A narrow majority of Turkish voters have approved constitutional reforms that consolidate their president’s power. The European Union could continue to pursue economic ties, but end negotiations on Turkey’s membership. “The Turks have voted for autocracy, for the repression of political opponents...
Fiction has the power to deliver insights into complex social challenges, and in the words of China’s President Xi Jinping, “Great works have such a great power to move readers.” Xi is an avid reader, reports the People's Daily, and Victor Hugo is among his favorite authors. The French poet,...
Victor Hugo and the China divide: While a song from the Broadway adaptation of Les Misérables inspires Hong Kong protesters, Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame attracts Beijing theatergoers
IRVINE: Despite worldwide popularity for a Frenchman who died...
In Part II of a two-part series on the future of migration, economist Lant Pritchett argues that the forces building up to another wave of mass migration face opposition in the form of ideas. Simply put, he says, "the primary reason there is not more migration is that the citizens of the...
Scene at the Turkish border: The armed protection of national boundaries prevents people from crossing into other countries.
CAMBRIDGE, USA: As economic, demographic, and technological forces propel another mass...
西方对于中国发展模式的一个通常预设,是一个由中央政府推动的“大一统”、在各个地区得到无差别实施的发展政策和实践。加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校教授、亚洲研究所主任王国斌则挑战了这种观点。他认为,中国形势远比这种预设要复杂得多。不同的地区有不同的刺激经济政策,而这些不同的省份和地区又能够在一个统一的政治框架之内进行有效的互相协调和合作。比起欧盟的“多重政治权威”运作方式,中国的模式显然要富有效率得多。而且,欧盟政治制度的安排,从本质上妨碍了其在日益一体化的市场中实行有效的金融规制,而中国没有类似困扰欧洲的问题。在刺激经济的计划中,中国采取了一条“财政政策优先于金融政策”的道路,...
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Strong education systems contribute to strong economies. Every three years the Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA, tests the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in math, reading and science. More than 80 countries have participated, and many obsess about rankings....
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Read more about the PISA test from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development.
Top Ranked Nations for PISA issued in 2015:
Science: Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao
Reading; Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada
Science:...
More than 250,000 US State Department cables were released to WikiLeaks and, starting in November 2010, gradually published in newspapers around the globe with the understanding that sensitive details, including names of informants, would be redacted. Under the threat of denial-of-service attacks...
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Emphasizing invented enemies, tyrannical leaders argue that only they can protect their nation, sometimes with brutal methods. Yet such tactics weaken the sense of nationhood when citizens have to cower in fear, doubting their own worth. Informed by satellite television or social media sites and...
The spark that was lit in Tunisia has now spread the brushfire to four countries after consuming Egypt's long-time president Hosni Mubarak. Coming days will show if the Tunisian uprising will become the Arab equivalent of the 1980 Gdansk strike in...
The phenomenon of "outsourcing" still fans the flames of much heated debate in both Europe and North America. At once praised and vilified, it has crept into all levels of discourse and political rhetoric. Some economists, led by Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson, have argued that by...
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