new satellites to boost surveillance:
One of them was a radar-equipped unit to complete a system of surveillance satellites that will allow Tokyo to monitor any place in the world at least once a day.
Leader’s Visit Lifts a Village, Yet Lays Bare China’s Woes
Leader’s Visit Lifts a Village, Yet Lays Bare China’s Woes: 
Xi Jinping’s visit to a particularly poverty-stricken village in north China brought it attention and help, but also threw into relief the vast scale of the challenge.
Xi Jinping’s visit to a particularly poverty-stricken village in north China brought it attention and help, but also threw into relief the vast scale of the challenge.
Hundreds march against CY Leung's policy speech
Hundreds march against CY Leung's policy speech:
About 1,000 people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against the city leader’s policy speech, which they said offered nothing new on tackling a housing crisis and poverty.
Sri Lankans urged to intercept boats
Sri Lankans urged to intercept boats:
SOME Coalition frontbenchers has arrived in Sri Lanka to negotiate a possible agreement to intercept return all asylum boats.
SOME Coalition frontbenchers has arrived in Sri Lanka to negotiate a possible agreement to intercept return all asylum boats.
10,000 N Koreans starve
10,000 N Koreans starve:
A FATHER in North Korea is reported to have been executed for cannibalism during a "hidden famine" that may have killed more than 10,000 people.
A FATHER in North Korea is reported to have been executed for cannibalism during a "hidden famine" that may have killed more than 10,000 people.
Australian Open: Djokovic trounces Murray, makes history
Australian Open: Djokovic trounces Murray, makes history:
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, won his match against friend and rival, Britain's Andy Murray Sunday night, to take his third consecutive Australian Open title.
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, won his match against friend and rival, Britain's Andy Murray Sunday night, to take his third consecutive Australian Open title.
North Korean leader orders 'substantial' action: Is it a nuclear test?
North Korean leader orders 'substantial' action: Is it a nuclear test?:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken a defiant stance in response to a recent UN Security Council condemnation.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken a defiant stance in response to a recent UN Security Council condemnation.
Election loss forces Singapore into delicate balancing act
Election loss forces Singapore into delicate balancing act:
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It was just one seat in parliament but the loss of a by-election this weekend will force Singapore's long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) to take a hard look at how it balances investor and voter needs in one of the world's biggest financial centers.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It was just one seat in parliament but the loss of a by-election this weekend will force Singapore's long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) to take a hard look at how it balances investor and voter needs in one of the world's biggest financial centers.
Japan to boost military headcount amid china island row
Japan to boost military headcount amid china island row:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to boost the number of military personnel, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Sunday, as the new government led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) tackles a territorial spat with China over East China Sea islets.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to boost the number of military personnel, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Sunday, as the new government led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) tackles a territorial spat with China over East China Sea islets.
China keeps mum on Bo trial despite talk it could start on Monday
China keeps mum on Bo trial despite talk it could start on Monday:
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government is giving no details on the trial of shamed senior leader Bo Xilai, the final chapter in its worst political scandal in decades, as speculation mounted the case could be heard as early as Monday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government is giving no details on the trial of shamed senior leader Bo Xilai, the final chapter in its worst political scandal in decades, as speculation mounted the case could be heard as early as Monday.
Vietnam: Is Thanh the man?
Vietnam: Is Thanh the man?:
A scandal-ridden party lashes out at dissent and tries to tackle corruption
EARLIER this month Vietnam’s courts handed out long jail sentences to 14 young democracy activists and bloggers accused, on the flimsiest of evidence, of subverting the state. Even by the sorry standards of the country’s Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) rulers this marked a new low of pitiless, disproportionate repression. Their main transgression seems to have been nothing more belligerent than to attend a training session in Bangkok run by a banned political party.
The CPV might have meant the show trial as a sign of political strength, to intimidate any opposition, but most Vietnamese read the event more cynically—as an act of desperation by an increasingly paranoid party. Despite the economic progress brought by a quarter-century of reform and relative openness, the CPV risks losing the moral authority it needs to ...
A scandal-ridden party lashes out at dissent and tries to tackle corruption
EARLIER this month Vietnam’s courts handed out long jail sentences to 14 young democracy activists and bloggers accused, on the flimsiest of evidence, of subverting the state. Even by the sorry standards of the country’s Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) rulers this marked a new low of pitiless, disproportionate repression. Their main transgression seems to have been nothing more belligerent than to attend a training session in Bangkok run by a banned political party.
The CPV might have meant the show trial as a sign of political strength, to intimidate any opposition, but most Vietnamese read the event more cynically—as an act of desperation by an increasingly paranoid party. Despite the economic progress brought by a quarter-century of reform and relative openness, the CPV risks losing the moral authority it needs to ...
China carries out anti-missile test
China carries out anti-missile test:
BEIJING (Reuters) - China tested emerging military technology aimed at destroying missiles in mid-air after an initial test in 2010, state media said on Sunday, in a move that will unnerve its neighbors.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China tested emerging military technology aimed at destroying missiles in mid-air after an initial test in 2010, state media said on Sunday, in a move that will unnerve its neighbors.
N. Korea says third nuclear test is 'demand of the people'
N. Korea says third nuclear test is 'demand of the people':
North Korea has confirmed its intention to carry out a third nuclear test, saying it is the “demand of the people.” It comes after the UN tightened sanctions against the regime, following its December long-range rocket...
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North Korea has confirmed its intention to carry out a third nuclear test, saying it is the “demand of the people.” It comes after the UN tightened sanctions against the regime, following its December long-range rocket...
Read Full Article at RT.com
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