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East Asia
Asiatic Black Bears Suffer from Appetite for Bear Bile
In 2012, bile bear tonic-selling Chinese Guizhentang Pharmaceutical went under fire after they have appeared in the to seek approval to be a publicly listed company in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, in which the animal rights movement and famous personalities, as well as citizens have criticized their action. With bear…
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[Transnational] Witnesses of the Incheon Asian Games
Returning to the Forgotten values of sports Maria Mejia·Colombia·Graduate student of Global Sport Management at SNU The 17th edition of the Asian Games represented for Korea not only the third opportunity to host the games, but also set questions within the sport world towards the readiness of a city to…
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China’s Asian Bank May Herald A New World Order
Since the 2008 economic meltdown, Europeans and the Americans have been asking the Chinese to contribute more to the Bretton Wood institutions. But, in turn, the Chinese have been demanding reforms to the hegemonic system of management and voting rights in these institutions that favour the Americans and the Europeans.…
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SINGAPORE ART FAIR SET TO KICK OFF THIS WEEK
Salsali Private Museum (UAE), XVA Gallery (UAE), Ward Gallery (Dubai, Cairo, & KSA) and Lahd Gallery (UK & USA) participate from the GCC region For its first edition, SINGAPORE ART FAIR presents the best of ME.NA.SA. artistic creations and confirms the participation of 59 top-leading galleries featuring more than 230…
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Growing Naypyidaw hosts 25th ASEAN Summit
The 25th ASEAN Summit was held in the Naypyidaw, Myanmar from November 12th to 13th, 2014, which was attended by 10 ASEAN heads of government. The ASEAN Summit, held biannually since the 14th ASEAN Summit in Cha Am, Thailand, was headed by Myanmar for the first time since its ascension…
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First Beijing IPR court to open in November
A court that specializes in intellectual property rights cases will open in the Chinese capital Beijing in November. The Beijing News reports that on November 2nd, the Standing Committee of the Beijing People’s Congress appointed Su Chi (57), the associate magistrate in one of Beijing’s intermediate courts, to be the…
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China Lays Claims to Leadership of the Buddhist World
With an impressive display of Chinese Buddhist culture and hospitality, China laid claims to giving leadership to the Buddhist world, by hosting over 600 international delegates for the 27th General Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) at the historic city of Baoji in northwestern China from October 16-18.…
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A Tale of the Three Shipbuilding Nations – A long long tunnel
The global shipbuilding market, which has stayed caught in a trap of overcapacity, is still struggling to exit from the long and dark tunnel. According to Clarkson Research, the global NB orders contracted this year to September totals 1,388 ships (92.02 mil dwt, 30.80 mil cgt, $352 million), declining 32%…
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Psy, Return to Gangnam Style
Every day on our way to my two daughters’ school, I am asked by both of them to play a selection of songs in the car CD player; the Egyptian version of “Gangnam Style” is one of those songs. It is no surprise to have an Egyptian touch of the…
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Korea-Saudi Businesses and Government Discuss Cooperation
1st Korea-Saudi Business Forum, “Saudi: Good Business Environment for Korean Business” “Saudi Arabia is an attractive country for investments. Service, manufacturing, R&D among other industries are showing signs of potential for growth.” In the 1st Korea-Saudi Business Forum held last October 30th in Grand Intercontinental Hotel at Seoul’s Samseong-dong, Abdullatif…
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