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It’s truly remarkable how, in early 2004, a global increase in accidents involving people falling down manholes became one of the first indicators of the massive boom taking place in China’s economy. But the fact is that as the “Dragon of the East” grew as a manufacturing base, its need for raw materials, especially iron, […]

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The word “thug” conjures up images of someone who is violent, brutish and crude, probably a bit of a nutter and, more often than not, driven by villainous intent. A network of criminal Indian gangs that favored strangling their victims before robbing them doesn’t normally spring to mind. read more…

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Life is full of paradoxes for dissident Chinese author Ma Jian. Creative exile in England allows him to write more freely about his homeland. his banned status in China boosts his sales in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and creates a sales angle for his books in English. read more…

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Gazing at the wonders of Southeast Asia, through the words and experiences of an author, provides a unique opportunity to explore this diverse region. Those who write in English have particular influence in their capability to inspire the world’s biggest book buying market to venture to distant shores. However, the occidental view is not without […]

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Four times Booker Prize nominee and one time winner – Schindler’s Ark, 1982 – Thomas Keneally intelligently investigates the dehumanizing effect of transforming real people into the homogenous, singular entity of “asylum seekers” in his book The Tyrant’s Novel. The story revolves around the protagonist Alan Sheriff, a refugee locked up in a detention centre […]

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Netscape. The Internet. Outsourcing. Supply-chaining. Offshoring. In-forming. Just some of the forces that three times Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman claims are not only breaking down national barriers to trade, innovation, wealth and information. They are flattening the world. His latest book, The World Is Flat: A Brief History […]

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In the 50 odd years since he left the catholic mission that was his childhood home, Carlos Fillipe Ximenes Belo has come a long way. From Wailakama village on Timor’s north coast, he traveled through seminaries in Rome and Portugal, only to return to a homeland that was under the tyranny of Indonesian occupation, where […]

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In the 50 odd years since he left the catholic mission that was his childhood home, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has come a long way. From Wailakama village on Timor’s north coast, he travelled through seminaries in Rome and Portugal, only to return to a homeland that was under the tyranny of Indonesian occupation, where […]

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Truth is often cited as the first casualty of war. For former chief weapons inspector Dr Hans Blix, the US-led invasion of Iraq left another ideal seriously wounded – critical thought. In a world increasingly fragmented along religious, economic and geopolitical lines, he says the need for governments to examine complex issues through rational thought, […]

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Authors enthralled by nation’s exotic charm Western writers continue to be lured to the land of misty mountains, writes Greg Lowe THE NAME MYANMAR evokes a sense of mystery and intrigue, casting an intoxicating spell that lures many travellers to its distant shores and mist-clad mountains. read more…

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