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World's tallest structure with down-to-earth purpose last updated : 2013-05-25 09:37:59 -> 485 view(s)
Futurists who have been predicting "exponential growth" in mankind's technological development might just give a "we told you so" shrug on hearing the news that the world's next tallest building will only take six or seven months to construct. The re ....
Shared goals: Ties with China last updated : 2013-05-25 09:27:01 -> 334 view(s)
Three points — energy, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism — stand out among the number of issues on which Pakistan and China reached understanding during Prime Minister Li Keqiang’s two-day visit.
Quite understandably, the incoming prime ....
Drone speech misses the mark last updated : 2013-05-25 09:17:54 -> 399 view(s)
US President Barack Obama's speech on drones and counterterrorism at the National Defence University in Washington on Thursday falls far short of my expectations.
To be blunt, his arguments were deeply flawed and full of contradictions.
In what has ....
The threshold of polarisation last updated : 2013-05-24 10:49:19 -> 500 view(s)
As the last Governor General of British India, acting in concert with Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Lord Mountbatten helped partition the Subcontinent. In August 1979, he was boating off his estate in Northern Ireland, off the village of ....
Long way to go before Indonesia sees rail revival last updated : 2013-05-24 10:15:33 -> 837 view(s)
If Ignasius Jonan, the youthful boss of the state-owned Kereta API national railway, has his way, Indonesia will soon see the rebirth of the golden age of rail, with trains replacing many of the trucks carrying freight across populous Java.
Rail is ....
Buddhism and its relevance to the modern world last updated : 2013-05-24 10:12:34 -> 612 view(s)
There is a misconception among some that Buddhism is a so lefty and sublime way of life that in order to practice it one should totally retire from this world and go into seclusion. This is mainly due to the poor understanding of the knowledge of the ....
All-weather friends last updated : 2013-05-24 09:07:27 -> 318 view(s)
The fruits of Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Pakistan, which concluded on Thursday, show the unbreakable friendship between the two countries is not just effusive words. The two nations' resolve to continue the good momentum in their long-term inter ....
Japan, China 'must put aside differences' last updated : 2013-05-24 09:02:53 -> 438 view(s)
Japan and China must put aside their differences over territorial claims and consider their relations from a broader perspective, experts said at an international conference in Tokyo to discuss the future of Asia.
Political tensions between the two ....
An anxious society last updated : 2013-05-24 09:00:24 -> 232 view(s)
Nearly 4 million closed-circuit TVs are installed at buildings, apartment complexes, public facilities and streets across Korea, according to figures from the Ministry of Security and Public Administration. Still, demand for security-related services ....
Out of the doldrums last updated : 2013-05-24 08:47:35 -> 278 view(s)
At the rites marking the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Navy, President Aquino announced a 75-billion peso (US$1.7 billion) upgrade for the service. It is a necessary investment, but hardly sufficient.
In terms both absolute (number of ships ....
Confucianism isn't a quick fix for China moral vacuum last updated : 2013-05-24 08:29:01 -> 187 view(s)
Many people may turn to chicken-soup-for-the-soul kind of books for guidance and inspiration when they feel lost. In China, many are now looking to Confucianism — which the country shunned as toxic and reactionary to its communist cause decades ago ....
Li's visit to India a good start for ties last updated : 2013-05-23 12:23:13 -> 421 view(s)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang smiled and waved as he stepped off the plane on Sunday to start a three-day visit to India, showing the Indians a new face of China.
Confident and pleasant, he made jokes during his public engagements and added personal to ....
Comatose parliament: system lacks the basics for democracy last updated : 2013-05-23 11:14:56 -> 502 view(s)
The Indian Parliament has been adjourned sine die despite the fact that 100 Bills are pending. On the face of it, this appears to be a perversion of democracy. It may be quite the opposite though, because it may be better for a bad ruler to remain in ....
Setting history right last updated : 2013-05-23 10:39:38 -> 352 view(s)
At a time when right-wing Japanese politicians are making reckless, history-distorting remarks on a daily basis, it is refreshing to hear that a group of Japanese intellectuals is visiting Korea to set history straight.
The group, consisting of thr ....
Taiwan's anger baffles Filipinos last updated : 2013-05-23 10:19:51 -> 611 view(s)
The ferocity of the storm of anger that has erupted in Taiwan over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards has left the Philippines stunned.
Indeed, the death of Hung Shih-cheng on May 9 - which unleashed sanctions aga ....
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