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It was a blessing in racist disguise. In early 1942, when the federal government expelled tens of thousands of Japanese-Canadians from the West Coast of British Columbia, 18-year-old Margaret Inouye moved from her family’s berry farm in Mission, B.C., to work as a domestic in Winnipeg. |
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Hiview International Company’s core business is to source and import wide range high quality commodities from Asia and distributed to clients on agreed terms.
Our main products include: Motor vehicle tires, Safety items (reflective vests and safety shoes), and consumer goods, among others. |
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HOUSTON/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Rates to charter oil tankers from the Arab Gulf, United Kingdom and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia surged to fresh highs on Friday as global oil traders grappled with a tanker shortage in the aftermath of U.S. sanctions on units of Chinese giant COSCO. |
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October 11, 2019. By Collin Eaton, Devika Krishna Kumar and Julia Payne. HOUSTON/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Rates to charter oil tankers from the Arab Gulf, United Kingdom and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia surged to fresh highs on Friday as global oil traders grappled with a tanker shortage in the aftermath of U. |
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Too much of the world is still addicted to coal power even as climate change “threatens the viability of human societies”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday, singling out Asian nations over their ongoing use of the fossil fuel. The UN chief told a gathering of world mayors in.... |
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SOUTH KOREA: South Korea's Navy is considering acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, it said Thursday in a surprise announcement which would change the balance of power in north-east Asia and is likely to upset several of its neighbours. Seoul is surrounded by three nuclear powers -- China, Russia,.... |
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October 11, 2019. By Collin Eaton, Devika Krishna Kumar and Julia Payne. HOUSTON/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Rates to charter oil tankers from the Arab Gulf, United Kingdom and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia surged to fresh highs on Friday as global oil traders grappled with a tanker shortage in the aftermath of U. |
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HOUSTON/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Rates to charter oil tankers from the Arab Gulf, United Kingdom and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia surged to fresh highs on Friday as global oil traders grappled with a tanker shortage in the aftermath of U.S. sanctions on units of Chinese giant COSCO. |
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Birth and fertility rates are falling globally, whether through choice or out of necessity. Countries in East Asia have some of the lowest fertility rates in the world. Photo: AFP.
Falling fertility: why more women choose to have fewer children or none at all, while others who want them struggle to conceive. |
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BISP, considered one of the largest social protection programs in South Asia, is part of a larger government strategy, called Ehsaas, to reduce poverty and inequality. BISP, which is primarily funded by the Government of Pakistan, supports Ehsaas through cash transfers, poverty graduation programs, and a targeted safety net. |
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Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), COSCO-HIT Terminals (COSCO-HIT) and Asia Container Terminals (ACT) joined hands today to promote driving safety within the terminals at the “Kick-off Ceremony of Terminal Driving Safety Week cum Launching Ceremony of Safety Booklet”. |
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Highly sought after types of oil best suited to making cleaner shipping fuel are suddenly finding they are a tougher sell for thirsty East Asian markets, traders say, in an unintended consequence of U.S. sanctions on a Chinese shipping fleet. With just over two months until environmental rules are.... |
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LPG prices are set to get further boost on news that a Suezmax tanker belonging to National Iranian Tanker Company was ablaze after being hit Friday by a “foreign object” near Jeddah and is spilling oil, traders said. The latest attack, coming on the heels of the mid-September attacks on Saudi oil.... |
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Northeast Asian refiners may find Far East Russian crude oil highly attractive over the next few trading cycles as they increasingly favor short-haul crude supplies amid a recent sharp uptrend in international dirty tanker freight rates. The sharp spike in VLCC freight rates following the US.... |
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DW News Asia with Biresh Banerjee, 11 October 2019.
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October 11, 2019. By Collin Eaton, Devika Krishna Kumar and Julia Payne. HOUSTON/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Rates to charter oil tankers from the Arab Gulf, United Kingdom and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia surged to fresh highs on Friday as global oil traders grappled with a tanker shortage in the aftermath of U. |
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On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 The Jamestown Foundation held its Seventh Annual China Defense & Security Conference . The event featured a prestigious lineup of some of the world’s leading experts on the Chinese Military and Security Issues in Asia. This full-length set of DVDs covers the four.... |
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DUBAI, Oct. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Whale Cloud, a global leader in digital transformation, has partnered with Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, to exhibit at GITEX 2019, the biggest tech event in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia on 6-10th October. |
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Asia Geopolitics The NBA, Blizzard, and Beyond: Free Expression, Censorship, and China’s Global Reach
Are we at a tipping point for popular American perceptions of the Chinese Communist Party?
The Diplomat ‘s Ankit Panda ( ) and Prashanth Parameswaran ( @TheAsianist ) discuss recent controversies.... |
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HOUSTON/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Rates to charter oil tankers from the Arab Gulf, United Kingdom and the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asia surged to fresh highs on Friday as global oil traders grappled with a tanker shortage in the aftermath of U.S. sanctions on units of Chinese giant COSCO. |
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DUBAI, Oct. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE Whale Cloud, a global leader in digital transformation, has partnered with Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, to exhibit at GITEX 2019, the biggest tech event in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia on 6-10th October. |
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Union Minister Dr Win Myat Aye meets with UNHCR Director of the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Mr Indrika Ratwatte at UN Office in Geneva yesterday. Photo: MNA. Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (SWRR) Dr Win Myat Aye who was attending the 70th plenary session of the.... |
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If only it were easier for Lam to blend into a crowd. He is nearly 6 feet 4 inches — “quite tall for Hong Kong,” he said — and his face has been plastered on campaign posters. His allegations, if true, are cause for despair. Since the 1980s, Hong Kong’s cops have been revered by its citizens and envied across much of Asia. |
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A bitter setback led to a sweet victory. After falling short in its previous match, Columbian stormed back as it dominated Blackwater, 102-90, in the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup last night at the Mall of Asia Arena. Rashawn McCarthy paced the attack while CJ Perez made some.... |
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Why are gamers protesting Blizzard? Following his win during the Asia-Pacific Grandmasters broadcast on Oct. 6, the gas-mask wearing pro gamer Blitzchung said a phrase used by Hong Kong protesters: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!" On Oct. 8, Blizzard said Blitzchung violated the.... |
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