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In Conversation Australias invisible migrant workers
In a recent post for The Conversation which appeared on the SBS World News Australia website, Dr Shanthi Robertson highlighted the long-term but temporary, 'invisible' group of workers made up of backpackers and international students. She groups them together as Australia's 'other migrant workers', and is calling for more political and public recognition of this ...
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Asian Stocks Tumble On Fed Talk China Growth Concerns
Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday after minutes of the Federal Reserve's April 30-May 1 meeting revealed "a number" of members favor tapering the central bank's $85-billion bond-buying program as early as the June meeting if the labor market continues to improve. Fed chief Ben Bernanke also hinted that an exit could be initiated in the "next few meetings" if the ...
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Chinas manufacturing slows HSBC
Beijing, May 23 : China's manufacturing activity fell into contraction for the first time since October, a preliminary survey from the HSBC ...
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DPRK proposes to South Korea to mark 13th anniversary of Joint Declaration of June 15 2000
TOKYO, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea has proposed to South Korea to hold events to mark the 13th anniversary of the inter-Korean Joint Declaration of 15 June 2000, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on ...
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NZ farmers thank China for fixing trade blunder
/enpproperty--> WELLINGTON - The head of New Zealand's farming industry body on Thursday thanked Chinese authorities for helping to "untangle a bureaucratic morass" that had resulted in New Zealand meat exports being refused entry into China. Federated Farmers president and trade spokesperson Bruce Wills said the mistakes by New Zealand's export licensing authority, the ...
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Japans Monetary Policy a Big Experiment
Ben Broadbent, member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England, tells CNBC that Japan is in the midst of a big monetary experiment, so volatility in equity and bond markets should be seen in that ...
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Large tungsten mine discovered in E China
/enpproperty--> NANCHANG - Geologists have discovered a large tungsten mine in East China's Jiangxi province, officials said Thursday. More than 1 million tonnes of tungsten and associated copper have been found at the mine in the Zhuxi mineral area of Fuliang county in the northeast part of the province, said Peng Zezhou, chief of the provincial geology and mineral resources ...
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Successful dive confirmed in South China Sea
/enpproperty--> The China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association said on Thursday that Qianlong No1 completed a successful dive of 4,159 meters in the South China Sea in May. The dive was a major boost to efforts to explore the ocean floor and carry out research. Qianlong No1 is 4.6 meters long and 1.6 meters wide, weighing about 1,500 kilograms. The submersible is ...
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NBA Nation to tour China
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - NBA Nation, the NBA's largest mobile basketball playground, will return to China for the second consecutive year and visit 12 cities from May 31 to Aug 18, giving fans the chance to enjoy basketball contests, interact with NBA players and pose with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy. O.J. Mayo of the Dallas Mavericks will launch the festivities in ...
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Speculation over N Korea envoys China trip
Speculation mounted over a top NorthKorean military official's visit to China on Thursday, as few details of his meetings were made ...
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China and Fed fallout to weigh on U.S. stocks
U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after mixed messages from the Federal Reserve about its ongoing bond-buying program. Stocks had rallied earlier as investors welcomed comments from Fed ...
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NKorea envoy to meet Chinas leader
(7 mins ago) While a North Korean envoy waits for an expected meeting with China's Communist Party chief, his Chinese hosts are taking him touring in Beijing. North Korea's official Central News Agency reported that the envoy, Choe Ryong Hae, spent part of Thursday touring an industrial park in the southern part of the capital, accompanied by a Communist Party functionary, AP ...
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Japan minister Not worried about day’s stock drop
"I thought the pace of the Nikkei's rise recently was faster than expected," economy minister Akira Amari said. "The weak Chinese data prompted investors to take profits all at the same ...
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For hackers China is land of opportunity
BEIJING: Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the contents of the hard drive, record the keystrokes and monitor cellphone communications, too. Pitches like that, from a salesman for Nanjing Xhunter Software, were not uncommon at a crowded trade show this month that brought ...
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Chinas Lenovo sees 34 percent net profit jump
HONG KONG (AFP) - Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Thursday announced a jump in net profit for the financial year of 34 percent, despite the slowing PC market.Net profit for the financial year ended March 31 rose to $635.15 million, up from $472.99 million in 2011/2012. Revenue was up 14.5 percent to $33.87 billion.The world's number two PC maker gained global market share at the expense ...
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Liberia President Sirleaf Departs Liberia for AU Summit in Ethiopia Ticad V in Japan and Forbes Philanthropy Event in the United States
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf departed the country on Wednesday, May 22, for intergovernmental engagements in Ethiopia and Japan, and a philanthropy event sponsored by Forbes Magazine, in the United States. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf departed for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the first leg of her trip, to attend the 21st Ordinary Session of the Summit of the ...
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Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International PrizeAmerican writer Lydia Davis edged past Indian literary veteran U R Ananthamurthy to win the Man Booker International Prize 2013 on Wednesday night.
edition of the award at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She was chosen from a list of 10 eminent contenders, including Kannada writer Ananthamurthy. The prize, worth 60,000, is awarded for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It is presented once every two years to a living author for a body of work published either originally in English or available in translation in English. ...
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North Korea envoy awaits chat with Chinas leader
BEIJING (AP) -- While a North Korean envoy waits for an expected meeting with China's Communist Party chief, his Chinese hosts are taking him touring in ...
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Japanese group lands on Dokdo claiming they are Korean territory
(Photo:Agencies) By Zhang Yujie, Sina English A group of Japanese intellectuals on Thursday landed on Dokdo (Takeshima in Japanese) on Thursday, rebutting their government's territorial claim to the disputed islets and urging Japan to face up to history. They shouted "Dokdo is Korea's territory" on the islets, being the first Japanese to make such a statement. Members of ...
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Pakistan Blast Targets Security Personnel
Officials in southwest Pakistan say an explosion has ripped through a vehicle used by security forces, killing at least 12 people -- 11 security personnel and a civilian. Nearly two dozen people were wounded in the assault. Police officials say a remote controlled car bomb targeted a vehicle carrying police special forces in Quetta Thursday. Authorities say the bomb contained about 100 ...
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Exclusive China urbanisation plan hits roadblock over spending fears - sources
Reuters © A woman collects bricks at a demolition site, where an old village is making way for new buildings, on the outskirts of Beijing, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Kim ...
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Japans Nikkei index slumps over 7
Japanese stocks plummeted today after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting on top of months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo slumped by 7.3% to close at 14,483.98, its worst drop since the 2011 tsunami. Japan's 10-year government bond yield rose above 1% for the first time in a year, unnerving ...
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Indications Stock futures slide rattled by Fed China data
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock market futures fell sharply early Thursday, as fears over a tapering of the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program continued to play out. Those worries and weak China data led to heavy losses for global stocks, with Japan equities suffering their biggest one-day loss in more than two ...
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HSBC China manufacturing shrinks
Beijing - Manufacturing activity in China contracted in May for the first time in seven months, HSBC said Thursday, in another sign of the weakness of recovery in the world's second-largest ...
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Japan stocks plummet 7
Japanese stocks were also hurt by a strengthening in the yen, which makes exports more expensive overseas and erodes repatriated earnings. - ...
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Osaka sees first InterContinental hotel built
Osaka is a major travel destination within Japan and the wider Asian region for business travelers and leisure tourists alike. The city is an economic powerhouse and part of the backbone of the Japanese economy. It makes sense for InterContinental to finally open a hotel here then.
Osaka is the second command center of the Japanese economy after Tokyo, with a daytime and nighttime population that reflects the massive draw of the city as an economic powerhouse. Read more
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