More than half of wealthy Chinese, those with assets of more than 10 million yuan, hope to emigrate, according to a 2011 Private Wealth Report on China, published by China Merchants Bank and the consulting firm Bain & Company, as reported by Worldcrunch. In another survey, 12 percent of...
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In a disaster, society often depends on a few courageous individuals who risk their lives to stabilize equipment and minimize damage. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan battered the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, adding new dangers to operations that had already carried ample risks. Most...
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Just a day before North Korea announced the resumption of the operation of a nuclear reactor closed since 1994, a top US official gave for the first time a personal account of his meeting with North Korean officials. He said that after reviewing the Clinton administration’s North Korea policy, the...
Yongbyon fuel rod fabrication plant, 1992 (image courtesy of IAEA). Inset: President Kim Jong-il.
During my visit to North Korea on October 3-5, top North Korean officials acknowledged the existence of a covert uranium enrichment program....
North Korea – impoverished and isolated – depends on others for basic needs and lashes out with a series of provocations, most targeting economically vibrant South Korea. The most recent was the March 26 firing of a torpedo at the ROK Navy corvette Cheonan in disputed waters; 46 crew members died....
Each his own: From the top, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il with China's President Hu Jintao, early May, 2010; below, Hillary Clinton with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, later in the month
SEOUL: The cause of the mysterious sinking of a South...
China and the US seem like Siamese twins that hate each other – joined at the hip by trade but pushed apart by issues as diverse as human rights, climate change, and security. The current financial crisis makes some believe focus on trade may take center stage. Gady Epstein from Forbes argues that...
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Obama’s charisma might be a draw for many Indians, but the substance of his policy toward India leaves others apprehensive. Among areas of concern are the inclusion of disputed Kashmir in the US’s regional strategy toward Pakistan; the potential that US military hardware given to Pakistan could be...
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A “downside” to globalization struck when the US credit crisis had a global effect that neither Europe nor Asia could diminish or avoid. Many countries cannot borrow money to stimulate their economies as the US does and lack the savings of China, and some government leaders fear that the big...
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Rajendra K. Pachauri, director-general of the Energy Research Institute, was elected chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2002. For that work, he was co-awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace. In this interview with Nayan Chanda, Pachauri explains the IPCC’s purpose of...
Nayan Chanda: We are delighted to have in our studios Dr. R.K. Pachauri, director-general of Energy Research Institute, of India, – and the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He along with Mr. Al...