1. China's foreign investment
(Panorama/Investment)

... CNOOC's bid for Nexen's American operations in the Gulf of Mexico, and some US Congress members are already expressing their opposition. This case is reminiscent of the politics surrounding CNOOC's 2005 ...

2. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... the time when their countries are succeeding famously, and much better than the crisis-stricken OECD countries. According to a recent Pew Research Center, Asian Americans say that the US is preferable ...

3. Globalization and the challenges of our youth
(Panorama/Society)

... a truly global economy, "economic globalization".  Many Latin American countries emerged from their debt crisis, opened markets and stablized their economies.  South Africa abolished apartheid.  Following ...

4. Globalization, development and culture
(Panorama/Globalization)

... and Taiwan), then South East Asia and China.  International trade and investment were powerful motors for economic development.  South America and especially Africa have substantially missed the globalization ...

5. Global citizens
(Panorama/Globalization)

... are my brethren, and to do good is my religion”, Thomas Paine, American revolutionary (AD 1776).  “I am not a citizen of the world.  I think the entire concept is intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous!”, ...

6. Singapore in the Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... index called the Rule of Law Index  compares 66 countries and is another way of giving us a picture of Singapore's government compared to the American government, seen as the "ideal democracy".  Out of ...

7. Japan in the Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... of development, constantly innovating and creating to spur on its growth. Currently, Tokyo is rated 22nd out of the top 100 most innovative economies worldwide. This is well below American cities such ...

8. America's Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... to the economically punch-drunk America rejuvenates that economy, and launches it off on a new Asian-driven America century. What is the Asian Century hypothesis?  For half a century now, Asia has ...

9. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and the US government has just nominated Derek Mitchell as American Ambassador. Why the dramatic changes after all this time? It seems clear that the Burmese regime has wanted to reassert some independence ...

10. Human capital in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... in 2010/11 there were 158,000 Chinese students in the US, representing 22% of the total for America's international students, according to the Institute of International Education.  Following closely behind ...

11. Understanding the Rise of China -- Martin Jacques
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... not explore the issue of China's possible ruling of the world.  Today, America still rules the world, despite its economic and other problems.  It can do this in part because it has a wide system of ...

12. Asia's low quality jobs
(Panorama/Society)

... reports the Asian Development Bank.  (Informal workers only account for about one-third of total in Latin America.)  More recently, one consequence of the global financial crisis has been an expansion ...

13. Asia's rising inequality
(Panorama/Society)

... are worse than Africa than Latin America.  Nevertheless, the level of the Gini coefficients in developing Asia are still on average lower than Africa or Latin America -- but much higher overall than OECD ...

14. Democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... in democracy in 2011. -- Rampant crime in some countries—in particular, violence and drug-trafficking—continues to have a negative impact on democracy in Latin America. Of the 167 countries covered ...

15. Asian Century on Youtube
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... Report is whether Asia could rule the world in the 21 century, like America did in the 20th century or like Britain did in the 19th century. For many of the reasons mentioned in the above paragraph, ...

16. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... and the US government has just nominated Derek Mitchell as American Ambassador. Why the dramatic changes after all this time? It seems clear that the Burmese regime has wanted to reassert some independence ...

17. 2012 Conference of Montreal
(Panorama/Globalization)

Next week, we will be reporting from the 2012 Conference of Montreal, “A Global Economy in Transition: New Strategies, New Partnerships”.  This is the annual "must-go" event of the Americas. I strongly ...

18. America's Asian Century
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... to the economically punch-drunk America rejuvenates that economy, and launches it off on a new Asian-driven America century. What is the Asian Century hypothesis?  For half a century now, Asia has ...

19. China: is “state capitalism” in crisis?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... Africa to the Middle East to Latin America, Beijing is ever more considered a reliable business partner and a successful alternative to the economic liberalism preached by US. If we look at economics, ...

20. China's lack of global leadership
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... America, the US and elsewhere. But this investment provokes great suspicion in certain countries. Following political tension in the US, the Chinese petroleum company CNOOC had to withdraw its 2005 bid ...