July 30th 2012 27th July We left Koh Samet at around 8am and arrived in Bangkok at 2pm, a relatively short journey compared to what we have been used to! We were thankful that our hotel was not too far away and seemed a nice place to be finishing our travels. Our afternoon consisted of relaxing and having a look around the area we wer staying, just off of Khaosan Road. Then we headed for dinner in the restaurant in the hotlel and met some friendly Brits who were on their Honey Moon. As it was the e...

Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction, by Sabina Knight. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. T he author is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Smith College, where she also teaches a course on Health and Illness. Part of the growing Oxford series of Very Short Introductions, this slender volume accomplishes the impossible by presenting the reader with a comprehensive and accessible entry into the vast literature that has come from China over several millennia,...

Follow Reuters What's at stake for Vijay Mallya if Kingfisher fails?  Full Article   ANALYSIS-Asia's feed mills caught short by costly corn Link this Share this * With corn at record, Asia to see higher meat prices * Australia almost out of feed wheat * Most Asian buyers short on grain supplies * Ample rice to ease impact of red-hot corn prices By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE, July 30 (Reuters) - As corn prices climb past the record levels hit this time last year, a major factor has changed for Asian i...