Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The rulers of the game


Now let's meet the six families who essentially run the Hong Kong show. 

Asia Times Online :: The rulers of the game

Taiwan rice farmers set for export boom

The door to both the mainland Chinese and Japanese market have been cracked open recently for Taiwan's rice farmers. In Japan, fears over radiation contamination are making the infamously picky Japanese consumers desire foreign grain, while across the Taiwan Strait in mainland China, Taiwanese rice is starting to conquer the supermarket shelves for political reasons. 


Asia Times Online :: Taiwan rice farmers set for export boom

India drowns in its own waste

The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi has estimated that by 2047, waste generation in India's cities will increase five-fold to touch 260 million tonnes per year. 



Asia Times Online :: India drowns in its own waste

Why can't Koreans see Japan straight?

Asia Times Online :: Why can't Koreans see Japan straight?

Vegetable, fish prices increase due to floods

Vegetable, fish prices increase due to floods

Japan faces gauntlet of economic challenges

Asia Times Online :: Japan faces gauntlet of economic challenges

Metro has had no anti-flood plan since 1952

Metro has had no anti-flood plan since 1952