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Asia Extended: Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver
On the flight from San Francisco to Calgary, my American-Chinese seat neighbour was candid about the population density of Hong Kong and China. As we approached the runaway, the vast snow-covered open...
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Thinking out of the book – tutors in China and Asia
A recent news report, ‘Mass tutoring churning out Robot Pupils’ (South China Morning Post, May 19, 2012) referred to a survey conducted by Mark Bray, a professor of Comparative Education at the...
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Hong Kong: A take away journey
As I prepare to renew my acquaintance with my home country, India, I have a niggling doubt that my reaction is veering towards Betty Mullard’s* sentiments of loss or sadness or rancour, as described by...
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The great divide between China and India
In 1962, an unexpected and calamitous event, the India-China war of 1962, triggered far reaching personal and social overtones. It would take a few more years for the wounds to heal, to sweep...
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Maid to order in Hong Kong
Maids are in the news lately, with Hong Kong being offered unlimited choice by importing helpers from Myanmar. Hong Kong is helper haven with nearly 300,000 domestic helpers, largely from the...
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Baby gender inequality set to improve in India and China
The simple selfie stick is turning into a wand of prophetic political propensities due to untiring efforts of its major user…the present Prime Minister of India. In his latest social message to his...
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