Power.....

#India hit by 2nd huge power outage, larger than before. http://t.co/PqX8rrsQ -- CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk)

China's long term growth

How China Can Address Its Economic Challenges By 2030: Justin Yifu Lin | Economy Watch http://t.co/BnYuZUcA -- EconomyWatch (@EconomyWatch)

Tech start UPS

Tech Start-ups In South Korea Surge As Youths Snub Jobs At Big Companies | Economy Watch http://t.co/cmB5zmIS -- EconomyWatch (@EconomyWatch)

Unreliable power

#India hit by 2nd huge power outage, larger than before. http://t.co/PqX8rrsQ -- CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk)

India’s middle class population to touch 267 million in 5 years

Challenges and opportunities ?

http://www.indiatribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5101:indias-middle-class-population-to-touch-267-million-in-5-years&catid=125:general-news&Itemid=400

Taiwan growth forecasts revised downwards

Euro-zone debt crisis is hindering growth of Taiwan. Have they put all eggs in one basket ?


http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aECO&ID=201207260011

Human rights in Indonesia

How many countries in ASEAN can boast about a clean human rights report ?
Freedom of speech........



http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-indonesia

Slow Asain growth

India and China has shown slow growth follwed by many other Asian countries. This is not a good sign for Asia as well as for the global economic growth. Euo zone is fighting a crisis and slowing economic growth in USA also could be some of the reasons.
What could be the key contributors to the slowing growth in Asia ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18815595

Growth leass than 1% for South kora

South Korea's economic growth slowed in the second quarter, as investment dipped and its exports sector was hurt by the eurozone debt crisis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18993596

Women in China

Chinese women shine in many fields from sports to spcae travel.
Know the reasons ?
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/15/world/asia/china-women-space/index.html?hpt=ias_r1

China and india on water sharing

How  water could lead to a dispute. We can see the signs. India and China should solve issues peacefully.




http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/23/opinion/china-india-water-scarcity/index.html?hpt=ias_r1

Toyota world's top carmaker in H1 reports

There has been ups and downs but Toyota is the top car maker. Japanese are known for their come back strategies. What would you say ?


Toyota world's top carmaker in H1 reports - Channel NewsAsia

What makes a strong brand in Asia

Digital is critical for brands in Asia


ASIA'S TOP 1000 BRANDS: What makes a strong brand? - In Depth - Magazine Highlights - Campaign Asia-Pacific

War between social networks and Telco

http://thenextweb.com/in/2012/07/24/indian-operator-bharti-wants-slice-of-google-and-facebooks-revenue-pie/

China Sends Troops to Disputed Islands

Big development


China Sends Troops to Disputed Islands - Topix

NSW Seeks Private Investors to Pursue Sydney’s North West Rail Link

NSW Seeks Private Investors to Pursue Sydney’s North West Rail Link

Australia, Malaysia Signs Free Trade Agreement -

Who would benefit most ?


Australia, Malaysia Signs Free Trade Agreement - International Business Times

Pranab Mukherjee elected India president

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18945227

Be aware

The importance of good grammar: On the internet "your words are all you have," says @kwiens http://t.co/WLlO8zkF -- Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz)

Most wired nation on earth has done it again.

South Korea's high-speed wireless Internet penetration rate has topped the 100 percent mark for the first time among member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a report showed Sunday. The penetration rate of high-speed wireless Internet service in South Korea amounted to 100.6 percent as of the end of last year, the highest among the 34 members of the Paris-based club of advanced economies, according to the OECD report. The figure represents a sharp increase from 89.8 percent from a year earlier and is nearly double the average OECD average of 54.3 percent. High-speed wireless Internet services include those provided by third-generation and fourth-generation smartphones, the wireless broadband (WiBro) and wireless fidelity (WiFi). South Korea was followed by Sweden with 98 percent, Finland with 87.8 percent, Japan with 82.4 percent, Denmark with 81.5 percent, Norway with 77.9 percent and the United States with 76.1 percent. Market watchers attributed South Korea's landmark high-speed Internet service penetration rate to the rapid spread of smartphones, which offer wireless Internet service.
http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120722000046

Aung San Suu Kyi

Patience for a nation.. Can it be matched ?

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/02/world/asia/myanmar-suu-kyi-profile

Record floods in Chinese capital

Heavy rain is causing damages everywhere is ASIA. Are we ready for any emergency ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18942984

WTO ruling

China Guilty of Discrimination Against Foreign Payment Cards | Economy Watch http://t.co/LsnDKsWU -- EconomyWatch (@EconomyWatch)

Revisiting east Asian miracle

Rethinking The East Asian Miracle: Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng | Economy Watch http://t.co/2lWiPwPD -- EconomyWatch (@EconomyWatch)

Terrorism, Sri Lanka and Asia

Can Asia learn from Sri Lanka ?

Japan, China bypass US in currency trade

Yen and Yuan trading directly without US dollar involvement for the first time.What will be the future of Yuan ? A hard currency ?


Asia Times Online :: Japan, China bypass US in currency trade

Out with the old guard in Pyongyang

 Can South Korea and Japan ignore internal affairs of North Korea ?


Asia Times Online :: Out with the old guard in Pyongyang

Biotech in India

Indian Biotech industry is shining.Currently the 4B USD industry annually faced with some new challenges.
http://www.ibef.org/artdisplay.aspx?cat_id=84&art_id=32055&arc=show

Japan's negative trade deficit after 30 years in 2012

No nuclear energy means a heavy penalty on economy for Japan.

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Japan_posts_first_annual_trade_deficit_in_31_years_999.html

How dependent is Asia on nuclear energy ?

There are more than 112 nuclear reactors operating in Asia and counting on. Are we safe ? What countries are having the most number of reactors ? 


http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf47.html

Economic recovery after storm in Philippine

January this year Philippine's southern island of Mindanao experienced a worst ever storm. More than 1000 people killed. What could be the impact on the economy? What efforts have been made on recovery ?

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-04/disease-outbreak-sparks-fears-in-philippines-storm-hit-mindanao.html

World bank report on Vietnam development

Vietnam Development Report (VDR) 2012

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/VIETNAMEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22416790~menuPK:387571~pagePK:2865066~piPK:2865079~theSitePK:387565,00.html

Asia

Why the great interest in Asia ? Think about it.

Nuclear fears galvanise Japan's sedate society - Channel NewsAsia

Japan is a heavily depending on nuclear power for energy needs, at least till the fukushima disaster.
People push the government to go off nuclear. What about the economy ?


Nuclear fears galvanise Japan's sedate society - Channel NewsAsia

Asia Times Online :: Indian in for difficult times

India's economic growth came from within. It is time to analyse why the growth has slow down..



Asia Times Online :: Indian in for difficult times