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Sep 20, 2011

ASIA News, Sep 20, 2011


VP Binay still most trusted gov't official - survey
Philippine Star
In a statement, Binay said that the result of the latest Pulse Asia survey "inspire and challenge me to do more for our people." The vice president had confirmed in a recent interview that he is planning to seek the presidency in the next presidential ...
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U.S., China Tone Down Taiwan Fight
Wall Street Journal
But the decision could cause other conflicts with critics in the US and Asia who want the White House to take a stronger tack to counter China's growing military might. The Obama administration has decided to upgrade Taiwan's existing 146 Lockheed ...
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Wall Street Journal
Caption Contest Winner: What Can You Do With a Fordham Law Degree?
Above the Law
Please feel free to check out this link to see some of our recent articles on expat / cola allowances in Asia: http://www.theasiachronicles.com/archives/category/expat-packages Most US and UK firms in Asia get us involved when they are considering any ...
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This threat is not just for the birds
The Hindu
But even in 2005, the virus was largely confined to South-East Asia. In May that year, the virus infected and killed a large number of migrating water birds that had gathered at the Qinghai Lake in western China. “The deaths of swans and geese marked ...
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The Hindu
US Stock Futures Sink As Greece Worries Mount
Wall Street Journal
Asian stocks dropped Monday and European equity markets also fell sharply, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 index down 2% in midday trade. The ASE Composite index in Athens fared even worse, slumping 3.2%. In Greece, the cabinet of Prime Minister George ...
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SFist Tonight, 9/19: Low, Theater Pub, 'Turandot' Talk
SFist
MUSIC: Beloved "slowcore" trio Low will be at Great American tonight in support of their latest album, C'Mon, which was "[r]ecorded in an old church in Duluth, MN and mixed in an apartment in Hollywood, CA” and is considered the band's most ...
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SFist
Forget Gold and Treasurys, Apple is the New Safe Haven
CNBC.com
He points to weakness in Asia as a sign that Apple's outperformance is coming to an end. “Because it's the growing market for tech and it's where most of the products are produced, historically tech and Asia are highly correlated. And Asia has been ...
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Embodiments of death
Kuwait Times
In a recent incident that took place in Kuwait, a Saudi woman was admitted into one of the local hospitals for delivery. After six days of suffering, the doctors performed a C-section on the woman. Her husband was informed that the woman had passed ...
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C-Section: SVP Matthew Malenfant Leaves VWR to Pursue a Top Post - cbl
Citybizlist (press release)
Malenfant, who joined the company in 1995, had held his most recent position since 2006. Earlier he served as Senior Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Zone from 1997 to 1999, as its Senior Vice President of Marketing and Global Sourcing, ...
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Citybizlist (press release)
What Wall Sell-Side Analysts Are Buzzing About This Morning
Business Insider
Channel checks and a recent trip to Asia suggest stronger supply chain management. Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: TEVA): Day 7 of patent infringement Copaxone trial against Novartis AG's Sandoz unit, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mylan Inc., ...
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United in fighting a common enemy
SBS (blog)
The Asia-Pacific region is of growing global importance, not least because of China's growing influence and the ever-tenuous relationship between North and South Korea. On Friday Clinton and Rudd, however, both chose to highlight Burma as an area of ...
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SBS (blog)
On The Road Review: Nissan Altima
Fenceviewer
These are tumultuous times in the car business and the Asian automakers have been living the kinds of nightmares that have afflicted domestic automakers for decades: quality gaffes, production issues, parts shortages, dollar-to-yen variances, etc. ...
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Why the BRICS won't 'save' Europe
Asia Times Online
The BRICS's ultimate fear is that this perpetual eurozone wasteland plus American stagnation will lead to a global contraction also wreaking havoc all across Asia, South America and Africa. Public opinion in the development world has long memories. ...
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The hottest sector in this raging inflation scenario is..
Equitymaster.com
Combine this with higher fuel prices as well as increasing prices of the car itself, it is little wonder why demand for cars has seen a slowdown in recent times. In fact, the Automobile Association expects demand for cars to slowdown even during the ...
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Three spots are worthy on little used spur trail, Course No. 7-1
The Jeju Weekly
An “ecological museum,” this place seems to get a lot of publicity for being the largest maar (shallow-shaped) crater in Asia, according to the sign. There's a lot of available spring water around, so naturally, rice is grown in the area. ...
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Ambassador Learned Duties Only After Appointment
Patch.com
For example, when the nuclear reactors were melting down in Japan after the recent tsunami, we arranged for a US C-17 cargo plane to fly to Perth, in western Australia, load up a couple of huge water cannons, and take them to the reactor site, ...
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China spends billions to solidify energy supply
CME-MEC (blog)
"Chinese oil companies have become involved in joint ventures in Iraq and Australia," the report says. "The Chinese presence is also a relatively recent phenomenon, as foreign FDI, primarily from the United States, had poured in some C$125 billion by ...
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Jaguar Land Rover CEO Hails Concept Cars
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CHINESE Sports News, Sep 20, 2011

