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(Shanghai Daily) – Construction on eight stations across downtown Shanghai along the planned Metro Line 14 will start over the next few months from this Friday, weighing down on congestion, police said yesterday. #Shanghai Starts Construction On Metro Line 14 https://t.co/ohbydd8fLl pic.twitter.com/JwCzuc6bzR — Shanghai Expat (@ShanghaiExpat) November 21, 2016 Police...
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(Khao Sod) – Affluent foreign residents over 50 will soon be able to apply for 10-year visas, a government spokesman said Tuesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0nCdOoJ5LM VIDEO: While the intention is to promote Thailand as a medical tourism hub, some fear that Thailand’s stigma as a sex tourism hotspot may continue...
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(Vice) When Christian Petersen-Clausen visited North Korea last year, he was struck by how few people had cellphones. In a world where it seems virtually everyone is now connected by mobile technology, the Hermit Kingdom lived up to its name. But when the China-based photographer returned to Pyongyang earlier...
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FAM delves into the “city of the future” that is going to be constructed to Singapore’s north, effectively serving as a “Shenzhen” (the Chinese manufacturing hub) while entrepot trading hub Singapore acts as the gateway to the world a la Hong Kong. The coverage begins with Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) The landscaped...
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(The Hollywood Reporter) – The Chinese film, which features Oscar-winning costume and set designers, is believed to be China’s most expensive production ever. This excludes the disastrous Empires of the Deep, which was written and produced by Chinese Oligarch Jon Jiang back in 2010, which had a budget of...
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(BBC) – China’s most wanted woman has surrendered herself to Chinese authorities, after a 13 year manhunt. Yang Xiuzhu is accused of embezzling more than $40m (£26m) when working as a public official. Ms Yang, 70, was detained in the United States in 2014 after she tried to enter...
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According to a report from the US Congress-funded Voice of America (VOA), a number of industry titans have voiced their concerns with investments in coal as propagated by President-elect Donald Trump. Locals in West Virginia, a state whose economy is highly dependent on the coal industry, remain skeptical of Donald...
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(China Daily) – Decades of breakneck economic growth led to China becoming the second largest economy on Earth, but as a result inequality has grown. Since Deng Xiaoping launched economic reforms in 1978, China has gone from one of the most equal societies, to one of the most unequal....
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(Bloomberg) – China has replaced veteran reformer Lou Jiwei with a new finance minister who’ll be tasked with juggling fiscal stimulus and efforts to rein in excess leverage in the world’s second-largest economy. Xiao Jie, previously a senior aide to Premier Li Keqiang, will replace 65-year-old Lou, who has...
(Shanghai Daily) – Construction on eight stations across downtown Shanghai along the planned Metro Line 14 will start over the next few months from this Friday, weighing down on congestion, police said yesterday. #Shanghai Starts Construction On Metro Line 14 https://t.co/ohbydd8fLl pic.twitter.com/JwCzuc6bzR — Shanghai Expat (@ShanghaiExpat) November 21, 2016 Police...
(Khao Sod) – Affluent foreign residents over 50 will soon be able to apply for 10-year visas, a government spokesman said Tuesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0nCdOoJ5LM VIDEO: While the intention is to promote Thailand as a medical tourism hub, some fear that Thailand’s stigma as a sex tourism hotspot may continue...
(Vice) When Christian Petersen-Clausen visited North Korea last year, he was struck by how few people had cellphones. In a world where it seems virtually everyone is now connected by mobile technology, the Hermit Kingdom lived up to its name. But when the China-based photographer returned to Pyongyang earlier...
FAM delves into the “city of the future” that is going to be constructed to Singapore’s north, effectively serving as a “Shenzhen” (the Chinese manufacturing hub) while entrepot trading hub Singapore acts as the gateway to the world a la Hong Kong. The coverage begins with Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) The landscaped...
(The Hollywood Reporter) – The Chinese film, which features Oscar-winning costume and set designers, is believed to be China’s most expensive production ever. This excludes the disastrous Empires of the Deep, which was written and produced by Chinese Oligarch Jon Jiang back in 2010, which had a budget of...
(BBC) – China’s most wanted woman has surrendered herself to Chinese authorities, after a 13 year manhunt. Yang Xiuzhu is accused of embezzling more than $40m (£26m) when working as a public official. Ms Yang, 70, was detained in the United States in 2014 after she tried to enter...
According to a report from the US Congress-funded Voice of America (VOA), a number of industry titans have voiced their concerns with investments in coal as propagated by President-elect Donald Trump. Locals in West Virginia, a state whose economy is highly dependent on the coal industry, remain skeptical of Donald...
(China Daily) – Decades of breakneck economic growth led to China becoming the second largest economy on Earth, but as a result inequality has grown. Since Deng Xiaoping launched economic reforms in 1978, China has gone from one of the most equal societies, to one of the most unequal....
(Bloomberg) – China has replaced veteran reformer Lou Jiwei with a new finance minister who’ll be tasked with juggling fiscal stimulus and efforts to rein in excess leverage in the world’s second-largest economy. Xiao Jie, previously a senior aide to Premier Li Keqiang, will replace 65-year-old Lou, who has...