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Steep declines in asset values pose not only a worry for economic growth, but also social stability, as ordinary folk watch their personal wealth evaporate. In China, the property sector accounts for 10% of national employment. Analysts believe that Beijing cannot afford a major collapse in the property market and...
Yet amid all of the gloom, many Asians can't help but remain optimistic. After decades of rapid growth, it seems impossible to some that new jobs and rising incomes will somehow suddenly vanish. Gao Yajun, a 26-year-old Beijing photographer, sees opportunity in crisis. "My hunch is that...
- with reporting by Neel Chowdhury / Singapore; Simon Elegant, Austin Ramzy and Jessie Jiang / Beijing; Robert Horn / Bangkok; Baradan Kuppusamy / Kuala Lumpur; Coco Masters, Yuki Oda and Michiko Toyama / Tokyo; Madhur Singh / New Delhi; Jason Tedjasukmana / Jakarta and Jyoti Thottam / Hong Kong
At the Beijing olympics, China proved it was best in the world at coming in first by dominating the gold-medal count. On Sept. 27 the country showed it can also be very happy with bronze. Forty-three years after cosmonaut Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes outside an orbiting spacecraft...
4. FM: As a recent Harvard alum, I’m sure you spent more than your fair share of time at the Harvard Square establishment, The Kong. How did the food in Beijing compare?