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Li's visit to India a good start for ties last updated : 2013-05-23 12:23:13 -> 197 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 -> 212 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 -> 246 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 -> 376 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 ....
Squaring the Arctic Circle last updated : 2013-05-23 09:19:12 -> 357 view(s)
After years of persistent efforts, China has finally joined the international "club" which decides the rules for the Arctic region. At the Arctic Council's eighth ministerial meeting - held in Kiruna, Sweden, on May 15 - China was granted observer st ....
When neighbours fight last updated : 2013-05-23 09:14:53 -> 273 view(s)
To my last column on the current conflict between the Philippines and Taiwan, a country with whom, until recently, we have had only friendly relations, a reader from Canada has written a most thoughtful rejoinder.
He wishes to remain anonymous, but ....
Japan needs more companies that cherish their female workers last updated : 2013-05-23 09:05:14 -> 246 view(s)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has trumpeted women’s active involvement in the workforce as a pillar of the government’s growth strategy. He aims to better utilise women’s abilities to invigorate the nation’s economy.
Abe specifically as ....
Details Thaksin did not tell the red shirts last updated : 2013-05-23 09:02:11 -> 281 view(s)
The way former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra addressed the red shirts at their gathering on May 19 may have left people wondering if political reconciliation could actually be achieved.
Thaksin's address showed aggression, arrogance and overconf ....
China seeks larger diplomatic footprint last updated : 2013-05-22 12:17:33 -> 508 view(s)
China's bid to facilitate the Israel-Palestine negotiations is being regarded in some quarters as a quixotic quest, as even the United States has found itself exhausted after fruitless mediation over half a century.
Contrarians would argue that a fr ....
Myanmar's road to democracy not without challenges last updated : 2013-05-22 10:10:56 -> 366 view(s)
In his landmark visit to the United States, Myanmar President Thein Sein made all the right noises: He called for an end to inter-communal violence and a national identity that would include people from all faiths. He talked about sharing power and r ....
Obama, Xi set to build rapport at retreat last updated : 2013-05-22 09:49:12 -> 386 view(s)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama are set to hold their first-ever retreat next month in California, in an effort to build personal ties.
The meeting, announced by both governments yesterday, is taking place earli ....
Pakistan's new era under Sharif last updated : 2013-05-22 09:06:41 -> 359 view(s)
Good, bad or ugly, the 2013 elections are over; and now testing times are ahead for the new incumbents. It is the third coming for Nawaz Sharif, a remarkable turn of fortune for a leader who was ousted from power by the military at gunpoint in 1999 a ....
The never-ending rape of the Camerons last updated : 2013-05-22 08:54:40 -> 341 view(s)
There is none so blind, as he who will not see. The hills of the Camerons are dying. Nature is crying out in anguish. And still, there are those who cannot, and will not, see the problem staring in their face.
Cameron Highlands is one of the most pr ....
Dealing with Pyongyang last updated : 2013-05-22 08:52:22 -> 331 view(s)
North Korea has ratcheted up tensions again in a measured way by firing what appeared to be short-range missiles into the East Sea for three consecutive days starting Saturday. Speculation has arisen about the North’s intention behind the launches, ....
Stranglehold last updated : 2013-05-22 08:50:15 -> 366 view(s)
Alfred McCoy’s classic description of Philippine politics—as “an anarchy of families”—was coined in the early 1990s, but two decades later it’s even more apt and true. The results of the 2013 midterm polls have only confirmed that, whil ....
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