Journalism

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China – integrating offline, diverging online

September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Is the Chinese internet more sophisticated than the rest of the web? Thoughts from Bill Dodson, author of the book China inside out.

Dyslexia in China

March 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · China, Journalism

There is almost zero awareness about dyslexia in mainland China, which leads to great frustration among children, teachers and parents and also means many kids miss out on a proper education. That’s something the Lang Lang school in Beijing is aiming to change. My story.

Is Indonesia bungling its palm oil industry?

March 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Journalism, Rest of Asia

Indonesia risks bungling the positive social impact that a well-run palm oil industry could have, local NGOs say. Instead of empowering millions of rural smallholders, the Indonesian authorities are cutting them out of the profits by favouring big state-run palm oil production firms and using cheap labour sourced from the hordes of unemployed urban Javanese.

US cash for visas scheme targets China

March 6th, 2011 · No Comments · China, Journalism

America is offering Green Cards to rich foreigners in return for interest-free loans. I was asked by the Atlantic Yards Report blog to go to a roadshow event in Beijing, where I saw US officials and company representatives insist to potential Chinese investors that the “EB-5″ scheme was a risk-free deal – but that isn’t true.

Religious tension rising in Indonesia

February 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Journalism, Rest of Asia

Observers agree that religious tension is on the rise in Indonesia. I look at what’s happening and why.

Jakarta’s Pak Ogah

December 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Journalism, Rest of Asia

Across the developing world, unemployed poor people find ingenious ways to scratch a living – in Jakarta, which has some of the world’s worst vehicle congestion, the “informal sector” has extended into directing traffic.

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Incitement to murder

December 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Journalism, Uncategorized

These people have all – directly or indirectly – called for Wikileaks Julian Assange to be murdered for building a platform that enables whistleblowers to release information without giving themselves away. They are mad.

CIB stories

November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Stories in China International Business magazine on social networking as well as real estate in Beijing and New York.

Emirati health tourism in Thailand

August 16th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Journalism, Middle East, Rest of Asia

Thailand has become an important health tourism destination for Emiratis and other Gulf Arabs who don’t trust their own national health services and who have found it harder to get visas for the US post-9/11.

China’s soccer blues

July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · China, Journalism

Why aren’t the Chinese any good at football? Surely there must be a few “People’s Rooneys” among the People’s Republic’s 1.4 billion population? Apparently not – China has only ever qualified for one World Cup, in 2002, where it lost all 3 group games and failed to score a goal. The Chinese themselves have a [...]

Tom Spender

Freelance journalist & photographer in Beijing