January 2010
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China's online travel market booming - Yahoo! News →
China’s growing middle class will have far-reaching impact and implications across so many sectors. Travel will be no different; as affluent Chinese look to travel abroad, watch how major destinations with adapt with language, services, etc. It’s too big of a boat for the travel industry to miss.
UN warns Mongolia's severe weather threatens lives... →
The severe weather this winter has had a significant impact on Mongolia — more than 1 million of the country’s livestock have died — which will lead to severe food shortages. The UN is collecting food, medicine and heating supplies. What was a very cold spell in Europe and the US is seriously life-threatening in Mongolia.
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Singapore snorts over McDonald's toy pig blunder →
Overly cautious can be a bad thing too, when it comes to culture. It isn’t easy to balance.
Visit anytime! North Korea lifts restrictions on... →
North Korea is lifting restrictions for Americans to visit North Korea. Only a couple of thousand Americans have visited NKorea in the past 50 years; now it’s open in April/May in addition to the fall (when the famous Mass Games happen). Less a political move than an economic one I’d guess; although there likely wouldn’t be a flood, but a trickle, of US citizens. I hope to make...
Axe falls in South China Morning Post editorial... →
New media in AP is changing the face of traditional media here too.
Japan PM starts tweeting, launches blog - Yahoo!... →
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Malaysia "Allah" row spills on to Facebook -... →