Move follows Thai corruption probe into government grain subsidy scheme and represents a blow to Bangkok as it tries to reduce stockpiles of rice
2014-02-04
History can mean eternal clashes that are shaped by profound geopolitical forces, or it can suggest a need to find ways to escape from ancient predicaments and outdated prejudices. It is this contrast that defines the intellectual battle now taking pla…
2014-02-04
Parallel to the Sochi Olympics, another contest is already underway between the terrorists who seek to disrupt the games, or at least mar the atmosphere surrounding them, and the forces of the Russian state, whose task is to thwart the terrorists’ plans. This is the one contest that Russia absolutely must win.
2014-02-04
China’s official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined for the second consecutive month to 50.5 in January, a half percentage point drop compared with 51.0 in December, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics. The gauge is inline with market expectations, and suggests that China's economic momentum continued to slow. "The decline…could be […]
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2014-02-04
The author is Capital Economics' China economist Qinwei Wang The weakness in China’s stocks has continued into 2014. The Shanghai Composite index lost 3.9% this month, following December’s fall of 4.7%. But China’s equity markets have at least escaped the recent sell-off in emerging market assets, which has hit other emerging Asian equity markets, including […]
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