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Samsung Galaxy Note III: 4K Video and 24-Bit Audio – in Pink 27 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
On September 4, Samsung will reveal its hotly anticipated Galaxy Note III phablet at the company’s “Unpacked Episode 2” event in Berlin. As is the case with major tech releases, rumors continue to swi...
The Plight of China’s Petitioners 27 Aug 2013 | 03:24 pm
Petitioning takes many forms in China – sometimes there are harmless forms of protest, such as the petitioner who pulled down his pants at the Bo Xilai trial last week. Other times, petitioning can be...
Barefoot Gen: Manga, History and Japan’s Right-Wing Fringe 27 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
The Asahi Shimbun recounts an anecdote in which cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa, who created Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen), once received a letter from a woman telling him that her son was unable to go to t...
India’s Companies Act: Legally Enforced Corporate Social Responsibility 27 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
It’s painfully common knowledge that doing business in India is probably one of the toughest jobs in the world. India routinely finds itself at the bottom of the pack when it comes to ease of doing bu...
In China, Foreigners Come First 27 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
Chinese often complain that foreigners come first. During the early years of reform, foreign companies received special incentives for investing in China, and the few nice hotels in the country were r...
Karachi Fights Against Toy Guns – Demands Ban 27 Aug 2013 | 01:33 pm
Twelve, seven and five-year-olds Habib, Hasan and Asghar hold toy guns in their hands like a sport. These are the favored Eid gift for kids their age in Lyari. Harmless looking and plastic, in a range...
India: Where Are All the Girls? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
The silence is revealing. Rajju is baking bread for her son Rajesh. She serves him without word. Thirty minutes later, mother and son finish their lunch with only the barest minimum of utterances. Thi...
The Dalai Lama’s Ancestral Home Gets a Makeover from Beijing 27 Aug 2013 | 09:47 am
In a symbolic move, the Chinese government would appear to have made their conquest of Tibet nearly complete. Hongai village, the exiled Dalai Lama’s ancestral home that rests on a mountain peak, is r...
Will NTT DoCoMo Finally Embrace the iPhone? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest wireless carrier, has staunchly opposed stocking the iPhone since its Japanese release. That stance may chance, with the telecom giant’s chief financial officer citing “com...
Political Uncertainty Looms in Bangladesh 27 Aug 2013 | 07:31 am
My journalist friend Shehab grows silent when I ask him what is likely to happen in the coming general elections in Bangladesh. As someone who has been working in the profession for more than a decade...
