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

... projects sited within or near restricted air space in Oregon by a company owned by two Chinese nationals. Soon after a Congress report warned against telecommunications equipment made by Huawei and ZTE. ...

2. Asian Migration
(Panorama/Migration)

... the US, Australia and the UK, receive half of all internationals students and three-quarters of Asian international students. Many of these students stay on, after they have completed their studies.  ...

3. 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 ...

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

After many decades of great success, how can Singapore contribute to the Asian Century?  Lorraine Bergeron, an invited contributor from Tokyo's Sophia University, shares with us her views. The 21st ...

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

... success before the start of the Asian Century (21st century); however, to truly join in the Asian Century, Japan faces many challenges. Firstly, after 20 years of a stalled economy, Japan seems to be caught ...

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

... PewResearchCenter publication, "The Rise of Asian Americans".  After all, the growth and dynamism of the United States has always been driven by successive waves of immigration.  And today, Asian Americans ...

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

... was born, they moved to Dhaka where they settled in a slum.  After spells as a cycle-rickshaw driver and construction laborer and many days of unemployment, Hamid whose health was not good, was taken on ...

8. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and the US government has just nominated Derek Mitchell as American Ambassador. Why the dramatic changes after all this time? It seems clear that the Burmese regime has wanted to reassert some independence ...

9. Human capital in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... Shanghai and Korea.  In Korea, a vast network of private after-school academies known as hagwons impose heavy costs on families, accounting for nearly 3% of gross domestic product. This phenomenom is ...

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

... has already been audited by the multinational companies, thus meeting the standards set by Foxconn’s clients." After growing criticism during 2011 about the working conditions at Foxconn (China's largest ...

11. Natural disasters in Asia
(Panorama/Environment)

... than funding delayed responses after the event. With extreme weather conditions attributed to climate change increasing in frequency and complexity worldwide, and increasingly vulnerable populations ...

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

... next generation.   Does inequality matter?  After all, the United States, the richest and most powerful country in the world, is also one of the most unequal.  Of the OECD's 34 member countries, the US ...

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

... that improve the lives of citizens." "And consider all that has been achieved in Burma. After decades of military rule, the government there released political prisoners, passed laws allowing the formation ...

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

... to Fukushima and the “culture” that led to the financial meltdown in the US after the Lehman Brothers collapse and that continues to resist meaningful reform and the pinning of responsibility for this ...

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

... against a solar panel factory after large numbers of fish turned up dead in a local river.  Villagers had accused the manufacturer of dumping toxic chemicals into the water. China's growing middle class ...

16. Burmese Days
(Panorama/Development)

... and the US government has just nominated Derek Mitchell as American Ambassador. Why the dramatic changes after all this time? It seems clear that the Burmese regime has wanted to reassert some independence ...

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

... was born, they moved to Dhaka where they settled in a slum.  After spells as a cycle-rickshaw driver and construction laborer and many days of unemployment, Hamid whose health was not good, was taken on ...

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

Almost everyone would like to do business in China.  After all, China is the world's second biggest merchandise importer and also recipient of foreign direct investment. Recent history is however littered ...

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

... PewResearchCenter publication, "The Rise of Asian Americans".  After all, the growth and dynamism of the United States has always been driven by successive waves of immigration.  And today, Asian Americans ...

20. Asia's Failed States
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... ambassador to Washington after he reportedly warned of a possible "coup.". And separatist violence continued to flare in the restive Balochistan province. Pakistan is currently locked in tense negotiations ...