Word: foreigner
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...events at home? Doesn’t retrospection add ambiguity, even to conversations that didn’t have a language barrier? Aren’t we in the habit of corralling observations into metaphors, even when we aren’t trying to discover the rhythm of a foreign place? Don’t we simplify un-mined personalities of even the people we know until they’re stock characters for our unwritten autobiographies...
...yuan for selected Chinese companies. This step will likely increase the use of yuan in Hong Kong, one of the world's premier financial centers. (The program also solidifies Hong Kong's role as China's chief financial hub.) This step follows a series of "swap agreements" concluded with foreign countries that allow their central banks to acquire yuan for use in trade with China. So far this year, the Chinese central bank has inked six such agreements - with nations including Argentina, Malaysia and Indonesia - totaling 650 billion yuan ($95 billion...
...question is whether the foreign community will be as forgiving. Over the past year, Indonesia has profited from the political uncertainty in regional neighbors Thailand and Malaysia, with foreign investors considering the once turbulent country as an alternative location to park their cash. Indonesia recorded 4.1% year-on-year growth in the first quarter of this year, a particularly impressive feat given the global economic crisis. A peaceful presidential election on July 8 underscored the feeling that Indonesia, just 11 years after emerging from dictatorial rule, was transforming into a democracy serious about tackling corruption and wooing foreign investors with...
...July 17 bombings, as well as the assassination of an Australian mining employee working in the remote province of West Papua earlier in the month, reminded the world that foreigners continue to be the intended victims of terrorism in Indonesia. Not only did the bombs detonate at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, which are popular with foreign guests, but also the suicide attacker at the Marriott appears to have deliberately targeted a group of mostly Western businessmen and diplomats with his explosives. While his counterpart at the Ritz-Carlton focused on the busy restaurant where people were breakfasting...
...event was hosted by CastleAsia, an economic and political-risk consultancy headed by an American businessman who has lived in Indonesia for many years. Three Australians and a New Zealander who were attending the breakfast were killed, as was an Indonesian hotel employee. Several other foreigners from the same meeting remain in the hospital with serious injuries. On Sunday, July 19, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith visited the Jakarta bombing site to show his government's sympathy for the victims. (Read "How the Jakarta Bombers Slipped Through Security...