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Taiwan
Highlighting the rapid rebound seen in Taiwan's economy through H209 was December's industrial production figure - which came in up 47.3% y-o-y following a 31.5% y-o-y gain notched...
2010-02-08South Korea
President Lee Myung-bak attended a Korea-India summit in New Delhi on January 25, in our view enhancing South Korea's regional profile. President Lee and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan...
2010-02-05China
Organised crime is posing a growing challenge for the Chinese government. Gangsterism is becoming increasingly rife, and criminal groups are said to be spreading their influence into...
2010-02-05Hong Kong
A top Chinese official in Hong Kong has raised the stakes in the debate over democracy in the Special Administrative Region (SAR). Peng Qinghua appealed for pro-democracy protests...
2010-01-07China
China and Taiwan signed three accords on December 22 during talks between the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Straits Exchange...
2010-01-06Taiwan
The Taiwanese Stock Exchange Index (TWSE) smashed through the 8,000 level on December 28 - a level not seen since June 2008. Taiwanese equities performed strongly in 2009, gaining...
2009-12-30South Korea
South Korea announced on December 8 that it would send 350 troops to Afghanistan to accompany 100 South Korean civilian engineers to be despatched to the war-torn country. The move...
2009-12-30Taiwan
Taiwan's exports were up 3.9% q-o-q to US$19.82bn in October. As the third consecutive month showing an increase in exports, this news is suggestive of a strong economic recovery...
2009-11-27
