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Cambodia: Crocodile farmers eye Europe

Cambodia: Crocodile farmers eye Europe

Cambodia is a significant exporter of crocodile skins and meat, and that it plans to become a bigger player in this specialized market.
Burma: Foreign banks enter market

Burma: Foreign banks enter market

Burma’s banking sector is bracing for a shakeup as three foreign banks have opened branches in the commercial capital, Yangon ...
India: Jewelry ad stirs controversy

India: Jewelry ad stirs controversy

Top Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai has become embroiled in a racism uproar after she posed for an Indian jewelry advertisement.
Modi’s visit divides Vancouver Indo-Canadian community

Modi’s visit divides Vancouver Indo-Canadian community

Applause for the Indian prime minister’s positive effect on trade relations between India and Canada, protest over his human rights record
Indian PM’s visit promises to raise Surrey’s profile

Indian PM’s visit promises to raise Surrey’s profile

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make a brief appearance at a temple before the end of the popular leader’s three-day Canadian visit
Canada off track when it comes to China: former ambassador

Canada off track when it comes to China: former ambassador

Canada needs to make smarter policy and diplomatic decisions in the future
Indian prime minister’s economic reforms face political hurdles

Indian prime minister’s economic reforms face political hurdles

Since the historic federal budget of 1991 presented by then-finance minister Manmohan Singh that launched India on a path of reform and market orientation, budget day in India has been high season for economic policy and has sent political ripples throughout South Asia and beyond.
B.C. businesses urged to learn as Chinese currency hub opens

B.C. businesses urged to learn as Chinese currency hub opens

Exporters in British Columbia are going to have to get up to speed, quickly, to take advantage of Canada’s new Chinese currency trading hub
Tourist invasion is no match for Vietnam’s one-party rule

Tourist invasion is no match for Vietnam’s one-party rule

The tourists who arrive in Vietnam from all over the world, to take in the pleasures of what is one of the most fascinating countries in Asia, can leave at the end of their visit without ever being aware they have been in an autocratic state with few civil rights and a bad human rights record
Vietnam: Unfriendly welcome

Vietnam: Unfriendly welcome

The habits of autocracy die hard, even in the face of a booming tourist industry.