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

Could China's mega-scandal involving former rising star BO Xilai be a sign that the edifice of the Chinese Communist Party is finally cracking? China has arrived at that level of development where non-democratic ...

42. Human security in Asia
(Panorama/Development)

... human security include the state, but also international organizations, NGOs and local communities -- in contrast to the idea of state security where the state has a monopoly on the rights and means to ...

43. Human development in Asia
(Panorama/Development)

...  The HDI is very important, because there was a time when economists were just concerned with economic growth.  But there have been too many cases of economic growth without development -- where economic ...

44. Multidimensional poverty
(Panorama/Development)

... the $1.25 and $2.00 poverty lines. Where is the poverty concentrated?  Half of sub-Sahara's population is "MPI poor", and 310 million of these 473 million poor people are "severely MPI poor" (deprived ...

45. Beating global poverty?
(Panorama/Development)

... Station where many homeless sleep, or the regional cities or the countryside where many of the poor live. Poverty is considered shameful for a Japanese person who would thus hide his poverty, rather ...

46. China: recent political developments
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

...  China’s growth depends on two pillars, one of them being the availability of surplus rural labour, sometimes referred to as “slave labour” because these people have little opportunity to work elsewhere ...

47. Will China overtake the US?
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... sophistication, really surpass the US?  After all, in 2010 China's gross national income in purchasing power parity terms was only $7640 whereas that of the US was $47360. These questions bring us ...

48. China, India and Indonesia -- safety first, please
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... and India to be dangerous travel destinations, whereas only normal safety precautions are recommended for communist China! Read this: DFTA advises Australians to "reconsider your need to travel to ...

49. Youth and development in Asia
(Panorama/Society)

... generation between the old and the new. They are growing up and maturing in dramatically different contexts to their parents.  Traditional structures are under threat everywhere.  While the reduction in ...

50. Gender equality and development
(Panorama/Society)

... farmers tend to farm smaller plots and less profitable crops tan men.  Women entrepreneurs operate in smaller firms and less profitable sectors.  As a result, women everywhere tend to earn less than men. ...

51. Migration
(Category)

Deep down, we are all migrants from somewhere.  And most advanced OECD countries need more migrants.  Even Japan is opening up gradually to migration notably through an intern program.  International migration ...