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Taiwan official quits over death penalty
12 03 2010 Taiwan's justice minister, Wang Ching-feng, steps down, days after saying she would not authorise executions.

Siberian tigers die at China zoo
12 03 2010 Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, raising fears over treatment of captive animals in the country.

Burma election laws a 'setback'
12 03 2010 The US calls Burma's new election laws a setback for dialogue, as a UN envoy condemns 'gross' human rights violations.

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Asia Times

South Korea reluctant to take command
12 03 2010 United States forces in South Korea are wrestling to set a date to hand over control of military operations to their hosts. General Walter Sharp, commander of the American contingent, says with military precision that the top brass in Seoul will assume command "on 17 April, 2012". The South Koreans seem none too sure they will be ready. - Donald Kirk (Mar 12, '10)

US, China struggle with mid-life crisis
12 03 2010 The influence of a declining United States and the power of a rising China, coupled with how each meets domestic pressures, will continue to test already strained ties, putting the two countries on a collision path that neither seeks nor can gain from. This comes at a time when they have never needed each other more. - Jing-dong Yuan (Mar 12, '10)

When the Mekong runs dry
12 03 2010 Thailand says dams in China are lowering the Mekong River to critical levels, while Beijing blames the water shortage on a severe drought. Millions of people in the lower Mekong nations depend on the river for fishing and irrigation, but this quarrel suggests their governments are powerless in the face of China's water-management. - Brian McCartan (Mar 12, '10)

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Far Eastern Economic Review / Essays


The purpose of this weekly economic publication is to analyze and interpret financial, commercial and industrial developments; to collect economic news; and to present views and opinions with the intent to improve existing conditions.

The Paradox of Japan’s Human Rights
12 03 2010 Japan’s government puts great stress on protection of human rights in its public awareness campaigns. And with a vibrant democracy and independent judiciary, Japan would seem to be well placed to score well internationally for civil liberties. So it must be puzzling for Japanese leaders when they are subject to repeated, sometimes scathing criticism for the country’s poor human-rights record.
Posted December 4, 2009

Retrospective: Asia through the lens of ‘FEER'
12 03 2010 It was the beginning of a new era for the region, and the FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW was a new magazine to report it. In 1946, Asia was still in upheaval; the Pacific War had wrought devastation, a wave of decolonization was sweeping across the region, and China was mired in ideological struggle and civil war. Rural poverty stretched from Korea to Malaya, and in a pre-Asean, pre-APEC and pre-globalization world, few could have imagined that the region's fragmented nations would come together to form an economic powerhouse with integrated supply chains.
Posted December 4, 2009

Land Reform Lessons For Asia’s Giants
12 03 2010 Most of China and India’s population—1.4 billion people out of a total of 2.5 billion—still depend directly on agriculture for much of all of their livelihood. Yet the majority of this huge farming population lacks secure rights to the land they cultivate.
Posted December 4, 2009

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IPS / Asia Pacific / News


Inter Press Service is a global news agency producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south

INDONESIA: Waste Composting Project Blazes Cleaner Path
12 03 2010 JAKARTA, Mar 11 (IPS) - Battling the pain from a boil on his left thigh, 45-year-old Inggit Tukino pulled his two-wheeled cart through the overcrowded alleys of a slum in Rawabebek, Penjaringan hamlet in here North Jakarta.

THAILAND: Media Caught in Red-or-Yellow Divide Too
12 03 2010 BANGKOK, Mar 11 (IPS) - Anyone who is still trying to look for neutrality or balance in the Thai media in these days of political ferment, ahead of large anti-government protests expected in the capital, has a pretty tough job.

BURMA: Despite Loss at Oscars, Film A Testament to Courage
12 03 2010 BANGKOK, Mar 11 (IPS) - It may have not won an Oscar, but its having been a final contender for the prestigious statue at the U.S. Academy Awards on Mar. 7 has taken ‘Burma VJ’ to heights never achieved by previous films depicting the oppression and courage in military-ruled Burma.

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