6 October 2011

Stories from 6 October 2011

China: The Runaway Bosses of Wenzhou City

More than 26 entrepreneurs from China's industrial city of Wenzhou have fled the country after being unable to pay debts illegally lent to them by government officials. The city's officials are pleading with the central government for help, but Chinese netizens are not sympathetic to the Wenzhou bosses.

6 October 2011

Singapore's forgotten generation?

Wizard@McPeekay Institute reminds policymakers not to ignore the post-1960 generation who, according to the blogger, are the real ‘power brokers’ in Singapore society

6 October 2011

Thailand: Thammasat University massacre

Chayanin Wipusanawan writes about the October 6, 1976 massacre in Bangkok’s Thammasat University. More than 40 student protesters were killed on that day when military forces stormed the campus.

6 October 2011

Arab World: RIP Steve Jobs

The Arab world is mourning the death of Steve Jobs, Apple's visionary leader. Tributes are pouring in via social media as netizens wake up to the news.

6 October 2011

Dreamwork China: The Workers of Foxconn

China Digital Times introduces a documentary, Dreamwork China, on the lives and dreams of the Foxconn workers who make (authentic) Apple products (among others) at their massive complex in Shenzhen.

6 October 2011