Daily News

These are sample stories on Asia which we track on a daily basis. The sources and links to the stories, which are available online, are acknowledged and listed. Where any of these stories require paid subscription to access, we've listed only the portion which the site allows.



Thailand Sees $4 Billion from China Tourism After Visa Waivers

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Thailand expects to attract 2.9 million arrivals and billions of dollars in revenue from a Chinese tourism boom as a result of a new five-month holiday period visa exemption program, part of a bid to

Current govt pension scheme a ticking time bomb, says KJ

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Reforms must be made to the government’s pension system urgently or things will get worse in the future for Putrajaya’s finances, says former minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Khairy said Putrajaya forked out about MYR30bn to pay

China’s Ailing Pork Demand Another Sign of Economic Distress

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The Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday typically gathers friends and family over celebratory fare like braised pork belly or sweet and sour ribs. This year, the lunar holiday is followed in short order by the weeklong

Investigator at China’s top graft buster turns himself in

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A senior official of China’s anti-graft watchdog overseeing investigations of corruption among financial regulators and state-owned enterprise executives turned himself in to authorities over suspected serious disciplinary violations. Wang Youbin, a second-level inspector of the

China’s economic malaise hits efforts to raise $41bn chip fund

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The most ambitious funding round launched to date by China to support its semiconductor industry is struggling in the initial phases to raise its target of Rmb300bn ($41bn), with the difficult economic climate being blamed,