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(29 Nov) - Hong Kong’s leader admitted on Saturday that the frustration among young people over a lack of “upward mobility” was fueling mass protests calling for free elections in the city. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was speaking at a government committee meeting on poverty, weeks after he shocked ordinary Hong Kongers... 

(30 Nov) - Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) yesterday suffered a landslide defeat in the island's biggest-ever local elections, a result analysts saw as voter payback for the failures of the mainland-friendly administration. Of the six municipal races considered litmus tests for the 2016 presidential poll, the KMT was only able... 

SYDNEY (27 Nov) - An Australian parliamentary committee Thursday recommended strengthening rules on foreign investment in the country's booming housing market, calling enforcement of the current framework "severely lacking". The committee's review was commissioned this year amid concerns that local buyers were being squeezed...