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Shanghai to reopen all schools on Sept 1 with daily Covid-19 testing
All schools were shut in mid-March before the city's two-month lockdown.
Sydney's second casino opens quietly after string of Australian gaming scandals
The casino under the Crown brand is for VIPs only and is targeting high rollers, particularly from China.
Taiwan tensions
Precarious politics for celebrities, brands in China
Even seemingly innocuous social media activity can get celebrities into trouble.
Xi Jinping's guns of August
The focus on Pelosi's Taiwan visit is misplaced. The question is what's behind the Chinese overreaction?
How Pelosi upended Australia's big power balancing plans
The US Speaker’s visit to Taipei and China’s military response have illuminated the intractable choices that Canberra confronts.
Asian Insider
Poverty and despair in Afghanistan after one year of Taliban rule
Asian Insider looks at life there and the policies of US and India on the geostrategically important country.
Mortgage boycotts end nascent recovery in China's property market
Concerns over whether developers can deliver homes on schedule have deepened in China.
Najib’s son talked up as GE candidate ahead of ex-PM’s final appeal against jail term
Datuk Mohd Nizar Najib, 44, has long been groomed to be a successor to his father in politics.
Climate change in the Himalayas: Heavier, more destructive floods in Nepal
Change in weather patterns at high altitudes leads to heavy rainfall which in turn triggers landslides.
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Rise above blame games to common challenge, urges top zoonotic diseases expert Wang Linfa
Prof Wang Linfa says countries should take pandemic preparedness seriously, as they do for military preparedness.
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Couple allegedly involved in luxury goods scam arrested as they were checking in at JB hotel
Hotel staff said Pi Jiapeng and Pansuk Siriwipa were taken away by Malaysian police within five minutes.
August 14 2022
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