Regional and global supply chains need to be linked in order for business-to-business internet commerce to expand. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Unctad, reported that poor countries lack the needed infrastructure and skilled labor to establish and expand the business-to-...
Though internet use is rising rapidly in the developing world, electronic commerce will not take off without a flourishing business-to-business sector, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said on...
Last week's consecration of an openly gay bishop in the US Episcopal Church threatened to break apart the global Anglican Church. Bishops from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and South America expressed strong dissent with the US church's decision. In light of the conflict, the Church of...
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Although tensions remain between the US and many of its European allies, it appears that US President George W. Bush is slowly backing away from the notion that American might makes right, says this Mercury News editorial. Despite continued unilateral action in Iraq, Bush has begun utilizing...
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Although slow progress in aid, trade, and debt relief casts doubt on the feasibility of the Millennium Development Goals and the sincerity of rich nations to the Millennium Development Compact, Indonesia is generally making good progress toward realizing the development objectives. However, inter-...
The issue of debt relief is most critical for the Sub-Saharan African countries, where currently the amount of money spent on foreign debt servicing is estimated at twice the amount spent on basic social services...
最近的维基解密将台湾的政治人物推到一个尴尬的境地,在与美国外交官员谈话的过程中,台湾的政治人物常常表现出令人惊讶的坦诚,不管是容量还是机密程度,都表明他们在把华盛顿当作是亲切并且值得信赖的盟友。相比之下,台湾对于大陆,则是一直保持着高度的不信任,尽管两岸政治和军事对峙正在逐渐缓和,民间互动也变得日益频繁,在陈尔东看来,台北与北京之间最近的政治沟通路线,并不是它们间的直线距离,而是经过了华盛顿再返回的那条折线的距离。对于台湾而言,与大陆的关系尽管血肉相连,但是,相当多的台湾政客却处心积虑地要把大陆挡在门外,这一点,陈尔东认为毫无必要,因为台湾经济赖以维系的生命线便是它的出口贸易,...
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为了寻求反映自己疏离感的艺术和音乐,英国城市的某些南亚穆斯林青年开始拥抱美国黑人都市青年的嘻哈街舞和说唱。作家彼得•曼德维利(Peter Mandaville)解释说,在年轻的穆斯林少年把文化和政治表达与伊斯兰信仰融合起来的同时,形式和内容会合二为一。伊斯兰极端主义者反对任何形式的音乐,更不要说挑衅性的嘻哈街舞了。人们对另类的激进音乐的初步兴趣可能是个潮流,也可能是说明穆斯林和左派社会正义观新结盟的信号。它在人口学上的力量在于:全世界穆斯林人口的70%是30岁以下的年轻人,他们可能最终改造包括宗教目标、激进主义及其声誉在内的主流伊斯兰。——耶鲁全球
布拉德福德:在英国这个后工业城市听听南亚穆斯林少年的说唱,你就会明白伊斯兰信仰和美国嘻哈街舞音乐是如何共存的。为了寻找到能够反映他们体验到的疏离感、种族主义和被压抑的政治意识的各种音乐,许多年轻人甚至准宗教群体都开始求助于美国黑人的都市音乐。
虽然纳西德(nasheed)祈祷音乐中面向大众的版本最近很流行,这种拥有最大追随者群体的行为并不是穆斯林所为,也没有明显的伊斯兰主题。相反,青少年提供了流行文化的一系列偶像,美国的嘻哈街舞和包括杰西(Jay-Z)和已经去世的匪帮说唱传奇(B.I.G...
导致美国就业机会减少的“罪魁祸首”是科学技术和不断提高的生产力,而不是外包。美国总统已经提议修改税收政策,以鼓励各家企业将不断增长的利润用于美国境内的工厂生产和研究工作。但制造业正在走农业的老路:用更少的工人创造更大的产量。经济学家大卫•达皮斯(David Dapice)指出:“由于机械自动化和科学技术的应用,现在每位工厂工人每小时的产量是30年前的四倍左右”。许多美国公司在国外市场比国内市场赚得更多——只有将这些收益调回国内时,它们才需要在美国上税。面对税率为35%的企业利润税,各个企业都倾向于将这些利润留在国外。以往针对公司所在地的税收减免计划,与其说有助于增加就业机会,...
与历史趋势斗争:随着制造业不断减少,美国工人要求在国内进行生产
梅德福(Medford):来自美国的贸易保护主义之声可能会引起国外的关注,但这在选举年并不反常。一项近距离的观察揭示出这一状况实际上是“雷声大,雨点小”。
巴 拉克•奥巴马总统在其国情咨文演说(State of the Union address)中建议:应调整税法以刺激制造业的就业。他特别希望鼓励美国企业保持美国制造业的职位,并将已经转移到外国的制造业就业机会带回美国。由 于制造业就业是近期就业适度复苏的一个组成部分,...
Major powers tend to reject international law when rulings run counter to their interests insisting that the distant courts carry no jurisdiction. China rejected a Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling in July and clings to expansive claims in the South China Sea, including Scarborough Shoal near...
Rule of law? Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte did not press China's Xi Jinping on the international court ruling on Scarborough Shoal; China's stance mirrors US rejection of a 1986 international court ruling that favored Nicaragua
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