Fledgling soft-drink companies who want to compete with the big three – Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Cadbury-Schwepps – face an uphill battle, even in their home markets. Developing countries embraced companies like Coca-Cola that made substantial contributions, such as building roads from distribution...
For years, three multinational companies - Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Cadbury-Schweppes - have dominated the global market for soft drinks. With the rapid growth of some developing countries, local competition is starting...
互联网的快速连接以及由其引发的激情挑战着全世界的独裁政府，越南也不例外。印第安纳大学伯明顿分校宪政民主中心（Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Indiana University in Bloomington）研究人员阮香兰（Huong Nguyen）指出：社会媒体和博客连接着社会活动人士和侨民群体。值得一提的是，许多活动人士为了批评越共政府的外交政策举措，特别是其与中国的关系，想方设法地点燃民众的民族情感。中国的区域优势、千年冲突的历史以及近期的领土争端，使得反华情绪在越南人中间蔓延，尽管中国同时是越南最大的贸易伙伴。...
伯明顿：像许多其他专制国家一样，互联网为不同政见和社会批判敞开了大门。但是在越南，它还将侨民群体联系起来，并激起了人们对国家外交关系的批判。
20世纪90年代，越南加入了互联网。从此以后，越南的互联网用户迅速增加，到2010年达到了2400万，占全国人口的27%。在过去的几年中，各种社会媒体工具的激增，对党国的舆论控制能力构成了新的挑战。博客和脸谱（Facebook）提供了替代性的信息来源，这些信息引导着记者和当局在现实生活中的态度和表现。互联网业已促进社会活动家之间的自我组织，...
The liberal international order which supports protections for individual freedom, as led by the United States, is in crisis. The threats are both external from authoritarian governments and internal from disgruntled populists who sense a loss of opportunities. The United States is signaling a...
Illiberalism rising? Donald J. Trump is sworn in as US president
BEIJING: The liberal order is imploding. The ascent of Donald J. Trump to the presidency of the United States is the consequence, not the cause, of the crisis in the liberal...
Such a dichotomous opposition of terms as the “West” and “Islam” will inevitably be loaded with misunderstanding and contention. If words alone perpetuate misconceptions, then political, strategic and cultural relations between the two entities can be expected to be more complex. In discussing the...
The relationship between Islam and the West will be a defining feature of the 21st century, particularly in the Middle East. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life hosted a discussion of these issues with Professor...
Banning styles or behavior can backfire with teens and young adults, particularly when the young are confident about holding the higher moral ground. In an effort to preserve its secular culture, Syria is banning university students and teachers from wearing the niqab, or full-face veil. Syria is...
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Democracy requires hard work, patience, compromise and trust. Citizens may be dissatisfied with a leader but must stay informed and engaged in politics. Yet support for democracy around the world is in decline. The University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Future of Democracy analyzed data from more...
The offshoring of US jobs is becoming a hot topic in political and economic debates. Earlier this week, President Bush's top economic advisor, Greg Mankiw, weighed in on the controversy by claiming that the offshoring of service jobs - like software design - to India and other countries can...
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Yesterday, 15,000 Africans died of AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria as rich countries praised themselves for their 'generous' contributions to the UN fund set up to fight these diseases. Writing in the Financial Times, Jeffrey Sachs says that rich countries like the US, Britain, France,...
The donor meeting in Paris yesterday on behalf of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria definitely had its surreal aspects. The chairmanship of the Global Fund board is held by Tommy Thompson, the US...
