About Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
Sri Lanka crisis is a warning to other Asian nations
... Over the years, Sri Lanka had built up a huge amount of debt - last month, it became the first country in the Asia Pacific region in 20 years to default on foreign debt...
Hong Kong handover: What will the next 25 years hold?
... " Twenty-five years ago when China was much less developed than it is now, Hong Kong stood out as a very developed, internationally connected city, " says Louis Kuijs, chief Asia Pacific economist of S& P Global Ratings...
£150,000 starting salaries as firms fight for staff
... Demand in the final three months of the year was strongest in Asia Pacific, it said, but the trend of staff shortages was apparent worldwide including in the UK...
Dementia cases expected to almost triple across the world by 2050
... " The study predicts cases will rise: in eastern sub-Saharan Africa, from nearly 660,000 to more than three million - mainly driven by population growthin North Africa and the Middle East, from almost three million to nearly 14 millionin the higher-income Asia Pacific region, from 4·8 million to 7·4 millionin Western Europe, from almost eight million to nearly 14 millionin the UK, from just over 907,000 to almost 1...
