Asia Pacific
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China scores better on food, health and housing, while crackdowns have worsened Hong Kong’s ratings
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Meeting between China’s president and US secretary of state takes place at time of heightened tension
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Liu Jianchao accused of directing fugitive recovery operations targeting regime’s opponents
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UK’s largest stock-market-listed firm weighs up Hong Kong or Shanghai listing to shield it from geopolitical tensions
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Hard graft is ingrained in South Korean society, but when the state proposed a 69-hour week, it was had to back down as millennials and gen-Zers opt out of traditional working practices
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Kim Jong-un attended the conference to review defence strategies and the country’s struggling economy
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Public notice issued to watch out for the flippered creatures as they start to leave their breeding colonies and venture out into New Zealand
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If the UK is really moved by starvation in North Korea, demand an end to cruel sanctions
Simon JenkinsUN bans aimed at transgressive regimes always hurt the poor and innocent, leaving rulers such as Kim Jong-un unscathed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Eskape review – moving tale of a refugee’s dangerous journey out of Cambodia
4 out of 5 stars.