Taking the silk road to selling mail order garments in USBOOK REVIEW: Chicken Lips, Wheeler Dealer, and the Beady-Eyed MBA: An Entrepreneur’s Wild Adventures On The New Silk Road by…Mon Jul 25 2011 - 01:00
China sacks officials as 35 die in train collisionCHINA SACKED three senior railway officials yesterday after a collision between two high-speed trains killed at least 35 people…Mon Jul 25 2011 - 01:00
China's Communist Party turns 90, but is it a happy birthday?As the Communist Party marks its 90th anniversary with lavish events, there are signs of increasing public annoyance about corruption…Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
Thai election a chance to 'detoxify' politicsTHAILAND’S PRIME minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has described next weekend’s elections as an opportunity to detoxify the political…Mon Jun 27 2011 - 01:00
Made In TaiwanDESIGN: TO MOST PEOPLE, “Made in Taiwan” means microchips, reliable if dull laptops and huge Taiwanese companies in Guangdong…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Keeping on the boil from Hong Kong to Isle of Man and backWILD GEESE: Paul Hussey , CEO of Strix, makers of electric kettle controlsFri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Shanghai introduces one dog policy to control numbersYOU’VE HEARD of the One Child Policy in China. Now get ready for the One Dog Policy.Tue May 17 2011 - 01:00
Singapore grip hard to resist amid roar of recovered Asian TigerWILD GEESE: Paraic McGrath, Asia-Pacific sales and marketing director, Intuition PublishingFri May 06 2011 - 01:00
Boys seen as effeminate sent to camp to be 'cured'A GROUP of 66 Malaysian schoolboys viewed as effeminate have been sent to a special camp to make them more butch and “cure” them…Thu Apr 21 2011 - 01:00
Christians held in China crackdownCHINA’S BIGGEST crackdown in years continued yesterday as scores of worshippers from the Shouwang Christian house church were…Mon Apr 11 2011 - 01:00
In China, Dylan leaves political ambiguities blowing in the windBEIJING LETTER : The singer’s gruff voice left lyrics indistinct, reducing the potential for controversyMon Apr 11 2011 - 01:00
Reinventing his business as Singapore reinvented itselfWILDGEESE: EMIGRANT BUSINESS LEADERS ON OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD: Mícheál Collins, Co-founder, director, Collins Kumarasinghe Associates…Fri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Subdued mood in wake of Japan's quake tragedyASIA: CALAMITOUS EVENTS unfolding in Japan and a security crackdown in China had a sobering effect on St Patrick’s Day celebrations…Fri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Western-style political reforms ruled out by China's top legislatorCHINA WILL never adopt multiparty democracy or any other western-style political reforms that could challenge the Communist Party…Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Shanghai Irish to organise smaller event to mark St Patrick's DayORGANISERS OF the St Patrick’s Day festival in Shanghai sought to put a brave face on things yesterday after city authorities…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Rival protesters back on streets of BangkokTHAILAND’S DEEP political divisions were underlined by demonstrations yesterday which featured both red and yellow-shirted protesters…Mon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
Anti-government Red Shirts to hold Bangkok rallyTHAILAND’S ANTI-GOVERNMENT Red Shirts are planning a major rally tomorrow at Bangkok’s criminal court to demand the release of…Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Luckily for scared rabbits, China's children prefer hard cashHONG KONG LETTER: When it comes to gifts, Lunar New Year is Christmas and New Year rolled into oneWed Feb 09 2011 - 00:00
Suu Kyi's party calls for talks on sanctionsTHE PARTY of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi wants talks with western nations with a view to easing sanctions, …Wed Feb 09 2011 - 00:00
Thai and Cambodian troops continue to clash amid reports of damage to ancient templeDEADLY CLASHES between Thai and Cambodian troops continued for a fourth day yesterday at a disputed ancient border temple, with…Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Discovering Shanghai is the gateway to China's business worldWILD GEESE: James Ryan , Logistics firm manager and exhibition organiser, ShanghaiFri Feb 04 2011 - 00:00
Rules to end forced demolitions in ChinaILLEGAL FORCED demolitions by unscrupulous property developers, often sneaking in under cover of darkness and using hired thugs…Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:00
Thousands protest in Bangkok to demand Red Shirt leaders' releaseTENS OF thousands of Red Shirts took to the streets of the Thai capital, Bangkok, yesterday to demand the release of their leaders…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Finding more Asian opportunities beyond Hong Kong and ChinaWILD GEESE : Rob Agnew, Managing director of Matrix Services, Hong KongFri Jan 07 2011 - 00:00
Chinese more concerned about corrupt officials than democracyBEIJING LETTER: More than 240,000 cases of embezzlement, bribery, dereliction of duty, and rights abuses were investigated from…Fri Dec 31 2010 - 00:00
'China's Bordeaux' in chemical scandalCHINA’S FLEDGLING wine-growing business has been hit by the latest food scandal to shake the country after a number of wineries…Tue Dec 28 2010 - 00:00
