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http://www.pri.org/world/asia/1589.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/1589.html Asia Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:21:00 -0500 Europeans are aggressively marketing their wine-and-cheese dining culture to China's expanding middle class. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/asia-economy-growing-not-enough1559.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/asia-economy-growing-not-enough1559.html Asia Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:02:00 -0500 Lack of big ideas and other roadblocks in Asia make economic competition with the West a game of perpetual catch-up. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/1495.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/1495.html Asia Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:52:00 -0500 Join an online discussion with energy expert Julian Wong -- find out whether China is outpacing the US when it comes to energy efficiency. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/1416.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/1416.html Asia Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appointed his youngest son Kim Jong Un as successor. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/koreas-so-close-so-uneasy1410.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/koreas-so-close-so-uneasy1410.html Asia Sat, 30 May 2009 09:47:00 -0500 North Korea no longer considers itself bound by the terms of the armistice that ended war between the Koreas five decades ago. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/sri-lanka-end-civil-war1388.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/sri-lanka-end-civil-war1388.html Asia Wed, 20 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500 Although Sri Lanka's government declared an end to its civil war with Tamil rebels this week, the government's triumphal may be unwarranted. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/japanese-salarymen-on-farm.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/japanese-salarymen-on-farm.html Asia Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:37:00 -0500 Bankers, IT professionals, businessmen trade their careers for farming, bringing new blood to Japan's ailing farming industry. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/skin-whitening-big-business-asia.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/skin-whitening-big-business-asia.html Asia Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:21:00 -0500 Customers from Mumbai to Beijing say they want lighter skin, but health professionals are concerned. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/indonesian-journeys-jakarta.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/indonesian-journeys-jakarta.html Asia Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:36:00 -0500 Indonesia is South Asia's largest country, the third largest democracy in the world, and home to the world's largest Muslim population. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-invests-in-africa.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-invests-in-africa.html Asia Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:23:00 -0600 China's president Hu Jintao visits Africa, signaling his country's interest in doing major business on the continent. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/khmer-rouge-leaders-on-trial.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/khmer-rouge-leaders-on-trial.html Asia Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:25:00 -0600 In the 1970s the Khmer Rouge terrorized Cambodia -- now an internationally backed tribunal puts five officials of Pol Pot's regime on trial. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-stimulus-package.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-stimulus-package.html Asia Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:56:00 -0600 China is trying to get its 700 million rural people to spend -- by offering them subsidies for household appliances. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/chinese-challenge-government-online.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/chinese-challenge-government-online.html Asia Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:44:00 -0600 Many Chinese are using the Internet to criticize their government, and that's spurring the government to launch a crackdown. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/dalai-lama-gathers-tibetan-exiles.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/dalai-lama-gathers-tibetan-exiles.html Asia Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:41:00 -0600 The Dalai Lama called for a special meeting of Tibetan exiles after eight rounds of meetings with China have ended in an impasse. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-economic-summi-human-rights.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-economic-summi-human-rights.html Asia Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:58:00 -0500 China's economic summit overshadowed by the European Parliament's decision to award its top human rights prize to a jailed Chinese dissident. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/emergency-rule-in-bangkok.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/emergency-rule-in-bangkok.html Asia Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:52:00 -0500 Thailand's capital, Bangkok, is under emergency rule following overnight clashes between rival political supporters. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/deforestation-in-indonesia.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/deforestation-in-indonesia.html Asia Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:54:00 -0500 Indonesia's economic miracle came at a devastating price for the nation - where millions of acres were deforested. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/north-korea-halts-nuke-disabling.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/north-korea-halts-nuke-disabling.html Asia Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:27:00 -0500 The government of North Korea says it has stopped disabling its nuclear facilities because the U.S. has violated a disarmament deal. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/terrorist-attack-in-china.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/terrorist-attack-in-china.html Asia Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:07:00 -0500 A suspected terrorist attack in a western Chinese province is raising security concerns just days before the start of the Olympics. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-responds-human-rights.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-responds-human-rights.html Asia Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:24:00 -0500 China's response to a new report by Amnesty International that concludes that its human rights situation has gotten worse. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/bomb-hunters-laos.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/bomb-hunters-laos.html Asia Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:39:00 -0500 In Laos, unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam war are being scavenged to sell as scrap metal. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/urbanization-in-shenzhen.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/urbanization-in-shenzhen.html Asia Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:57:00 -0500 The effects of China's rapid urbanization in Shenzhen, a former fishing village turned mega-city, just across the border from Hong Kong. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/chinese-government-earthquake.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/chinese-government-earthquake.html Asia Sun, 11 May 2008 10:03:00 -0500 'The World' reports on the Chinese government's efforts to provide disaster relief to those affected by the earthquake. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-earthquake.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-earthquake.html Asia Mon, 12 May 2008 15:34:00 -0500 'The Takeaway' reports on the more than 12,000 dead in the Sichuan province alone in the earthquake that struck southwestern China yesterday http://www.pri.org/world/asia/cyclone-burma.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/cyclone-burma.html Asia Sat, 03 May 2008 04:39:00 -0500 'The World' reports on the foreign aid to Burma, which was devastated by a cyclone that left more than 22,000 dead. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/america-china-tibet.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/america-china-tibet.html Asia Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:59:00 -0500 'To the Point' reports on the mounting pressure on the US to boycott the Olympic Games. http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-tibet.html http://www.pri.org/world/asia/china-tibet.html Asia Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:04:00 -0500 China is pouring troops into Tibet, where violent protests have led to deaths, injuries and widespread property damage. 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