17 December 2010

Stories from 17 December 2010

Student condition in Indonesia

EngageMedia uploads a video featuring university students from Jakarta, Indonesia who talk about their education and the condition of students in Indonesia.

17 December 2010

East Timor: Unsafe oil power project

La'o Hamutuk reports that the construction of an oil power plant in East Timor is encountering many problems. It observed that the project is characterized by “bad planning, dubious procurement...

17 December 2010

Cambodia: Prince Ranariddh returns to politics

Retiring from politics in 2008, Prince Norodom Ranariddh surprised everybody in Cambodia when he recently announced that he will return to politics in order to strengthen the royalist movement. What will be its impact on Cambodian politics?

17 December 2010

China: Tax cut

George Chen discusses the tax cut agenda put forward at the Central Economic Work Conference in China.

17 December 2010

China: Empty News

Chang Ping writes at China Media Project on the firing of Xinhua reporter Yan Bingguang and the production of empty news in the state-run media in China.

17 December 2010