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Five entrepreneurial insights from the Overseas Chinese-Asian playbook

Mitch de Leon, a Filipino entrepreneur now based in Sweden, has written a good LinkedIn post listing five observations about the Overseas Chinese-Asian entrepreneurial playbook that entrepreneurs from any geography can benefit from. His five observations (which he goes into … Continue reading

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China curbs elite education programs for would-be study abroad students

In the latest sign that Beijing is worried about the spread of Western values in its education system, the Wall Street Journal reports that China is tightening the reins on popular programs that prepare students to study in the U.S. and … Continue reading

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Indian students turning away from studying at UK universities

The number of Indian study abroad students going to the UK for higher studies has seen a dramatic drop by 50% in the past four years from 23,120 for the 2009-10 academic year to 11,270 for the 2013-14 academic year. … Continue reading

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China’s nouveau riche increasingly study abroad at American universities

Foreign Policy has a lengthy piece entitled, China’s Nouveau Riche Have Landed on America’s Campuses, with the byline: Chinese students abroad used to be seen as diligent, penny-pinching, and idealistic. No longer. A common observation among the Chinese interviewed for … Continue reading

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Expats talk about their expat job searches

Looking for a job can be difficult enough, but looking for an expat job requires more creativity. In a recent post for the Wall Street Journal blog, Phuket based expat writer Anne Louise O’Connell profiled how a couple of expats … Continue reading

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Growth from Asia drives surge in U.S. international students

A Pew Research Center article notes that the U.S. international student population grew 72% from 1999 to 2013, according to the New York-based Institute of International Education, with nearly all the increase came from Asian countries. China was the single biggest … Continue reading

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International students dominate STEM degrees from US Universities

A new Pew Research Center analysis of degrees granted by American colleges and universities shows that international students earn more than half of the advanced degrees in many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. At the baccalaureate level, international students … Continue reading

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Myanmar Business Development Manager

My client, a leading multinational packaging company, is seeking a business development manager who can look after their existing customers in Myanmar, find new potential customers and keep an eye on the local market for new sales opportunities as the … Continue reading

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India tech/eCommerce/mobile “is like the late 1990s in the U.S.”

In a Bloomberg article entitled “America’s Unwanted Ivy Leaguers Are Flocking to India,” Kunal Bahl, the CEO of Snapdeal, said that for anyone now interested in programming or eCommerce or mobile-device apps, India “is like the late 1990s in the … Continue reading

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Why the rarefied world of UK boarding schools appeals to parents around the world

The Financial Times has an extensive special report about why UK boarding schools continue to appeal to parents around the world. As emerging markets have matured, British boarding schools have gone from being the preserve of the wealthy elite in … Continue reading

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