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Uncertainty awaits Samsung after heir and vice-chairman gets five-year jail term for bribing former president
Published: 25/08/2017A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for crimes that helped topple the country’s president, a stunning downfall that could freeze up decision-m ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
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Backlash builds over two Singaporean men jailed for one year in UAE for ‘dressing feminine’
Published: 25/08/2017The family of a Singaporean man jailed with a transgender friend in the United Arab Emirates for dressing in a “feminine” way called on Friday for their release, as activists raced to rais ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
A scholar pays tribute to an academic mentor (essay)
Published: 25/08/2017Irene Sanchez pays tribute to the person who saw something in her on the days when she couldn’t see it in herself. Read moreSource: www.insidehighered.com
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Published: 25/08/2017Past Matters, LLC (Baltimore, MD) Read moreSource: preservenet.cornell.edu -
US probe into Chinese trade practices will only harm American businesses
Published: 25/08/2017Last week, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer formally initiated an investigation into China’s policies and practices on intellectual property rights. The allegations underlying the inves ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
Creative Circle is looking for a Creative Services Manager/Promotions Manager **Producer Focu in Jacksonville, Florida
Published: 25/08/2017Position: Creative Services Manager/Promotions Manager **Producer Focused Location: Jacksonville Status: Full Time Estimated Duration: Full Time S... Read moreSource: www.krop.com
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recalls predecessor Tony Abbott being too drunk to attend parliament
Published: 25/08/2017Australia’s prime minister confirmed on Friday that his predecessor and intra-party rival Tony Abbott had once been too drunk to vote in Parliament, an incident that’s been a poorly kept s ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
As Communist Party censors ban all criticism in China’s classrooms, what remains?
Published: 25/08/2017“Why have our schools failed to produce world-class geniuses?” This was the famous question Dr Qian Xuesen asked in 2005 when then premier Wen Jiabao visited him. Dr Qian was a prominent C ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
Australian deputy PM a front runner for New Zealander of the Year award
Published: 25/08/2017Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was named as a front runner in the New Zealander of the Year awards on Friday, amid a constitutional crisis in Canberra over his unwanted Kiwi cit ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com
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At least 71 dead in coordinated attacks by Muslim militants on Myanmar police stations
Published: 25/08/2017At least 71 people have been killed in the latest fighting between Rohingya militants and Myanmar security forces in the country’s Rakhine state, the office of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi s ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
new employee faking her social media following, my manager tries to sell me products I don’t want, and more
Published: 25/08/2017It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My manager is trying to sell me multi-level marketing products I am currently in my first position after graduate school. I have been in this positi ... Read moreSource: www.askamanager.org -
Former leader Yingluck has fled Thailand after skipping court hearing, says party source
Published: 25/08/2017Thailand’s ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled Thailand, a senior party source said, after she skipped a court appearance on Friday that could have seen her jailed, prompting the Supr ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com
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As China comes clean on water quality, the message to polluters is crystal clear
Published: 25/08/2017Last Monday, the Ministry of Environmental Protection released information about the state of China’s water quality. The results were a mixed bag, with 70 per cent of water samples deemed fit fo ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
Japan to freeze assets of Chinese firms linked to North Korea in line with US sanctions, source says
Published: 25/08/2017Japan has decided to follow the United States to put more pressure on North Korea by newly imposing unilateral sanctions on six companies and two individuals of China and Namibia, a government source ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
Four students injured in baseball bat attack on Australian National University campus in Canberra
Published: 25/08/2017A student was detained by police after assaulting his teacher and three of his fellow students with a baseball bat on Friday in a classroom at the Australian National University, police said. Soon aft ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com
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Let’s face it, Hong Kong is never going to slam dunk the liveable city rankings
Published: 25/08/2017Liveable city surveys can always be guaranteed to get my hackles up. I always bristle when I read the Mercer global rankings, and the shockingly opinionated annual Monocle rankings (Hong Kong gets hit ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com -
Mainland China shares reach 19-month high on upbeat corporate earnings
Published: 25/08/2017Hong Kong and mainland stocks advanced yesterday, with the benchmark Shanghai Index closing above 3,300 points for the first time since January 2016 after major companies including PetroChina and Bank ... Read moreSource: www.scmp.com
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