Senior Chinese envoy meets N Korean leader in PyongyangA TOP Chinese foreign policy official, state councillor Dai Bingguo, has met North Korea’s Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, amid the…Fri Dec 10 2010 - 00:00
China raises pressure for Nobel Prize boycottTHERE COULD be a lot of empty chairs in Oslo this week when the Nobel Prize committee awards jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo…Wed Dec 08 2010 - 00:00
Business as usual for South Koreans despite North's threatsSEOUL: The people of Seoul tend not to dwell on the tensions across the demilitarised zoneMon Dec 06 2010 - 00:00
Beijing tries to control public discontent on rising pricesRISING PRICES in China are in danger of becoming a major political issue, after consumer prices hit a 25-month high in November…Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
Give me a crash course in . . . the North Korean missile crisisEven that connoisseur of international relations Sarah Palin got a bit confused this week, incorrectly calling North Korea an…Sat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
Tensions near boiling point after Korean skirmishesTHE KOREAN peninsula remained in turmoil yesterday after this week’s artillery skirmish, with the North Koreans saying joint …Sat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
Pyongyang remains belligerent as tensions rise in KoreaAS SOUTH Koreans picked up the pieces after this week’s devastating artillery barrage from North Korea, which killed two civilians…Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
When poor air quality deteriorates to the point of 'crazy bad'BEIJING LETTER: Almost everyone has a cough, creating a sense of a city on two packs of cigarettes a dayMon Nov 22 2010 - 00:00
Opposition to aid Suu Kyi's 'non-violent' fightBURMA’S pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has started legal action against the dissolution of her National League…Thu Nov 18 2010 - 00:00
Suu Kyi tells her supporters of need for dialogueTHOUSANDS OF cheering supporters greeted Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday after she was freed from seven years…Mon Nov 15 2010 - 00:00
Chinese activist to attend Nobel award for jailed dissidentCHINESE ENVIRONMENTAL activist Dai Qing said yesterday she will attend the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident…Mon Nov 08 2010 - 00:00
Burma poll aimed at transfer of power back to juntaBURMESE VOTERS go to the polls for the first time in two decades tomorrow for what has been widely flagged as an “election of…Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Vietnam keen to take its place among pantheon of high performersHANOI LETTER: This is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, despite the authoritarian regimeMon Nov 01 2010 - 00:00
Young Chinese play catch-up with runaway property pricesSHANGHAI LETTER: Democracy is the least of concerns for China’s youth as strong economic growth pushes apartment prices out …Wed Oct 27 2010 - 01:00
Thousands evacuated from path of typhoonHUNDREDS OF thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas in southeast China in the path of “super typhoon” Megi…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
China denies report of Chinese bullets found in DarfurCHINA IS trying to block the release of a United Nations report that says Chinese bullets have been used against Darfur peacekeepers…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Tibetans protest over being forced to study in MandarinTHOUSANDS OF Tibetans from six schools in western China have taken to the streets to protest against being forced to study in…Thu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
'Vigorous' effort to push economic reform in ChinaCHINA’S COMMUNIST Party will make “vigorous yet steady” efforts to push political restructuring in the next five years, a communiqué…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Determined parents will never give up on their missing childrenBEIJING LETTER: A group pf parents gather regularly in Beijing with photographs of their missing childrenFri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Nobel laureate dedicates prize to protest victimsTHE WIFE of Nobel peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo is under house arrest after she had a brief and emotional meeting with her husband…Tue Oct 12 2010 - 01:00
A champion of basic rights who refuses to be silencedLIU XIAOBO is a classic dissident in the cold war mode – a chain-smoker, a deeply intellectual academic with a wry sense of humour…Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
How a 'milk round' job led to a career in Asian propertyWILDGEESE - EMIGRANT BUSINESS LEADERS ON OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD: Colin MacDonald, Chief executive, Fine Grain Property, Singapore…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
On the up and upCITIES IN emerging markets represent the single biggest commercial growth opportunity in coming decades, and rapid growth in …Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Thai 'Red Shirts' mark anniversary of coupRED-SHIRTED PROTESTERS took to the streets of Bangkok yesterday for their first demonstration since May’s military crackdown, …Mon Sept 20 2010 - 01:00