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Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Urbanization, Oriental Angel, Race in America, Economy, Wen Jiabao, Chocolate City, Economic Growth, Obama, Prejudice, Race, Guangzhou, Obama Visit, Foreign Policy, Racism in China, Beijing, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Hong Kong, China, Rural China, World News

As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

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Hong Kong Is New Target of U.S. Crackdown On Global Tax Evasion

bloomberg.com | David Voreacos, Carlyn Kolker and Alan Katz | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Peter Zeidenberg, Bloomberg, Tax Haven, Swiss Banks, Douglas Tween, Tax Evasion, Hong Kong, Jeffrey Chernick, World News

Hong Kong is a new target of U.S. prosecutors pursuing a global campaign against evaders of federal taxes, spurred by data acquired in their crackdown...

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Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC From Memory

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dubai, Stephen Wiltshire, Jerusalem, Rome, Hong Kong, Art Therapy, Photographic Memory, Painting, New York City, Frankfurt, London, Art, Madrid, Drawing, Autism, Tokyo, Impact News

Stephen Wiltshire was mute when he was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of three. He began communicating through his drawings after being sent ...

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Hong Kong Apartment Sells For $57 Million

AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Conduit Road, $57 Million Apartment, Hong Kong, Business News

HONG KONG — It's a price tag that would make even New Yorkers and Londoners gasp – an outsized luxury apartment sold for nearly $57 million in Hong Kong Wednesday amid growing fears of a real estate bubble.

The five-bedroom duplex suite with as much as 6,158 square feet was sold to an unidentified buyer from mainland China, said the developer, Henderson Land Development, a major Hong Kong property company. It is believed to be Asia's most expensive property by square foot at nearly $9,200.

Aside from an aroma spa center, fitness room, outdoor yoga gym and grand harbor views, the new homeowner will enjoy an exclusive address in the hills of Hong Kong's main island – "a majestic realm for the city who's who," according to a statement from the developer.

The deal comes at a time when ever-higher prices of Hong Kong real estate, benefiting from mainland China's booming market and easy money sloshing through the world financial system, are inspiring worries of a bubble in the making. Several blockbuster deals in the tens of millions of dollars have made headlines of late.

Hong Kong's leader, Donald Tsang, said Wednesday in his annual policy address that the government may free up more land for development to help add supply and bring down prices.

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Does Hong Kong Have the World's Best Health Care System?

Nathan Lewis | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Flat Tax, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Hong Kong, World News

Hong Kong's 6 million people are one of the healthiest populations in the world. The life expectancy is 84 for women and 78 for men, the second-highest worldwide.

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Following Palin in Hong Kong

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Palin, Main Street, Alaska, Hong Kong, Sarah Palin, Politics News

I found myself in an odd situation of keynoting the same event as Sarah Palin in Hong Kong. I ended up tweeting the talk, and other than her comment on the Fed, I think it's somewhat accurate.

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Performances, That, Shanghai, Afs, Pakistan, Jaffna, Hong Kong, Asian Art, Vishakha Desai, John D. Rockefeller, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Muslim, Andy Warhol Foundation, Indonesia, Hindu, Vietnam War, Korea, Williams College, Buddhist, Elephant Story, Nigeria, Mumbai, Brookings Institution, Sri Lanka., Robert B. Oxnam, Thought Leader, Manila, University of Massachusetts, Education, Asian Women Leaders, United States, Asia Society, Mathew Luce, Barack Obama, Global Citizen, Boston University, Asian-Americans, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Bombay University, U.S.-Asia Relationship, Hillary Clinton., Youtube, Taliban, India, International Relations, Asian Art History, Gates Foundation, New York News

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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Media Barred From Palin's Hong Kong Speech

CNN Political Ticker | Alexander Mooney | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Hong Kong Speech, Media, Press, Hong Kong, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Sarah Palin's speech to investors in China later this month will be closed to the media, organizers of the event confirmed to CNN Monday....

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Why Isn't Health Care an American Right?

Terry Humphrey | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Law, Treaties, U.S. Senate, Health Care Reform, China, Human Rights, Hong Kong, Politics News

The U.S. Senate has never ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966, one provision of which would mandate universal health care.

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Have ATM Card That Will Travel? Not So Fast

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Exchange Fees, International Bank, Global Credit Card, Travel Finances, Travel Tips, Hong Kong, Hsbc, Stacie Berdan, Global Travel, Travel Nightmares, Living News

Getting cash while traveling internationally is not as easy as you may think.

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Save Money, Shop Fung-Mart: Where Wal-Mart Goes To Shop

Al Norman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Li & Fung, Toys R Us, Hang Seng Index, Wal-Mart, Talbots, Levi Strauss, Vertical Integration, Hong Kong, Business News

While many American retailers are just one lackluster back-to-school season away from disaster, the malingering recession has been very good to some retail manufacturers, especially in China.

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Hong Kong Recession Ends As Economy Grows 3.3 Percent

AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Hong Kong Out of Recession, Hong Kong Currency, Economic Recession, Mainland China, Hong Kong Recession, Hong Kong Economy, Hong Kongers, Southern Chinese Territory, Asia, Hong Kong, China, Recession, World News

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's economy broke out of a yearlong recession in the second quarter as the territory benefited from strong growth in mainlan...

