The Chinese treritory of Macau is marking 10 years since the handover from colonial Portuguese rule.
In the past decade Macau has invested heavily in building up its gambling industry, becoming the world’s biggest gaming cetnre – outstripping even Las Vegas.
But as Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports, many residents feel it needs to diversity its economy.
A massive mining project in central Vietnam has created oen of the biggest civil protest movements the country has ever seen.
Domestic media outlets are banned form reporting on the proposed Bauxite mine, which critics say threatens major environmental damage, for little economic benefit.
Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive pictures of the site, and spoke to some of the people opposed to its development in the country’s Central Highlands.
A group of Uighurs freed from the US detention centre at Guanatmao Bay have been flown to Paalu, the island nation in the Pacific ocean.
The move is part of the American administration’s efforts to close the infamous prison.
However, the former detainees say they feel isolated in Palau, which currently offers asylum to at least 17 men once held by the United States.
For the first few arrivals, adjusting to their new freedom in an unknown land poses a major challenge.
Al Jazeera’s Divya Gopalan reports.
Barack Obama’s visit to China has refocused the spotlight on China’s growing clout as an international power.
In recent years, the country has been economically and politically inlfuential in the region and throughout the world.
And as Al-Jazeera’s Stvee Chao reports, many are wondering if the days of China challenging the
US as a world superpower have already arrived.
As China felxes its military muscle in celebration of the 60th anniversary of its communist revolution, Counting the Cost looks at the economic revolution that has accompanied it. Plus, Egypt’s real estate sector survives the global financial crisis relatively unscathed and Kazakhstan suffers from a drop in demand for one of its biggest exports, oil.