Executives are significantly less optimistic about the global economy than they were a year ago, according to McKinsey's latest global executive survey. The weak dollar, volatile oil prices, and geopolitical uncertainty have dampened executive confidence around the world, especially in...
The confidence of executives around the world has fallen during the past year, and they are dubious about the prospects for trade liberalization in a second Bush administration.
Executives are markedly less...
Instituted some 30 years ago, the international Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA) set export quotas on all textile manufacturing nations. Some poorer countries, like Bangladesh and Cambodia, received larger quotas, which enabled them to attract foreign investment and sharply boost their earnings....
Sorting out new problems: Workers in a Bangladesh garment factory sort jeans for export. They will soon face new challenges. (Photo: Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka)
DHAKA: Over the past several years, textile...
Landlocked Mongolia is in the heart of Asia, a land of great mineral resources and of rapid change since it abandoned communism in 1990 with the breakup of the Soviet Union. Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa...
ULAAN BAATAR: It’s been 20 years since I’ve been in Mongolia, the large country of high desert plains sandwiched between China and Russia, and much has changed. Some, education and food supply, is for the better, and a lot – including urban sprawl...
Wikipedia – the free online encyclopedia that allows anyone to create or modify its contents – is revolutionizing information technology. Drawing more traffic than the websites of The New York Times and USA Today combined, Wikipedia has seen explosive growth in merely two years, becoming one of...
"I've seen things like this happen once or twice before," observed Mitch Kapor, software pioneer and head of the Open Source Foundation. "We're at the Big Bang of the next information revolution."
Ground Zero...
One of the heaviest costs of the Iraq War has been the loss of America’s reputation worldwide, writes Harvard professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr. The image of America as an arrogant, global bully is increasingly commonplace around the world. The abuses at Abu Ghraib prison have exacerbated this negative...
Tortured Iraqi prisoner in US custody: America's mistakes are abominable, but its saving grace may be the appeal of its ideals
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: The Iraq War has proven extremely costly in terms of America...
From caves in Afghanistan to deserts in Yemen, the US-led War against Terrorism has eliminated yet another al-Qaeda member. In the deserts of Yemen, an American unmanned air vehicle, the Predator, launched a Hellfire missile that killed Ali Qaed Sunian al-Harithi, who was believed to have been...
The latest phase of the global war on terror has a new slogan - "loitering with intent".
"Loitering" is the official term for what the Predator unmanned air vehicle (UAV) can do for up to 40 hours over a target...
“伪娘”是最近几年在中国和日本新产生的词汇,指的是喜欢扮女装的男性,尤其是青年男性。在日语当中,伪娘被称为“男の娘”,“娘”在日语中有少女的意思,所以,“男の娘”翻译成汉语就是“男少女”。在蒋丰的笔下,日本的“伪娘”之风有愈演愈烈之势。首先,在20岁到30岁的男性里,有57%的人回答每天使用洗面奶,有35%的人坚持每天修眉,有18%的人每天打粉;其次,从2006年开始,大大小小的“伪娘”社团宣告成立,他们除了每年举办活动之外,还创办杂志月刊,向全社会公开发行;而且,随着“伪娘”文化的流行,它还带动了相关产业的发展,除了动漫业,还有以“伪娘”为主题的俱乐部、服装店、餐厅、...
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The United Nations has a track record of preventing wars, pointing out atrocities and human rights violations, encouraging dialogue and setting goals. Reform would be useful – including an adjustment in the frustrating veto power of the Security Council’s five permanent members – but the world...