Jul. 30 – Business reading for the beach….here at Asia Briefing (proud owner of the various Briefing brands), we’ve given in to the heat of summer, put on our swim shorts and are providing our readers with a complimentary special summer annual to download especially for August. Our first Asia Briefing summer special has arrived.
What’s in it? Business reading for the beach, a mixture of Asia business, culture and some fun stuff, all together in one handy, 20-page download.
Included: the top ten most popular articles from China Briefing, India Briefing, Vietnam Briefing and 2point6billion.com this year to date (over a million views combined on those), plus commentary and updates on them; the top ten Asia tourist destinations, photos and reviews; the best of Asia blogs – from China, India, Vietnam and the rest of Emerging Asia, find out which blogs we liked and why; and Publisher Chris Devonshire-Ellis’s fiendish summer quiz – “So You Think You Know Asia?”– with prizes to be won.
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Jul. 29 – Britain’s BAE Systems, the world’s largest defense contractor, recently confirmed a US$780 million deal with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. which will supply the former British colony with 57 more Hawk advanced trailing aircraft.
Jul. 29 – China’s air quality over the first half of 2010 worsened for the first time in five years, according to a 
Jul. 28 – The unification of Hong Kong with Mainland China may have taken place back in 1997, but a lingering British problem remains: the city still drives on the left side of the road. That is now developing into a serious headache as post-1997 infrastructure developments bring the territory closer to the mainland, which drives on the right side of the road.