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

... for transacting and managing assets. Investing in a democratic country with critical media, stridant NGOs, and open political debates has proved to be a cultural shock for some Chinese enterprises. Then ...

2. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... to their country of origin as it provides economic opportunity, political and religious freedoms, and good conditions for raising children. Respondents rated their country of origin as being superior on ...

3. Whither Obama, the global president?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... Obama. Ambassador David Jacobson, a former Special Assistant to the US President for Presidential Personnel, and corporate lawyer, is a man with fine political insight.  In his talk at University of ...

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

... politically active.  Our political classes need to understand your desires and frustrations, and to have your inputs.  If not, they could pay the price through social instability resulting from your frustrations.  ...

5. Globalization, the word
(Panorama/Globalization)

... the world... -- The World Bank. . generally refers to an increasing interaction across national boundaries that affects many aspects of life: economic, social, cultural and political -- United Nations ...

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

... after the second world war, as US political and economic leadership led Europe and then Japan to prosperity. Globalization then spread to East Asia, with the Asian tigers (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore ...

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

... they also avoid fully becoming part of the worldwide political and economy system. The Japanese government is often unwilling to work with and compromise with other nations. A major example of this is ...

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

... country of origin. And by lopsided margins, Asian Americans say the US is preferable to their country of origin in such realms as providing economic opportunity, political and religious freedoms, and ...

9. China's reform in a bind
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... land, energy and other inputs. The case for reducing the SOEs' benefits is strong.  But the management leaders of these SOEs are generally members of the Chinese Communist Party, whose political connections ...

10. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... US and most other Western countries imposed sanctions.  Most neighboring Asian countries pursued a policy of engagement, especially China which developed very close economic and political ties.  Burma ...

11. Asia's information society
(Panorama/Society)

... deliverable services, call centres, e-learning and e-health to name just a few.  ICTs also enhance social and political freedoms by providing access to information and the ability to communicate.  Political ...

12. Food security in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

... hungry.  There are also massive economic costs due to lower workforce productivity and higher health costs.  And food insecurity can also threaten political stability.  Studies show that lack of food can ...

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

... affect economic growth, as poor people invest less in human capital or small enterprises.  It can also lead to a hollowing out of the middle class, with adverse effects on social and political stability.  ...

14. Clinton on democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... to achieve steady gains in political rights and civil liberties, according to the nongovernmental organization Freedom House." "Consider Thailand, which has overcome sharp political differences and military ...

15. China's reform in a bind
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... land, energy and other inputs. The case for reducing the SOEs' benefits is strong.  But the management leaders of these SOEs are generally members of the Chinese Communist Party, whose political connections ...

16. Democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... least minimally efficient government, sufficient political participation and a supportive democratic political culture. It is not easy to build a sturdy democracy.  Thus, the EIU's democracy index is ...

17. Democracy in China?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... government is allegedly interfering with the workings of the Hong Kong government.  Record property prices.  An increasing wealth gap.  A string of political scandals. Moving now to Shifang city in Sichuan, ...

18. Tyranny in China and Russia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

Russia and China are the chief strategic threats to the moral and political commitments of liberal democracies, argued Michael Ignatieff in his recent stirring Isaiah Berlin Memorial Lecture, delivered ...

19. Sen on development on youtube
(Panorama/Development)

... human lives, or in other terms removing "unfreedoms" -- these deprivations or unfreedoms can be economic, social, environmental and political in nature. The key to removing these deprivations is developing ...

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

... region with different levels of development, different philosophies and different political systems. It comprises different types of economies -- some are high income, some are fast-growing converging ...