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Business
The surprising success of importing European artisan cheese culture to China, while a new trend for fine wine also takes off in Hong Kong and plans to legalise casinos in Japan get underway.
Map it out
Mapmaking is an art that involves recording minute details and interpreting the world for travellers. But maps are also open to political manipulation, which can create significant problems for those who rely on them.
Talk about Kevin
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s former prime minister and now foreign minister, talks to Monocle about engagement with Asia, defence spending and whether he wants his old job back.
Northern exposure
The Chinese city of Harbin is quickly establishing itself as a regional power, bringing in investment and cashing in on its food and fashion. It’s proving that it’s far from grim up north.
Business
The young guns taking the tea world by storm, mobile markets and an eco-friendly super-yacht.
Expo 49: On the brink
Two riverside towns, one frozen border: gleaming Heihe faces desolate Blagoveshchensk, as China and Russia forge an uneasy, resource-driven partnership decades after armed conflict.
2012 forecast: transport
Africa's first high-speed rail network, Cambodia's "bamboo" railway upgrade and China's ambitious aviation plans.
Defence
Chine beefs up its air force again, and India builds a strike force to ready itself for Himalayan border disputes.
Defence
The one part of Yemen that's still paradise, plus the US creates a new naval base in Singapore.
Looking for a plan
Dongguan, a metropolis hastily erected during a 1980s economic boom, is a case study in what happens when urban planning goes wrong. With poor transport and half-empty malls, life is a struggle.
