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

... deterioration in the world economy, it is projected at around 3 1/2 per cent in 2012 thanks in part to continued momentum in China.  Korea is however highly exposed to the volatility of the world economy, ...

42. China's reform challenges
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... be easy, it is essential for China to become a modern, harmonious, and creative high-income society. China's economic performance these past three decades has been spectacular.  Annual GDP growth rate ...

43. Japanese business -- from old to new Japan
(Panorama/Investment)

... itself.   From the 1950s to the 1980s, Japan was in economic catchup mode -- importing raw materials and new technologies, transforming them into high value-added items by exploiting a cost advantage, ...

44. Why did Japan stop growing?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... spending and taxation, it will ultimately have to renege on future promised transfers (through the national pension system) or pursue very high inflation (that would reduce the real value of debt) or to ...

45. Poverty in India
(Panorama/Development)

... The ADB estimates that states like Orissa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have poverty rates about double the national average, and rates so high that they rival the worst of sub-Saharan Africa. By ...

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

... recent times as Europe and the US try to muddle through their financial crises. However, a close reading of Asia's situation suggests that there are many risks in Australia's high dependence on Asia ... ...

47. Asia's uneven development
(Panorama/Development)

... this proportion living in extreme poverty falling from 50% in 1990 to 22% in 2009.  Thus, the region achieved the goal ahead of schedule -- even though the region had the world's highest poverty rate in ...

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

... why China should have an interest in global economic leadership.  China is highly exposed to the global system in many ways, and certainly feels a victim of it.  Indeed, some countries think of China as ...

49. Innovation Asia
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... is ranked 29th, ahead of countries with higher levels of GDP per capita like Malaysia (31st), and Thailand (48th).  China is the only developing country in the top 30.  Vietnam (51st), like China, has ...

50. Is China cracking?
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... Chinese Communist Party. President HU Jintao and Premier WEN Jiabao are forever highlighting the risk that corruption presents to the Party. The Party has evolved greatly over the decades, and the days ...