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| Would the real Mr Abe stand up. Economist's interesting attempt to reconcile the "nationalist" & "internatoinalist" |
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| Beautiful design: “Apple sought the Holy Grail of tax avoidance,” via |
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| Indonesia's messy compromise> meet a "3 in 1 jockey" video by |
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| Indonesian infrastructure: better than the 18th century? Check out |
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| That reminds me of when I saw a man on the tube who was not flossing. Also at midday. |
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| What, flossing? “: Man flossing on tube. Opposite me. At midday. Flossing. In public. With oral b floss. In the day time. ” |
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| Exactly. Immortality if you get it right, banishment if you don't |
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| Middle East for US secretaries of state is like apple in Garden of Eden. Few can resist a shot at immortality. |
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| The nuclear argument: the EU has brought peace. Great choice of words. via |
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| Wolfgang Munchau lets his hair down: "I am like a six year old. I want the EU because I want it" |
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| Chinese cyber crime: More crooks than patriots - an interesting take from the excellent Kathrin Hille |
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| The wrong kind of inflation: WSJ pours cold water on Abenomics, via via |
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| Reading Ryu Murakami's From the Fatherland, With Love about post-collapse Japan being invaded by North Korea. Great so far |
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| Leaving Vietnam after four brilliant days. Best food in Asia (ex Japan) |
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| Lex on : Whoa there! “: Japan rally: second thoughts ” |
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| Glad it fooled you. I'm actually the fake David Pilling “:i like how you've got that little blue tick now by your name.” |
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| Fastest growth among G7: take a bow (for now) Japan |
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| Despite everything that happened to us in New Zealand, I love it here. I hope to get citizenship some day & become 100% Kiwi. |
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| "Bloomberg & its data: a 4-year old by an open cookie jar" |
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| "Ho Chi Minh City. Shit, am I still only in Ho Chi Minh City?" doesn't really cut it - as well as being anachronistic of course. |
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