The New Mongolia
For centuries, Mongolia has been characterized as a herder culture, with few opportunities to make a living outside of this ancient tradition. All that is changing – and dramatically so …
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Living the Singapore Dream… in Malaysia
December 5, 2012 Cash, condominium, car, credit card, and country club membership. In Singapore, if you’ve got the “Five Cs”, you’ve got it made. However, with private condominium units priced …
Read MoreAn Interview with the Man Behind London’s Bubble Tea Boom
The bubble tea revolution is underway in London. For the uninitiated, bubble tea takes many different forms and can really be tailor made. In its most popular manifestation it is …
Read MoreChina’s International Football Aspirations Fall Flat
It is soon to be confirmed that footballer Didier Drogba (34), following his former Chelsea FC teammate Nicolas Anelka, has left Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua and signed for Galatasaray in …
Read MoreYour Father’s Daughter: Asia’s Most Powerful Women
A shared past of politics and family tragedy brought together two of the most influential female politicians in Asia at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Read MoreIndian Consumers in Distress
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) blinked in its standoff with the Indian finance minister P Chidambaram. The Indian central bank lowered the rate at which it lends to banks …
Read MoreChina Hits New York Times with Smear Allegation
The New York Times has claimed that hackers from China have “persistently” infiltrated it’s webspace over the past four months- in response, the Chinese foreign ministry has claimed that the …
Read MoreMcRefugees in Japan
The economic tribulations which have dogged Japan since the burst of the bubble economy have decimated employment opportunities for generations of graduates, especially for the cohorts of generation-X, who entered …
Read MoreA Day in the Life of a Hijabi
Vilified by the media, detested by many feminists, and banned by French authorities; the hijab is surely the most politicized female garb of the twenty-first century. However, with the aim …
Read MoreChina’s ‘Pig Killing List’
In today’s China, the focus on relationships, or guanxi, in business rather than adherence to rules and regulations is leading to volatility in China’s billionaires’ wealth. Recently, they demonstrate the …
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