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Korean Queens

LEE HAN SHIH
The women of China can take a leaf from Korean women who have come into their own through a great belief in themselves.

The Jewish Mermaid

CHRISTINE LEE ZILKA

Korean American Christine Lee Zilka, like Hans Christian Andersen’s mermaid, moves between two worlds for the sake of love.


April 2007, a flashback

LEE HAN SHIH

Made-in-China Jumbo by 2020

China has announced it is on track to produce its own large aircraft by 2020 to ensure a good chunk of its huge spending in aviation stays in the country. China is currently carrying out a five-year plan to buy 500 jets and build 48 airports. By 2025, it will spend hundreds of billions more to buy some 2,230 planes.


April 2006, a flashback

LEE HAN SHIH

Booming sales in China

Auto sales in China soared by more than 70 per cent in January, putting it on track to overtake Japan as the world’s second biggest automobile market this year. Last year 5.9 million vehicles were sold in China. Growth this year is projected at 15 per cent.


March 2007, a flashback

LEE HAN SHIH

Baidu ventures into news service

China’s premier local search engine Baidu has secured a coveted Internet news licence on the Internet and has formed a small core team to study ways to provide news using the Web 2.0 methods to its numerous users. The listed Baidu aims to establish itself as a major player in the fast growing net advertising market.


March 2006, a flashback

LEE HAN SHIH

A look at what happened in North Asian businesses, three years to this day.

More woes for Yamaha Motor
The Japanese company, already under investigation for the alleged sale of helicopters to Poly Technologies, a firm linked to the People’s Liberation Arm of China, for military uses, is now suspected of selling an aircraft to another firm affiliated to the Chinese military.

North Korea

*Source: CIA World Factbook 2009; UNICEF

Country: NORTH KOREAnorth korea

Capital: Pyongyang


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