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East Asia
Chinese college graduates crowd a job fair in Tianjian
Job hunters take part in a job fair at the Tianjin University of Finance and Economics in Tianjin, north China, April 10, 2013. The job fair attracted 225 enterprises and institutions, providing 4,700 job vacancies for college graduates. <Xinhua/Liu Dongyue>
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What N. Korea means to America and China
Editor’s note: In the wake of the recent crisis on the Korean Peninsula, shifting politics between U.S. and China has been a center of attention. Following article published on the April 13 issue of The Economist is one way to look at this issue. While neither America nor China wants a…
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Taiwan’s middle-income trap
Editor’s note: Taiwan’s economy, built on an export-oriented manufacturing sector, was once a powerhouse of Asia’s emerging economies. But over the past decade or so, growth in personal income has slowed considerably and the Taiwanese economic miracle has begun to fade. The key to reviving the economy lies in promoting…
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East Asia
A N. Korean soldier patrols Chinese border amid threat on missile launch
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 photo, a North Korean soldier holds his rifle patroling on the river bank of the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite to the Chinese border city of Dandong. North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric Thursday with claims it had “powerful striking means”…
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North Koreans visit Pyongyang Folk Park
North Koreans visit the Pyongyang Folk Park on the outskirts of Pyongyang Thursday, April 11, 2013. The park, which spans Korean history from prehistoric to modern times, opened in September 2012 after three years of construction by North Korean soldiers. <AP Photo/David Guttenfelder>
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East Asia
Grandson Kim: Who laughs last?
In the 1940s, the German leader Adolf Hitler was going on building his Greatest Germania; a target that was not accepted by his far enemies or by his competing neighbors. The survival of the better economically and scientifically Hitler, compared by Europe’s countries, meant that there will be a fierce…
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Ending North Korea’s gamesmanship
Editor’s note: The crisis on the Korean peninsula has heightened to the bitter end. Here’s a view from Singapore’s The Strait Times to address the issue. It never is wise to discount renewed conflict on the Korean peninsula, despite the latest brinkmanship showing a familiar pattern. If the military moves…
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East Asia
Chinese President Xi puts on traditional bamboo hat in Hainan Province
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) puts on a bamboo hat given by local residents of Li ethnic group during his visit to a rose farm at Yalong Bay in Sanya City, south China’s Hainan Province, April 9, 2013. Xi Jinping made an inspection tour to Hainan Province from April 8…
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A S. Korean soldier patrols barricaded border village of Panmunjom
A South Korean army soldier walks at barricaded Unification Bridge near the border village of Panmunjom, that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 11, 2013. As the world braced for a provocative missile launch by North Korea, with…
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NK bellicose rhetoric defers arrival of spring
Spring has apparently come as it is already the second week of April, but nobody really feels like it has. It may be because of the drastic temperature fluctuation between day and night. However, it seems that the lingering cold is not all that makes people feel the unseasonal chill…
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