Read more Asia stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1453/asia.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:44:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74106/obama-nudges-china-on-internet-freedom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina and the US don't have to be adversaries and can work out their differences, President Obama told students in Shanghai today. "More is gained when great powers cooperate than when they collide," Obama said. But the president also prodded for more freedoms in China, reports CNN , telling students that...http://www.newser.com/story/74106/obama-nudges-china-on-internet-freedom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 5:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74065/obama-to-myanmar-free-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama today abandoned decades of Western avoidance and told Myanmar's prime minister to free opposition leader and fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare face-to-face meeting. The strong message, delivered during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, signals a further thawing in...http://www.newser.com/story/74065/obama-to-myanmar-free-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 8:08:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73969/obama-arrives-in-japan-to-shore-up-relations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama arrived in Japan today to open his weeklong summit in Asia. At a news conference with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Obama acknowledged that relations with Tokyo have been strained and agreed that it's time to modernize the nations' 50-year-old treaty. "Our effort will be focused on revitalizing that...http://www.newser.com/story/73969/obama-arrives-in-japan-to-shore-up-relations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 6:18:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70923/10-of-babies-are-premature-taxing-worlds-health-system.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNearly 10% of babies born each year worldwide arrive prematurely, and the stress of caring for them "is exacting a huge toll emotionally, physically and financially on families, medical systems and economies," the March of Dimes said today. Some 13 million babies are preemies, and more than 1 million of...http://www.newser.com/story/70923/10-of-babies-are-premature-taxing-worlds-health-system.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 17:29:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68208/palin-to-make-first-trip-to-asia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce pilloried for her lack of foreign policy experience—except for Russia, which she said she could see from Alaska—Sarah Palin will make her first trip to Asia in September. The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors Forum, a prominent conference of global...http://www.newser.com/story/68208/palin-to-make-first-trip-to-asia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 7:57:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66904/hong-kong-singapore-emerge-from-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHong Kong emerged from the recession with a bang last quarter, posting better-than-expected growth of 3.3% from April to June. The Chinese territory suffered four quarters of contraction but came out of the red thanks to a pickup in exports and increased private consumption. Singapore also blasted out of...http://www.newser.com/story/66904/hong-kong-singapore-emerge-from-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 5:39:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65116/north-korea-blasts-funny-lady-clinton.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf insults were nukes, the US and North Korea would have destroyed the world today. Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Asia, told reporters that the secretive regime "has no friends left" to block denuclearization, after earlier in the week comparing Kim Jong-Il's coterie to "small children and unruly teenagers....http://www.newser.com/story/65116/north-korea-blasts-funny-lady-clinton.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 8:03:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61766/americans-work-hard-but-their-kids-are-lazy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans may jaw about their grueling work weeks and meager vacations, but their kids? While European and Asian children are logging in long school days and pounding out homework, US students are taking time off, the Economist reports. With one of the world's shortest school weeks and longest summers—which...http://www.newser.com/story/61766/americans-work-hard-but-their-kids-are-lazy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Jun 2009 15:48:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58384/asia-unites-against-swine-flu-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth chiefs from 13 Asian countries met in Bangkok yesterday to hammer out a unified response to the H1N1 virus, Reuters reports. The ministers pledged to step up cross-border cooperation, establish joint response teams, and share essential supplies. A statement called for Asia to establish the capacity to produce vaccines,...http://www.newser.com/story/58384/asia-unites-against-swine-flu-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 1:32:03 CDT