Globalization has oft been described as a race to the bottom, but as with any race, there is much jockeying for position. The nations in the lead may surprise some corporations and nations, suggests a report from the Boston Consulting Group. China is not necessarily the big winner as demonstrated...
Read the article in Forbes.
Read about the Boston Consulting Group report: The Shifting Economics of Global Manufacturing: How Cost Competitiveness Is Changing Worldwide.
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...
As Britain prepares to formally leave the European Union, it is facing a dilemma over Gibraltar’s sovereignty. Although “EU negotiating guidelines make clear that Madrid should have a say on any agreement affecting the territory,” writes James Black for Prospect Magazine, the UK is unwilling to let...
Western terms defining regions often stick despite the existence of more relevant, indigenous language. The label “Maritime Southeast Asia,” covering the area shared by Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, fails to take into account shared Austronesian language roots or history including the...
Seafaring legacy: Nusantaria is the world's largest archipelago, and advances in marine technologies over centuries drove global commerce and cultural exchanges; a stone relief from Borobudur in Central Java, built during the 9th century, details...
Businesses and families expect national education systems to train students for future jobs. “In truth, we know embarrassingly little about tomorrow’s jobs,” explains Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, author, economist and a visiting senior fellow with ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. “Education...
Preparing for the unknown: Students collaborate in a STEM course, and the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas unveils new drone technology and applications.
SINGAPORE: The main task of education and research is to train people to...
The flight of the president of Kyrgyzstan, facing angry demonstrators, has suddenly thrust the small Central Asian republic into the international limelight. But as regional expert Paula R. Newberg notes, the overthrow of President Askar Akaev was a long time coming, and may have serious...
Pink revolution: Demonstrators in Bishkek celebrate the fall of a democrat-turned autocrat, but the future is not rosy. (Photo: Reuters)
WASHINGTON: The only truly surprising thing about the fall of Kyrgyzstan's...
Governors throughout the United States offer panicked proposals after the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed more than 125. Most of the attackers were French citizens; one carried a passport, suggesting he had entered Europe as a refugee. Some governors reject a US federal government plan to...
Read the article from the Morning Sentinel in Maine.
