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Commercial buildings stand illuminated at night in the central business district of Singapore. The city’s economy grew an annualized 1.6 percent in the three months to Dec. 31 from the previous quarter, less than analysts estimated, after its manufacturing industry weakened with slowing growth in China. (Photo: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg) Asia,... 

(Photo: © Stringer Shanghai/Reuters) BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ban from March 1 internet accounts that impersonate people or organizations, and enforce the requirement that people use real names when registering accounts online, its internet watchdog said on Wednesday. China has repeatedly made attempts to require internet... 

Stephen Vines disputes the welfare chief's characterisation of society As immigrant-based societies mature and become more settled, there is less of a focus on wealth alone. (Photo: Bloomberg) Sometimes, a single sentence in an otherwise unremarkable newspaper story really leaps out at you. This week, it happened with a reported...