Hong Kong On Air
McYale with the death penalty – and no backtalk
Yale’s Singapore branch campus promises to uphold liberal arts values but compromises with the city’s illiberal regime.
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Posted in Asia Times, Hong Kong On Air, National University of Singapore, Pericles Lewis, Richard Levin, Shaun Tan, Singapore freedoms, Wall Street Journal, Yale, Yale-NUS Singapore
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Macau bribe tale winds toward Beijing, Vegas
A new probe into ties between Sands China and Macau lawyer/official Leonel Alves puts company chairman Sheldon Adelson in the middle of a deepening mess. 
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Posted in Asia Times, China corruption, Hong Kong On Air, Las Vegas Sands, Leonel Alves, Macau casinos, ProPublica, Sands China, Sheldon Adelson, US politics
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Holiday in Cambodia no longer a joke
Cambodia has come a long way since the days of the Khmer Rouge and the Dead Kennedys, and visitors get a lot to take home. 
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Posted in Cambodia, casinos in Asia, Cheoung Ek/Killing Fields, Hong Kong On Air, Khmer Rouge, NagaCorp, NagaWorld, Phnom Penh, Tuol Sleng/S-21
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Next Hong Kong handover due in 2017
The Hong Kong handover 15 years ago ushered in a new era for the city and for China. 
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Posted in 1997 Asian economic crisis, Blacksmith Books, China, China-Hong Kong relations, CY Leung, Hong Kong, Hong Kong chief executive election 2017, Hong Kong handover, Hong Kong On Air, Leung Chun-ying, SARS
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