My time in Asia over the past decade has been dotted with epidemics and epidemic scares. These have mainly involved different varieties of the ‘flu, but also other less deadly
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The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization through its YaleGlobal online service has just launched an ebook A World Connected: Globalization in the 21st Century which is well worth
ContinueThe winds of reform are blowing in Asia at the moment. Or so it seems when one reads the headlines. Are the loosening of the authoritarian regime in Burma (sometimes
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Note to self: Stay here! Singapore is buzzing. There is no other way to describe the activity and creativity visible in every corner of this miniscule adopted home country of
ContinueWe are delighted to welcome Malin Samuelsson as our occasional correspondent from Singapore, who will be sharing her insights about trends — from political to economic and social — impacting
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It did not escape the notice of my partner as we walked down Nathan Road in Hong Kong that the local couple ahead of us were carrying a plethora of
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Happy New Year! Just back from a fascinating trip to Vietnam and Hong Kong, so a few reflections to share… Standing on street corner in Ho Chi Minh City or
ContinueThe headlines have been full of numbers recently, particularly as we have just passed a milestone where the 7 billionth person has now joined the world’s population (give or take
ContinueNASA reported today that the final voyage of Space Shuttle Endeavour, originally planned for Friday, would be delayed by several more days due to technical problems. The Space Shuttle was
ContinueNow the world’s second largest economy, a critical geopolitical player, home to the largest population on earth and the world’s largest consumer of raw materials, how China charts its future
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