China takes control of Pakistani port as Singapore bows out
The Vancouver Sun- September 30, 2012 A Chinese state-owned company is taking over the management and development of Pakistan’s economically and militarily strategic Gwadar Port after a Singaporean company pulled out of its 40-year contract. The developments are being closely followed in India and the United States, where...
China backs down on Hong Kong visa plan
HONG KONG: Hong Kong said on Friday that Beijing will suspend a plan to allow millions more mainland Chinese to visit the southern city, in response to a public outcry about the influx of tourists. The plan, which was to have taken effect on September 1, would have loosened visa requirements for mainland visitors and allowed...
Malaysiakini wins right to start newspaper
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court Monday overturned a government ban on plans by an online news portal to publish a newspaper, in what the site's lawyer called a "landmark case". Independent portal Malaysiakini has over the past decade become a leading source of information in the Southeast Asian nation, where major newspapers...
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