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Babu's Story: A Child Worker In The Shipyards Of Bangladesh

Sandy Tolan | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Vienam, Dumping, India, International Labour Organization, Turkey, Bangladeshis, International Federation for Human Rights, Hong Kong, Pre-Cleaning, Greenpeace, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, Marketplace, Chittagong, Enforcement, Blowtorch, Rizwana Hasan, Worker, Tolan, Ship Breakers, Toxic, Sandy Tolan, Child Labor, Pakistan, Ship Breaking, Safety, Imo, Accidents, Ki-Min Sung, Mainul Islam Khan, Bangladesh Shipbreakers Association, Bela, Pulitzer, Rizwana, Ilo, Shipbreaking, Bangladesh, Health, Shipbreakers, Blow Torch, Babu, World News

For many of the children here, the idea that they shouldn't work is an entirely foreign concept. Despite laws in Bangladesh restricting child labor, the reality is starkly different.

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Sex Scandals Captivate Asia

nytimes.com | SETH MYDANS | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Chua Soi Lek, Hong Kong, Sex Scandals Asia, Sex, Sex Scandals, Asia Sex Scandals, Malaysia, Khuat Thu Hong, Vietnam, Asia, Edison Chen, Hoang Thuy Linh, Katrina Halili, Asia Sex, Sex Asia, Asia Sex Scandal, Hong Kong Sex Scandal, Asia Sex Scandle, Hoang Thuy Linh Sex Scandal Sex Scandal, Teen Sex Asia Scandal, Sex Asia, Scandal Asia, Celebrity Sex Scandal, Huffington Post Asian Sex Scandal, Asian Sex Scandals, Asia Celebrity Sex Shows, Asias Sex Scandal, Asian Sex Scandal, Celebrity Sex Scandals, Asian Celebrities Sex, Sex in Asia, Amirica Sex Scandal, Sex Asian, Sex Asia 2009, World News

HANOI She was young, she said. She was innocent. She was blinded by love. And "long after I'm dead, the video will continue to live on in the Inter...

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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China, Taiwan Ruling Party Meet For Economic Cooperation Talks

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Taiwan, China Taiwan, Hu Jintao, Wu Poh-Hsiung, World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Kuomintang, World News

In another sign of thawing relations, Chinese President Hu Jintao Tuesday met with Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party to...

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Hong Kong Swine Flu: Guests Let Out Of Hotel After A Week

AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hong Kong Swine Flu, H1n1, Hong Kong Swine Flu Hotel, Hong Kong, Swine Flu, World News

HONG KONG — Hong Kong lifted a weeklong quarantine Friday of an upscale hotel where Asia's first swine flu case was traced, allowing 280 guests ...

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Swine Flu: China Quarantines 300 In Hong Kong Hotel

AP | DIKKY SINN and MIN LEE | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

HONG KONG — Hundreds of tourists and employees were under quarantine in a downtown Hong Kong hotel Saturday after a Mexican guest tested positiv...

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World In Photos: May 1, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Edinburgh Scotland, Slideshow, France, England, World Photos, Swine Flu, Edinburgh, Lyon, Cricket, Fire Festival, Iraq, Lyon France, Hong Kong, Swine Flu Epidemic, World in Photos, World News

The HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This Huffington Post World feature is available Monday t...

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World In Photos: April 29, 2009

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Photos, South Asia, Slideshow, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Basra Iraq, World Photos, Serbia, Asia, Israel, Iraq, Hong Kong, World in Photos, World News

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Tibet: Polar Perspectives. Can Both Sides Be Heard?

Jim Luce | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Serfs, Hanificiation, East Asian Studies Major, India, Taiwan, Mandarin, Family Planning, Dalai Lama, Colonialization, Puritans, Poverty, Native American, Han Chinese, Togo, Hong Kong, Ghana, Theocracy, Iran, Tibet, Priest Class, Anti-Chinese, Appalachia, Slaves, Singapore, U.S. Healthcare System, Ewe, Buddhist Clergy, Birth Control, Middle Kingdom, Buddhism, Separation of Church and State, Sharia, Thomas Friedman, World News

The truth about Tibet is perhaps more nuanced than it has been presented by either side of the highly polarized debate.

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Edison Chen, Hong Kong Sex Scandal Star, Testifies In Court

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

Edison Chen, the Chinese-Canadian pop star embroiled in a sex scandal after thousands of lurid photos were released last year, appeared in British Col...

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Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue -- Part One: "Tourist" is not a Dirty Word.

Eric Lurio | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: World, France, Hong Kong, England, Middle East Politics, Rome, 9/11, Italy, Travel, Iran, London, Paris, Flights, Backpacking, Traveling, Persia, Flying, China, World News

Let's discuss why anyone in their right mind would travel half way around the world and back and spend a quarter-year's salary (minimum wage) to go to Iran for two weeks.

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Science is Back in the House

Bill Allen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, TIMMS Report, President Obama, Inaugural Address, Competitiveness, Secretary of Education, Teacher Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Science, Anti-Science, Mathematics, Barack Obama Inaugural Address, Science Education, Barack Obama, Taiwan, Yemen, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Borat, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Education Reform, Schools, Japan, Teaching, Learning, Politics News

A worldwide study of education in science and math contains a mixed report card for the U.S. The good news: We did manage to beat Yemen soundly.

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Hong Kong Acid Attack: Dozens Injured

United Press International | Posted 01.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hong Kong Acid, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Acid Attack, World News

Police searched without success Saturday for whoever threw two large bottles of acid down on a Hong Kong street filled with holiday shoppers, injuring...

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