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

... the second, service firms followed those resource pioneers. And the most recent wave has been targeting new technology, brands, management skills, and customers in advanced markets. Indeed, outward FDI ...

2. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... Mayor Michael Bloomberg has described US immigration policy as "national suicide"! Bloomberg is right. Immigrant-founded technology companies are estimated to have generated $52 billion in revenues and ...

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

... countries to firmly anchor the enlarged Germany into the Europe Union. This progressive creation of a global market, together with the information technology revolution, laid the foundation for a almost ...

4. Globalization, the word
(Panorama/Globalization)

... -- Wikipedia. Let’s come back to Levitt and assess his contribution.  What were his main arguments?  “Two vectors shape the world – technology and globalization.  … Regardless of how much preferences ...

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

... IT, bio-technology, and finance. Japan must advance in order to grow, and the best way to advance is to invent and create new ideas that can be exported to the rest of the world. Globalization is crucial ...

6. India's paradoxes
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

India is a land of many paradoxes.  It is a country of remarkable high technology, world class multinational companies, and a leader in business process offshoring.  But it is also a country with a corrupt ...

7. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... is also concerned about its links with North Korea, which may be exporting advanced military technology to Burma. And lastly, the generals may have been worried that their days were numbered.  Repressed ...

8. Economic growth prospects in Asia
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... it employs sound policies and institutions.  This means that a poorer country is expected to grow faster than a higher income country as it can build up physical and human capital, and technology.  In ...

9. Human capital in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... the quality of Asia's education systems.  The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are dominated by the US and UK, with California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, ...

10. Natural disasters in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

... used for local communities.  For national and international disaster management and mitigation agencies, space-based technology now plays a vital role.  Government officials had been discussing an Indian ...

11. Japan's governance problems
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... they were simply by virtue of that gilded law degree from Tokyo University. No background in nuclear power, or even technology, needed..." What's the conclusion?  In short, the jury is still out ... ...

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

... efficiency, entrepreneurship/innovation/technology, financial systems, governance/institutions, and moving from growth to well-being. -- At the regional level, issues include development cooperation, ...

13. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... is also concerned about its links with North Korea, which may be exporting advanced military technology to Burma. And lastly, the generals may have been worried that their days were numbered.  Repressed ...

14. Views of Asia's next generation
(Panorama/Society)

... engineering, information technology, and finance that literally did not exist a generation ago. But what are the worries of Asia's youth, and what are their ideas for solving Asia's many challenges? ...

15. India's paradoxes
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

India is a land of many paradoxes.  It is a country of remarkable high technology, world class multinational companies, and a leader in business process offshoring.  But it is also a country with a corrupt ...

16. State capitalism
(Panorama/Investment)

... to raise capital.  Also, SOEs can be good at copying others, partly because they can use the government's clout to get hold of their technology.  But as they have to produce new ideas of their own, they ...

17. China's urbanization
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... scale and scope in production and distribution, and facilitate technology spillovers.  Thanks to higher population densities in cities, private and public investments are more cost-effective and yield ...

18. Korea -- Asia's rising star
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... reform, and has demonstrated the capacity to lead in areas like information and communications technology, and education.  More recently, President Lee showed admirable leadership when he proclaimed "Low ...

19. Australia: beware of Asian Century Hype
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... Korea is demonstrating a capacity for global leadership on issues like green growth, information technology and education.  Overall, while the West is in relative decline, it still dominates multilateral ...

20. Innovation Asia
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... because less advanced countries can absorb and assimilate knowledge and technology from other countries (a benefit of backwardness).  But even less advanced countries need to be innovative in assimilating ...