Not long after Chi-na's two stock exchanges opened in Shanghai and Shenzhen in the early part of the decade, would-be investors queued for hours just for the chance to buy a lottery ticket that would give a few lucky winners the opportunity to buy stock -- though no choice as to which company or at what price.

CNN: Going to the People

His family, long estranged from Chi, virtually ignores her death, terming it an accident.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Books: Catfish and Mandala

Founded earlier this year, Bonham Strand today runs a brightly lit, 2, 000-square foot studio workshop in Lai Chi Kok, where a dozen tailors work at long desks, surrounded by clothes racks and fabric samples.

WSJ: Reshaping Hong Kong's Fading Tailoring Industry

In South-East Asia Bangkok, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City are all low-lying urban areas, yet like Jakarta they have all taken too long to react to the threat of increased flooding.

ECONOMIST: The threat grows from rising water and sinking buildings