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Changing face of Chinese workforce

May 6, 2014

It’s 8 a.m. in Shenzhen, and outside Foxconn, the better part of the mega-factory’s 160,000 employees are coming on or off shift. Young men and women stream through security checkpoints, entering the...
Japan’s shrinking society

May 6, 2014

Japan’s population hit a peak in 2008 and has been declining since. According to an estimate by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, the population will drop below 100 m...
Inside China’s most exclusive business club

Apr 29, 2014

When it was announced four years ago that the Chinese carmaker Geely was buying Swedish carmaker Volvo, the company drew plaudits worldwide for the daring and astuteness of its move. But few people ...
Sympathy for MH370 passengers’ families starting to run out

Apr 29, 2014

Carrying the same signs, wearing the same T-shirts and taking the same 3.8 km route to the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing, anguished families of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 passengers staged their s...
Manila senators slam new U.S.-Philippine pact

Apr 29, 2014

By letting their subalterns sign the defense deal, President Aquino and visiting U.S. President Barack Obama showed lack of good faith, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said on Monday. The Enhanced Def...
Canada recognizes Philippines toxic waste petition

Apr 22, 2014

Canada’s Embassy in the Philippines said Monday that the Canadian government recognized the call of petitioners, both Filipino and Canadian, to have container vans filled with hazardous waste brought...
Crowdfunding in China draws interest and concerns

Apr 22, 2014

Zhang Liling, 20, almost put 200 yuan ($32.12) into a new online financial product offered by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba that she hoped would give her a chance to meet some movie stars. Alibab...
Transgender Islamic boarding school reopens

Apr 22, 2014

A Pesantren Waria (Islamic boarding school for transgenders) in Yogyakarta has once again opened its doors, and brought the subject of freedom of religion for all ― regardless of sexual orientation ―...
Thaksin ‘ready to sacrifice family’

Apr 22, 2014

Adviser says former Thai PM wants his rivals to adhere to law, so country can move forward
Chinese ‘baby boxes’ get mixed reception

Apr 15, 2014

State-run program aimed at saving at-risk newborns triggers controversy
Strong support for leaders ‘good for Asia’

Apr 15, 2014

Asia would benefit from strongly supported leaders in China, Indonesia and India, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a discussion with Asian editors as elections get under way in the ...
Talent draw hazy for smog-choked Beijing

Apr 15, 2014

When her son’s persistent cough worsened into asthma as heavy, toxic smog plagued Beijing for days on end, Huang Liwen decided that she had had enough. The vice president of marketing at an aircraft...
Singapore gets first bitcoin-based ATM

Mar 25, 2014

Singapore’s first machine that can accept bitcoins and return cash opened at Bartini Kitchen on Boon Tat Street on Monday. It was set up by David Moskowitz, the Singapore-based founder of bitcoin ex...
Foreign leaders pick local flavors in China

Mar 25, 2014

Visiting foreign leaders and their ilk often opt for China’s specialties, rather than their home fare. Consequently, the dinner table has become a platform for connecting to ordinary locals. Ye Jun r...
Relatives of Chinese passengers of missing jet erupt in grief, anger

Mar 25, 2014

Emotions erupted when relatives were given the news, with some crying hysterically and others smashing chairs in a Beijing hotel ballroom soon after relatives of Chinese passengers on board the missi...