Calendar of events in Asia for May 2010

The following is a list of events in Asia for May 2010:

<#> 1 - Chinese President Hu Jintao to meet EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Taiwan party leaders as well as leaders from South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and North Korea in Shanghai

1- World Expo 2010 to open to public in Shanghai

2- Maoists to launch indefinite nationwide general strike in Nepal to topple government

2- Thousands expected to turn out for pro-democracy demonstration ahead of Hong Kong's May 16 by-election

4- Taiwan to open first travel office in Beijing

6- Deadline for party registration in Myanmar ahead of general elections planned this year

7- China to open travel representative office in Taipei

10 - Philippine presidential and general elections

10 - Sex trial against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to resume

11 - Toyota Motor Corp to release earnings report

16 - Hong Kong to vote in by-election forced by resignations of five pro-democracy legislators and dubbed a "democracy referendum"

21 - Bank of Japan to end two-day Policy Board meeting

28 - Deadline ends for Nepal politicians to draft new republican constitution

28 - Japanese government to release unemployment rate and job availability for April

29 - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak to hold summit on Jeju Island, South Korea

31 - Japanese government to release preliminary industrial production index for April

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/321468,calendar-of-events-in-asia-for-may-2010.html.