TR EMERITUS

(1 Jul) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators poured onto the streets of Hong Kong on Tuesday to protest against Beijing as tensions between pro-democracy activists and the criticism-allergic Communist Party continued to escalate. Carrying banners reading, “We will never surrender” and “Our home, our say,” crowds packed... 

Ruling Communist party expels Xu Caihou, the most senior figure to be snared by Xi Jinping's campaign, to face bribery charges (30 Jun) - A spreading anti-corruption crackdown launched by President Xi Jinping snared its most senior figure yet on Monday when a former top Chinese general was expelled from the ruling Communist... 

(27 Jun 2014 ) - In Singapore, maids are put on display and made available for 'purchase' in central shopping malls. Go to the Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, a 1970s mall in central Singapore, and you will find five levels of brightly lit rooms and galleries called "Homekeeper" and "Budget Maid". Inside these rooms, dozens of...