still prefer mainly US dollars.Fears that central banks in Asia's emerging markets are switching...AFTER a period of growing interest in the euro, Asia's central banks appear to be moving back ……

on bookmakers and bettors in what has become a billion-dollar Asian industry.With South Korea and Japan co-hosting the first World Cup in Asia, police expect heavy wagering on the tournament, which begins May 31 ……

’s Southwest Airlines are famous for their low-cost services. In Asia, Oasis Hong Kong Airlines... can range from as low as a dollar up to several hundred dollars. Low price tickets normally cannot ……

international calls to revalue the yuan, which is pegged at around 8.3 to the US dollar.China started... in Hong Kong.China has fixed the value of the yuan against the US dollar since 1994 ……

from the region's 21 economies meeting in Thailand next week still have plenty of worries... talk than action at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit.Some even go so far ……

and Daewoo are shedding workers.Throughout Asia, the US economic slowdown is taking a heavy toll... is still to come.During the first three months of 2001, many of Asia’s major economies — including Hong ……

物) of at least a dollar a day. You may give a larger tip if you’re staying in a high-end hotel.C AsiaAvoid tipping in most Asian countries. Tipping in Asia is not common, and may be considered rude. Service may ……

are still flooding Shandong's Dongming County.Japan's ambassador summonedLI Zhaoxing, China... Asia.New blueprint for Southeast AsiaLEADERS of 10 Southeast Asian nations signed a landmark accord ……

collectors who want increasingly exotic pets. There is a multi-billion US dollar wildlife industry... Southeast Asia, said. Cracking down on the trade is an issue that CITES and its 166 member nations ……

, Australia, Canada and other traditionally favored destinations still make up 75 percent of all students, some countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia are gaining popularity. In the following ……

currency outside China. It could even be on its way to a much bigger role in Asia — as Asian currency.In Hong Kong and along the mainland's borders with Southeast Asia, there is an emerging renminbi ……

and Asia meet in Istanbul. The city’s mosques (清真寺), bazaars (集市) and hammams (土耳其式浴室) keep tourists..., with one US dollar equaling two Turkish lira,” Yahoo Travel reported.Besides Istanbul, Italy’s Rome, UK ……

: Soldier, do you have change (零钱) for a dollar?Soldier: Sure, buddy (老兄).Officer: That’s the wrong way to talk to an officer. Now, let’s try that again. Soldier, do you have change for a dollar?Soldier ……

to the students that even if they have read the leading sentence of a paragraph several times, they still... headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.A: Central bank governors from the Asia-Pacific ……

that costs some 250,000 yuan each year is beyond his family’s ability.However, as the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar and the Japanese yen weakened against the Chinese yuan last year, it is possible ……