China violates international norms on a number of fronts, from failure to protect intellectual property to ongoing support for North Korea, writes Joseph Bosco for the Hill. Many democracies, eager to protect business interests with the world’s second largest economy, remain silent about steady...
Up until this month, Singaporean women living overseas could not pass citizenship rights onto their children born out-of-country – only men were given this privilege. Children of expatriate women were forced to apply for citizenship. Yet as more Singaporean men and women leave the country to work...
CHILDREN born to Singaporean women overseas from May 15, 2004, will now be able to obtain Singaporean citizenship by descent.
As it stands now, only Singaporean men can pass on their citizenship to their...
With its low cost environment, especially cheap labor, China has become the world's largest producer of manufactured goods. However, not only NGOs but increasingly foreign governments and business leaders have urged China to do more to protect workers' rights. China only allows...
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The end of the Cold War ushered in the beginning of a new era – one in which the economic, military, and political superiority of the United States seemed an undisputed fact. Gautam Adhikari reexamines the vocabulary of unquestioned – and often unquestionable – US authority. While the country...
Limits of power: Even the sole superpower had to seek a deal with radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al Sadr, whom it had vowed to arrest or kill. (Photo: Al-Ahram)
WASHINGTON, DC: With American casualties in Iraq crossing the...
In compliance with the U.N. resolutions governing the weapons inspections in Iraq since November, Chief Inspector Hans Blix reported today to the Security Council about the progress of his team. Mr. Blix both commended the Iraqi government for granting access to weapons sites and lamented the...
THE SECURITY COUNCIL, 27 JANUARY 2003:
AN UPDATE ON INSPECTION
Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix
The governing Security Council resolutions
The...
Six centuries ago, Chinese Admiral Zheng He embarked on the first voyage of a career that encompassed destinations as far as India, Persia, Arabia, and Africa. Though his achievements were forgotten for centuries, a re-emergence of interest in his story coincides with China's dramatic rise....
A Dubious Legacy: Was Admiral Zheng He the first to discover America?
SINGAPORE: Six hundred years ago this autumn, a large Chinese fleet led by a famous Chinese admiral sailed from Nanjing on an unprecedented...
The international aid agency Doctors without Borders has announced its decision to pull out of Afghanistan for security reasons. After 24 years of working in the country – the organization stayed through the Soviet-Afghan war, the rule of the Taliban, and American military intervention – the group...
One of the world's leading frontline aid organisations, Médecins sans Frontières, is pulling out of Afghanistan after 24 years because of a deterioration in security.
MSF, a neutral group which depends...
When David Byrne, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, visited Thailand in mid-January to discuss agriculture and trade issues, his meeting with Thai leaders was considered a mutual success. At the time, Byrne had said EU food safety regulations posed no barrier and that the...
Stung by lies told by Thai leaders over the bird-flu epidemic, the EU will find it difficult to trust Thailand again
The Thai leaders must have the courage to apologise to David Byrne, Commissioner for Health...