He's 40, single, and living in one of the world's most expensive cities. How one guy plans to retire by 50 and leave the rat race behind.

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Christopher How is on track to retire by 50 in Singapore, one of the world's most expensive cities.

Christopher How

Her daughter struggled in school with dyslexia, so she moved all 3 kids to Bali to try hands-on learning in bamboo classrooms

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I've visited 60 countries. Skip the crowds in Bali — visit this lesser-known gem in South Asia instead.

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I loved traveling around Sri Lanka.

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Asia's governments think people not having sex or dating may be tanking their birth rates. That's not the full picture.

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Hospital staff attending to new born babies in the nursery ward of the Hospital in Misato city, Saitama prefecture on February 1, 2014.
Cities like Tokyo and Seoul have turned to radical ideas like launching a dating app and giving people money to reverse their vasectomies in order to bolster their declining birth rates.

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Asia is preparing for a rogue US if Trump and Vance win the election, security and foreign policy experts say

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Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance at the Republican National Convention.
On Monday, former President Donald Trump named Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential pick. Both Trump and Vance have been equally hawkish when it comes to dealing with China.

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Asia's wedding of the year is seriously annoying locals in Mumbai

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Decorations around the Ambani family's residence in Mumbai, India, ahead of the wedding of Anant Ambani.

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13 years ago, he rage-quit an internship and flew to Bali for a 5-day vacation. It changed his entire career plan.

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A lounge chair is positioned in front of glass doors that overlook the pool.
Glass doors let natural light into the home.

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Chinese shoppers are so obsessed with LVMH that some people asked the CEO to bless their babies

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Bernard Arnault and his company LVMH have a big fanbase in China.

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An embattled oil tycoon is selling a mansion in Singapore for $32 million. It's one of the city's status-symbol houses that business leaders covet.

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A screengrab from Google Maps Street View depicting the GCB at 1 K Tanglin Hill in Singapore
A screen grab from Google Maps Street View depicting a Good Class Bungalow belonging to former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin, better known as OK Lim, in Tanglin Hill, Singapore. In land-scarce Singapore, Good Class Bungalows, or GCBs, are rare and incredibly expensive.

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Their trip to Bali was going to be a month long. But they fell in love with the island and built a house near the sea, giving up city life for good.

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The garden creeps into the living area.
The garden creeps into the living area.

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