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Filipino activists and Vietnamese nationals display placards and chant anti-China slogans as they march outside the Chinese consulate in Manila's Makati financial district, May 16, 2014. (16 May)   Filipinos and Vietnamese residents in the Philippines have staged a joint protest against China's incursions into South China... 

(12 May)   The wealthy economies of Singapore and Hong Kong are perhaps not the first that analysts associate with instability, but according to international research house Capital Economics, they're the ones most likely to be burned by U.S. Federal Reserve rate hikes. Most analysts expect the Fed will raise interest rates... 

Shoppers outside luxury retail stores in a shopping mall along Singapore's Orchard Road, the city-state's largest commercial area. The sale of luxury goods in Singapore is expected to reach $2.7 billion this year, while the Asia-Pacific region is set to drive the world's luxury market for the foreseeable future....