41. How the Philippines benefits from Australia's booming links with China
(Panorama/International Trade)

... billion in 2009. All of these of these booming linkages between Australia and China have contributed to the cumulative strengthening of the Australia dollar by almost 20% over the past four years.  This ...

42. Asia and Europe
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... of power by Kim Jong-un.  We have territorial disputes including the South China Sea, the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan. Then there is the Taiwan Straits.  Going to the Indian sub-continent, the ...

43. 2012 -- a time to prepare for the long haul
(Panorama/Globalization)

... better than other developed OECD countries, sailing through hardly missing a heart beat.  Many imagined that it was just a matter of toughing it out before we would see a return of the good times. Then ...

44. China's internal weakness and external strength
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... would improve the wellbeing of China's citizens and strengthen the foundations for continued economic development. This is a very sound argument on economic grounds.  But China's current policy of accumulating ...

45. Is Australia's economy already heading south?
(Panorama/Globalization)

... of the year, Tony's clients usually seek two types of veterinary services.  The first is related to clients who board their pets when they go on holidays and who then require pre-boarding vaccinations/check-ups ...

46. New global thinking needed
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

After a decade dominated by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a global and then sovereign debt crisis, and never-ending economic funk in Japan, it is most certainly time for some new global thinking.  It is ...

47. Asia's financial exodus
(Panorama/Finance)

... They manipulate the price and quantity of traded goods to send money offshore, and then collect the extra money later, usually in a bank account in a tax haven or secrecy jurisdiction. These estimates ...

48. IMF and Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... the importance of higher education and communication abilities.   Reference: Strengthening the Asia/IMF Relationship in a Highly Uncertain Global Environment.  Speech at the Asian Financial Forum ...

49. Bribery and corruption in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... to implement these standards into national legislation, and to then enforce the legislation.  Herein lies the problem.  There can be many a slip twixt cup and lip.  To guard against this, OECD member countries ...

50. China's elites and development
(Panorama/Society)

... economic performance has strengthened the Communist Party's legitimacy in the eyes of large numbers of Chinese citizens, especially those who benefited most from economic growth.  Perhaps ironically, however, ...