The Thai government is currently considering extending Songkran to 9 days in 2020 to make up for a shortfall in tourism due to the Coronavirus outbreak. If approved, Songkran–Thailand’s wild and wet new year festival–would […]
As reports of coronavirus cases spread outside China, fear among Thai people that they too might catch the deadly virus has risen dramatically–as has anti-Chinese discrimination. There is currently no law on the books in […]
Robert Schellenberg, a 36-year-old Canadian citizen, was found guilty of smuggling 200 kg of methamphetamine into China recently and sentenced to death. Schellenberg was originally convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined […]
A Chinese court ruled this week that citizens in Asia’s economic number one economic power have the right to own and trade cryptocurrencies. In the verdict, The Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) proclaimed that […]
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As one is released, another is arrested Chinese officials have announced that prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong who disappeared in November of last year is under formal arrest and has dismissed all legal counsel. […]
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China’s international payment system for Yuan went online last week, and has so far failed to meet early market expectations, reports South China Morning Post. The “soft-launch” version of what has previously been dubbed the […]
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A documentary exposing China’s growing air pollution problem was blocked from major Chinese websites a week after being released and going viral, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. Created by popular former news anchor Chai Jing, […]
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Burma is the most recent country to join an anti-narcotics fight against drug-related crimes in the Mekong River region, CCTV.com reports. China, Thailand, Laos and now Burma will collaborate to “solve major trans-regional cases along the river […]
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Hong Kong’s highest court ruled Tuesday that domestic workers are not entitled to permanent residency, reports The New York Times. The court ruled unanimously that a Filipino domestic worker who lived in the city for […]
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Concerns over the safety of the US internal infrastructure means the Department of Homeland Security needs IT pros — and now, they’re recruiting younger minds for the jobs. The agency needs at least 600 hackers, […]
