Investigation of Ji Wenlin the latest step in President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption
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Why You Need to Worry about China’s Shadow Banking
The increasingly risky Chinese financial sector presents a threat to global economic stability
Exclusive: The Dalai Lama Talks Pot, Facebook and the Pope With TIME
The Tibetan spiritual leader also offers surprising praise for China’s new leader
North Korea Detains Another Christian Missionary
A 75-year-old Australian missionary has been detained in Pyongyang—his wife believes the arrest is due to the religious pamphlets he carried into the country
Sri Lanka Considers A South Africa-Style Truth And Reconciliation Commission
Body would address country’s decades-long civil war
Australian Data Snafu Exposes Identities of 10,000 Asylum Seekers
The decision to turn them back just got a bit more complicated
Pakistan’s Musharraf in Court for Treason
Former military ruler is the first army chief to be put on trial in civilian court
India to Release Rajiv Gandhi’s Assassins
Seven plotters, including former death row inmates, receive an official pardon
Prominent Vietnamese Dissident Loses Appeal on Jail Sentence
U.S. “deeply concerned” by a judgement viewed as politically motivated
North Korea’s Kim Spending Big on Cars, Cognac, Pianos
State spending on luxury items rose from an average of $300 million a year under Kim Jong Il, to $645.8 million in 2012
Australian Missionary Arrested In North Korea
John Short, 75, has been detained since Sunday
Thai PM Yingluck to Face Graft Charges Over Botched Rice Scheme
Government body says embattled PM Yingluck Shinawatra could be charged with abuse of power, malfeasance over multi-billion dollar initiative
Military Expansion: China’s Soldiers Outgrow Their Tanks and Guns
Average physique has increased by 2 cm in height and 5 cm in waist girth over the past two decades, compromising comfort and accuracy