Asia

Despite Slower Growth, China's Economy Is Undergoing Major Changes

2:29pm January 20, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Yukon Huang, senior associate in the Asia program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about how China's economy is changing.

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North Korean Scientists Come Up With 'Amazing' Breakthroughs

7:30am January 20, 2016

Last year the scientists came up with a vaccine that could cure AIDS, drug addition and Ebola. This year, according to the Pyongyang Times, they've discovered hangover-free alcohol.

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Gunmen Attack University In Northwest Pakistan

6:59am January 20, 2016

by Philip Reeves

Gunmen stormed a university campus, killing more than a dozen people. The attack triggered a gunbattle with police and army troops. The four attackers reportedly died in the attack.

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China's Economy Grows At Its Slowest Rate In 25 Years

6:47am January 20, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

China's annual growth dipped to 6.9 percent. Not since China faced international sanctions over the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has its economy grown at such a slow pace.

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Indian Capital Suspends Odd-Even Car Experiment To Curb Pollution

7:07pm January 19, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

The government of India's capital New Delhi tried an odd-even scheme for cars to curb growing air pollution. But now it says it is placing the scheme on hold for a number of months.

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IMF Lowers Its Growth Forecast For The Global Economy

2:52pm January 19, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

Advanced economies are doing OK, but a sharp slowdown is plaguing much of the developing world, the IMF's latest report says.

In 2015, China's GDP grew at its slowest rate in a quarter of a century, feeding expectations that new stimulus policies will be enacted. On Tuesday, containers were transported at a port in eastern China's Jiangsu province.

China Reports Slowest Economic Growth In 25 Years

1:01pm January 19, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Not since the fallout from the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has China's economy grown at such a slow pace: at just below 7 percent last year.

The broad avenues of Pakistan's capital empty out after dark and prove irresistible to young drag racers.

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On The Sleepy Streets Of Islamabad, A Late-Night Need For Speed

11:11am January 19, 2016

by Philip Reeves

In Pakistan's capital, teenagers in a group called Route 66 get their kicks drag racing illegally on the city's wide avenues. They're worried more about punishment from their parents than from police.

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Before Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party sealed the vote in the nation's presidential elections on Saturday night, K-pop singer Chou Tzu-yu was forced to apologize after waving the Taiwanese flag on a TV broadcast. A DPP supporter holds a sign showing

Backlash After Singer Waves Taiwanese Flag Rouses Ruling Party Tensions

2:34pm January 18, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

K-pop star Chou Tzu-yu was forced to apologize on TV after an unplanned political statement. The incident may have swayed presidential election voters in favor of Taiwan's winning opposition party.

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Missing Bookseller Raises Doubts About Free Speech In Hong Kong

7:20am January 18, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

There's another surprising twist in the case of missing Hong Kong booksellers. One of the men appeared in mainland China, on government-run TV, and made a video-taped confession to an unrelated crime.

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