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		<title>BRICS, the new emerging forces in the world</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/23/brics-the-new-emerging-forces-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tingdong Lu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of “BRIC” was first put forward by the Goldman Sachs Group which is an American multinational investment banking firm in 2001. It is the title of an association of emerging national economies which including Brazil, Russia, India and China. Due to the participation of South Africa in 2010, the name changed to BRICS. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“A happy customer tells a friend; an unhappy customer tells the world” – Tourist scams in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/23/%e2%80%9ca-happy-customer-tells-a-friend-an-unhappy-customer-tells-the-world%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-tourist-scams-in-thailand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governmental Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among Westerners, Thai people are widely considered to be very friendly and helpful. For a reason the country is called the ‘Land of smiles’ and most inhabitants do their best to support and help out tourists whenever they can. However, many visitors also experience another side at some point during their holidays: Scams and fraud. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith in government – The political arm-wrestle in the Philippines</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/20/faith-in-government-%e2%80%93-the-political-arm-wrestle-in-the-philippines/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/20/faith-in-government-%e2%80%93-the-political-arm-wrestle-in-the-philippines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philippines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is an unusual sight that can be found if someone was to enter any cathedral nowadays, at the time of the mid-term elections, somewhere on the Philippines. The eye is caught by huge red and black banners asking the faithful Catholic community to choose between “Team Life” and “Team Death”. It was Bishop Vicente [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Housing Bubble &#8211; Will it burst this time?</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/16/chinas-housing-bubble-will-it-burst-this-time/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/16/chinas-housing-bubble-will-it-burst-this-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The real estate market is in most economies one of the main drivers in GDP and an important indicator of growth. Unfortunately this means if the real estate sector is not doing well it can have a major effect on a countries economy, as it could be observed in America in 2008, when subprime mortgages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ongoing claim of territory – The Indo-China dispute</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/15/the-ongoing-claim-of-territory-%e2%80%93-the-indo-china-dispute/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/15/the-ongoing-claim-of-territory-%e2%80%93-the-indo-china-dispute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geo-Political Disputes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[border]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depsang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dispute]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indo-China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ladakh]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asianowblog.com/?p=2337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 15, 50 Chinese soldiers were stationed in the Western border region to India, the Depsang valley in the region Ladakh. Both countries claim to be the right owner of the disputed area. According to Reuters, China agreed now, a few weeks after the incident to withdraw troops again, but the conflict is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARE LABOR RIGHTS IMPROVING IN CAMBODIA?</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/14/are-labor-rights-improving-in-cambodia/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/14/are-labor-rights-improving-in-cambodia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governmental Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Labor Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asianowblog.com/?p=2342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With regard to International Labor Day on May first, workers around the world united to protest over low pay, rising living costs and difficult working conditions. In Cambodia thousands of garment workers hit the streets of Phnom Penh. According to LICADHO, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, between six and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Evolution of “Factory Asia”</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/13/the-evolution-of-%e2%80%9cfactory-asia%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/13/the-evolution-of-%e2%80%9cfactory-asia%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tingdong Lu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governmental Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASEAN Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Factory Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low cost]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asianowblog.com/?p=2328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These two simple words “Factory Asia” can visually define Asia’s growth performance over the last two decades. The first impression of Asia from Western aspect would be growing population that can provide cheap and abundant labor. However, the map of products produced and traded by Asian economies rapidly changed from low value sectors (i.e. agriculture) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tibet- A matter of understanding and emphasize rather than freedom?</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/10/tibet-a-matter-of-understanding-and-emphasize-rather-than-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/10/tibet-a-matter-of-understanding-and-emphasize-rather-than-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governmental Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Self-immolation is the most severe form of protest and displays deep beliefs and dedications of its performer. In this case people are willing to die for something they strongly belief in, as it showed in the case of Tibetan Monks suicides on February 24, 2013 in the Qinghai province, in eastern Tibet´s Amdo region. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huawei Builds Clout With R&amp;D, can it be NEXT Apple?</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/09/huawei-builds-clout-with-rd-can-it-be-next-apple/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/09/huawei-builds-clout-with-rd-can-it-be-next-apple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 05:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smartphone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asianowblog.com/?p=2284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Huawei , as one of the world’s leading telecom products suppliers which has relied on cutthroat pricing and has been working its way up the food chain of telecom market and its rise has worried some other phone carriers and producers such as Apple, ZTE and HTC, is using its enormous scale and financial strength to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifting of sanctions- Is Myanmar actally progressing?</title>
		<link>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/08/lifting-of-sanctions-is-myanmar-actally-progressing/</link>
		<comments>http://asianowblog.com/2013/05/08/lifting-of-sanctions-is-myanmar-actally-progressing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myanmar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2013 a couple enters a goldsmith’s shop in Meiktila, Myanmar. It is not entirely clear what happened next, the only thing that is known is that a fight started between the Muslim goldsmith and the Buddhist couple that entered and the owner hit one of the customers in the head. The resulting consequences [...]]]></description>
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