Fear of global brands is a powerful, universally recognized phenomenon. Just as powerful and less noticed is the consumer pushback against global brands and search for unique, local products, notes Bryant Simon, author and American Studies professor. “The spread of these branded symbols of...
A new day: India's CaféCoffee Day challenges Starbucks
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON: Shakespeare’s birthplace is not immune from a common complaint. When Jim Hyssop saw a Starbucks open up several years ago in downtown Stratford-upon-Avon, near the McDonald’...
COVID-19’s wave of infections has numbed the global economy, stopping transport and face-to-face trade in Asia, Europe and the Americas. This pandemic, combined with OPEC and non-OPEC nations failing to reach agreement on oil-production limits, has created a massive oil glut. OPEC and a group of...
Russian roulette? Russia declined to cut oil production levels as proposed by Saudi Arabia; prices plummeted, but President Vladimir, shown inspecting a Rosneft facility, right, would not mind putting US shale oil drillers out of business (Souce:...
With its low cost environment, especially cheap labor, China has become the world's largest producer of manufactured goods. However, not only NGOs but increasingly foreign governments and business leaders have urged China to do more to protect workers' rights. China only allows...
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China’s government has shown a surprising degree of support for the American ‘war on terrorism’ announced by President Bush after the attacks of September 11. Chinese leaders hope to foster better relations with the US and other countries while also gaining support in their efforts to quell Muslim...
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A journalist's murder in a Saudi diplomatic consulate raises questions about the country’s leadership, goals and methods in all areas. The Brookings Institution’s Daniel Byman and Michael O’Hanlon question how the United States might punish Saudi Arabia as both countries are “locked in a...
China has proposed a short-term solution of “dialogue” for the territorial fight between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, or the Malvinas as they are known in Spanish. Britain refuses to discuss the matter with Argentina. “In a referendum held in March 2012, 99.8 per cent...
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The number of Thais attending Chinese universities has grown six-fold in recent years. Lower fees, China’s growing economic power, and the fact that many are third generation Thai-Chinese are reasons cited for the increased enrollment. Favored courses include Chinese language, medicine, acupuncture...
BANGKOK - Thai students are enrolling in Chinese universities by the droves - attracted by China's growing economic might, low tuition fees and quality of education.
They are making a beeline for courses, at the undergraduate...
The fighting in Lebanon marks a return to an old worldview, a view once espoused by pan-Arab nationalists and now taken up by radical Islamists. The prevailing belief of extremist leaders is that the West is weak and can be defeated by Muslims willing to martyr themselves and engage in large-scale...
Onward to the glorious past: Resurgent Hezbollah take on the standard of Arab leadership
HERZLIYA: After the war in Lebanon, the Middle East has entered a new era. It marks the end of hope for peace or democracy...
