Huge seizures in recent years of trafficked pangolins have drawn worldwide attention to the threat of extinction faced by these armadillo-like anteaters. It will come as a surprise to some that pangolins top the…
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A Leica promotional video alluded to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, prompting an angry response from China just weeks ahead of the 30th anniversary. Leica has denied commissioning or sanctioning the video. Source: Deutsche Welle…
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Wonsan-Kalma and the North Korean Economy What does one single resort construction project on North Korea’s east coast say about the state of the country’s economy?[1] Quite a bit, perhaps: it’s not just North Korea’s…
Despite an early entry into the Asian powerhouse, the US tech giant has failed to gain traction against fierce local competition. DW asks what lessons the world’s largest e-tailer can learn about selling to the…
China is a “festering” black hole when it comes to freedom of the press, a Paris-based media watchdog said in a recent report. China fell one place lower on Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) annual…
Concerns are growing over the health of a former leader of the 1989 student-led democracy movement, currently charged with subversion in the southwestern Chinese region of Guangxi. Zhou Yongjun was charged by the state prosecutor…
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A Japanese baby boy whose birth weight was that of an apple is set to go home some 29 weeks after coming to the world. He is thought to have been the smallest baby boy…
The Indian economy has grown under Prime Minister Modi, who came into office on a wave of economic populism. But anyone who thought India’s growth would explode like its Asian neighbor China will have to…