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Asia’s Shifting PoliticsOctober 13 - October 19
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Stressed pandas... Mao's plane
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Stressed pandas: With a constant stream of people watching their every move, it's little wonder that Wuhan Zoo's two pandas have frazzled nerves. But their keepers have found that giving "Hope" and "Greatness" home-cooked chicken soup twice a month is the perfect cure.
Thai transvestites: Would-be ladyboys in Thailand can breathe a sigh of relief now that plastic surgery clinics have vowed to break a government ban on performing castrations, says AsianSexGazette. Plastic surgeons fear those wishing to remove their testes could choose unsafe "underground, unlicenced clinics."
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Mao's plane: Everything must go! And that includes Mao's plane, it seems. The late leader's official plane is set to be sold because the shopping mall in south China's Zhuhai where it is displayed needs to make room for more parking.
Health ministers: Taiwan's democracy can be a rough and tumble affair. Just ask hospitalized health minister Yeh Ching-chuan, who was allegedly attacked by opposition lawmakers angered by the government's response to the China milk scandal.
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Milking the property market - Faced with a sluggish housing market, developers in China are resorting to some bizarre tricks to lure buyers, including giving away free cows to new homeowners, says Today Online (Singapore). One developer in the southern city of Nanjing.......
Has Ma fallen off his horse?
Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou is feeling the public's dissatisfaction after he "stumbled" over the issue of tainted milk products from mainland China and failed to deal with the "economic fallout from recent typhoons," says Cindy Sui in Asia Times Online. Ma's handling of the milk crisis "frustrated the public."
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