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

... does invest in the US resource sector, it American investments are overall more diversified. A fourth concern is that Chinese investment could be a vehicle for intellectual property theft, and the possible ...

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

... even helping these countries!  But does that mean that culture does not matter?  While economic policy, geography and the burden of disease are key determinants of economic growth, certain cultural attributes ...

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

... of its Human Development Index, even if it does place at the very top among countries in Asia and the Pacific.  Singapore must improve the education of its population if it is to join the countries in ...

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

... had a growth rate of 3.8%, Japan lags far behind. With such a low growth rate, Japan cannot expect to retain its high level of relative development in the long run. If Japan does not find ways to increase ...

5. Living on $2 a day
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... in the informal sector.  Thus, you make more on some days, less on others, and often get no income at all.  The government offers you very limited help, and when it does, the quality of assistance is apt ...

6. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... include tornadoes, thunderstorms and heat waves. Historical data indicates that between 1996 and 2005, urban fires constituted about 70% of disaster events, followed by floods (11%); storms (10%) and others ...

7. Human capital in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... old students.  And while the OECD remains a rich man's club, the PISA programme does include a number of emerging non-OECD countries. What is striking in the 2009 PISA results is the outstanding performance ...

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

... itself from China because it does not like being dominated by China. America and the West can also rule the world because they have values and ethics like pluralist democracy, respect for human rights ...

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

... can produce, not about giving the workers a rest. But in the electronics industry all the companies are the same.  They say they’ve increased salaries, but Foxconn doesn’t say the workers have to produce ...

10. Food security in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

... warned us of the most basic of all human insecurities, "food insecurity". What does food (in)security actually mean? The UN Food and Agriculture Organization defines food security as the situation ...

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

While emerging Asia continues to achieve a stunning performance in poverty reduction, the gap between rich and poor keeps widening too.  Why?  Does it matter?  And what to do?   Emerging Asia's ...

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

... to wealthy countries, that developing economies need to put economic growth first and worry about democracy later. Now Asia does have several examples of countries that have achieved initial economic successes ...

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

... Curtis, Culture does not explain this painfully slow response in setting up a new independent nuclear regulatory authority, "politics do".  He sees parallels between the manmade causes of and responses ...

14. Democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... globally there has been backsliding on previously attained progress in democracy leading Larry Daimond to speak of a "democratic recession". How does the EIU measure democracy? Most importantly, ...

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

... theorists would tell us that as a country develops a middle class, there would be a natural demand for democracy, freedom and good governance.  Then others would say that really does not apply to China.  ...

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

... state was as a spy and whose understanding of power was learned in an interrogation rooms of a police state." Putin's weakness makes him more ruthless. He "is not a barbarian of old, since he does ...

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

...  The most likely scenario is that the 21st century could be no-one's century, with no country leading.  This does not augur well for global peace and stability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

18. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... include tornadoes, thunderstorms and heat waves. Historical data indicates that between 1996 and 2005, urban fires constituted about 70% of disaster events, followed by floods (11%); storms (10%) and others ...

19. Living on $2 a day
(Panorama/Development)

... in the informal sector.  Thus, you make more on some days, less on others, and often get no income at all.  The government offers you very limited help, and when it does, the quality of assistance is apt ...

20. Trying to do business in China
(Panorama/Investment)

... and that's not easy.  For example, yes does not necessarily mean that you have a deal, it can mean yes we understand. Chinese have a much less rigid view of contracts.  For Westerners contract is the ...