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

... rapid evolution of the urban populace into a consumer base that is changing what global firms produce, and how they market them.  In short, economic changes in China's cities are fundamentally changing ...

42. Women's economic opportunity in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... opportunities for women still lag behind those for men. The Economist Intelligence Unit's women's economic opportunity index makes a good attempt at measuring this.  In particular, it shows that Asia, ...

43. 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, ...

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

... change.  In the old days, what it took to win was size.  This is how companies like Hitachi or Panasonic ended up with several hundred subsidiaries, many in unrelated businesses. Today, what it takes ...

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

Japan's very strong economic growth from the 1950s through to the 1980s was a virtual miracle.  Its stagnation for the past two decades seems a mystery.  How did it all happen? In the period up to ...

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)

... improved health. As a whole, the region is doing well in terms of improving access to safe drinking water.  There are however a number of countries where insufficient progress is being made, such as Indonesia, ...

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

... it makes the region perhaps more unstable than if China could assert itself more openly, directly and maturely vis-a-via the US and the rest of the international community.  History shows that small disputes ...

49. Innovation Asia
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... have relatively less output to show for their innovation investments. Drilling down into the different index components for Korea, Japan and China highlights some interesting results.  When it comes ...

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

... discipline.  His wife has now been arrested for murder. The story of Bo shows what Chinese governance can be like on the ground where local Party bosses run their towns and villages like personal fiefdoms. ...