Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the
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Alibaba fires manager after sexual assault case rocks industry
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Alibaba Group Holding has fired a manager accused of rape, moving to contain the fall-out after an employee’s account of her ordeal went viral on social media and exposed “problems” with the
Read moreHeads roll as ‘mind power’ egg scandal rocks China
Local authorities are investigating after a Chinese journal published a paper claiming students had been able to hatch a chick from a boiled egg.Pexels CHINA – A vocational college in China has been shut down
Read moreChina testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city first struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery. Throughout the
Read moreDonald Trump or Joe Biden? What will change for ASEAN after the US election?
There is growing consensus in Southeast Asia that US-China and South China Sea tensions and the impact of the trade war will not go away after November Trump’s failure to appoint an ASEAN envoy is
Read moreSouth Asian nations caught in China-India crossfire
THE border stand-off between China and India has put their neighbours in South Asia in a spot as they are caught in a crossfire between the nuclear-armed powers. Smaller countries in South Asia – such
Read moreMR. STEFAN JOHANSSON STANDS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FASTEST MOVING LEISURE PROPERTY PURCHASE PLATFOM TREND: PARAMOUNT STRATEGIES
MR. STEFAN JOHANSSON STANDS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FASTESTMOVING LEISURE PROPERTY PURCHASE PLATFOM TREND: PARAMOUNTSTRATEGIES IN HONG KONG BRINGS TO THE ASIAN MARKET PROPERTY PLUS(INTERNATIONAL). MR. JOHANSSON HAS SPENT HIS RECENT YEARS EVANGELISING AN
Read morePatience pays off for lucky Ronaldo fans
Clad in a white Real Madrid jersey, Jonathan Cheong waited for more than two hours at the Thomson Medical Centre yesterday morning, hoping to catch Cristiano Ronaldo and secure an autograph on his top. The
Read moreThailand ‘most welcoming’ for Chinese travellers
Thailand is the most welcoming country for Chinese travellers, overtaking Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, according to the latest findings of booking website Hotels.com. Hotels.com’s sixth annual Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM) report said
Read morePIE work site collapse: Bypass road to open on Sunday afternoon instead, says LTA
SINGAPORE – The temporary bypass road to connect motorists from Upper Changi Road East to Pan-Island Expressway (Changi) will open by Sunday (July 16) afternoon, instead of on Saturday, the Land Transport Authority said in
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