The Freedom to Fail vs. The Tiger Mom
New Yorker (blog)
Within a decade, China would be in the throes of the Cultural Revolution and athletes would be punished for “trophyism”—the excessive pursuit of personal achievement —but Solomon discovered some intriguing evidence: under Communism, Chinese children ...
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New Yorker (blog)
2011 China Equestrian Festival concluded
China Daily
Some 100 athletes from different parts of the country and their horses partaked in five professional competitions ranging from Western equestriansports such as barrel racing and jumping challenge to Chinese-style speed horse riding and horse ...
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China Daily

In or on the bubble? Thoughts on who will make the US women's world gymnastics ...
Universal Sports (blog)
The Americans now have several great bar workers who could potentially help them defeat the Chinese and Russians. Shawn Johnson has been looking better and better and hit six-for-six at Visa's, showing she may in fact be ready for a return to world ...
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Moment #14: Diver Greg Louganis comes out publicly at Gay Games IV
Outsports.com (blog)
As a competitor, Louganis's mechanics were so sound that China'snational coaches in the 1980s pored over film of his dives and tailored their programs to match his technical precision. Perhaps not surprisingly, theChinese have dominated diving much ...
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Outsports.com (blog)

Taekwondo's Yang turns down Lee Myung-bak's gift
Taipei Times
“As the gift came at a sensitive time, Yang has decided to have the Chinese Taipei Taekwondo Association keep the watch,” Chinese Taipei Taekwondo Association (CTTA) president Angus Hsu (許安進) said. The Chinese-language China Times reported yesterday ...
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HU12.Net: Olympics 2012: Chinese athletes to train in the East Riding
Olympics 2012: Chinese athletes to train in the East Riding ... where they will fence in the new sports hall, ride at the equestrian centre, and train for ... China boasts as a team member one of the sport's world champions Qian Chen, who is a ...
hu12net.blogspot.com/.../olympics-2012-chinese-athletes-to-tr...
Ninth Chinese National Ethnic Games closed in Guiyang - Sports ...
Sports > Popular News ... 18 (Xinhua) -- As the flame of the ninth Chinese National Ethnic Games went out at the Guiyang Olympic ... A one-minute video capturing pictures of athletes from different nationalities during the games was played on ...
english.sina.com/sports/2011/0918/397726.html
No one individual competition into the semi-finals China - Sports News
In male and female compound bow individual knockout, there is no Chinese athletes, the ultimate Canadian Terry Andrews and the United States men's ...
www.f-paper.com/?i894733-No-one-individual...into...
China's Gold Medal Sports System - YouTube
that China's sports system inherited practices from the former Soviet Union, which made the Chinese athletes achieve good results in the ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5t-eHQlGcY
6 Chinese Taipei athletes like James Wei wide network competition ...
China news agency, Guangzhou, September 18 (Lai Yingjun) - 2011 ... Latest China News » Sports News » 6 Chinese Taipei athletes like James Wei wide ...
www.chinastudygroup.org/6-chinese-taipei-athletes-like-james...
(1of5)中华人民共和国第九届少数民族传统体育运动会闭幕式
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Ethnic Games held in SW China】 As the flame of the ninthChinese National Ethnic Games went out at the Guiyang Olympic Sports ...
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(4of5)中华人民共和国第九届少数民族传统体育运动会闭幕式
15 min
Ethnic Games held in SW China】 As the flame of the ninthChinese National Ethnic Games went out at the Guiyang Olympic Sports ...
youtube.com
(5of5)中华人民共和国第九届少数民族传统体育运动会闭幕式
15 min
Ethnic Games held in SW China】 As the flame of the ninthChinese National Ethnic Games went out at the Guiyang Olympic Sports ...
youtube.com
(3of5)中华人民共和国第九届少数民族传统体育运动会闭幕式
15 min
Ethnic Games held in SW China】 As the flame of the ninthChinese National Ethnic Games went out at the Guiyang Olympic Sports ...
youtube.com
(2of5)中华人民共和国第九届少数民族传统体育运动会闭幕式
15 min
Ethnic Games held in SW China】 As the flame of the ninthChinese National Ethnic Games went out at the Guiyang Olympic Sports ...
youtube.com

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