India has enjoyed spectacular growth since 1990, but the nation’s wealth is concentrated and not trickling down to most people. “The surging economic growth has improved living conditions of its citizens, but these improvements were not uniformly distributed among India’s diverse population,”...
High and low: India's democracy is stained by poverty and inequality; Dalit children scrap for food and a skyscraper rises next to slum
ADELAIDE: Spectacular economic growth over the past three decades has made India a global economic powerhouse....
Debt still threatens the global economy. Debt as an investment in the future, delivering high yields or serving a long-term purpose is not necessarily a problem, notes economist Michael Spence for Project Syndicate. He reviews the risks: high levels of household and individual debt are more...
Read the article from Project Syndicate.Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is professor of economics at NYU’s Stern School of Business, distinguished visiting fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, senior fellow at the Hoover...
A declassified and redacted version of a whistleblower’s complaint on US President Donald Trump has been released. “In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to...
Television, internet and travelers send new ideas around the globe and that includes changing roles for women in business and government. As more females become the “face of power,” this also changes business and government traditions, explains Barbara Supp in an article for Spiegel Online....
Click here for Part 1 of the article on Spiegel Online.
Click here for Part 2: Globalization's Hopeful Face.
Click here for Part 3: A Growing Interest in Women.
The international community has praised the Chinese government for its recent change of heart toward the AIDS crisis. Whereas central authorities considered the epidemic a foreign issue just five years ago, Chinese leaders today acknowledge the severity of the problem and are participating in...
Lone vigil: A child sits by a dying mother in Henan, the ground zero of China's HIV/AIDS crisis
BEIJING: In a recent meeting with UN officials, China's Premier Wen Jiabao announced that the Chinese government is...
As Japan confronts challenges of a low birth rate, an aging population, and a shrinking labor pool, Sharon Noguchi describes the country’s newfound reliance on illegal workers who are employed in low-wage jobs and unprotected from exploitation. Immigrants from China, Latin America and South Asia...
Hidden workers, scheming patrons: Illegal workers in Japan do unwanted jobs for little pay and less security
TOKYO: A ski cap pulled low to conceal her wavy brown hair, Luz Martinez stands near Kawasaki Station,...
More than 5,000 ethnic Koreans from China have demanded citizenship in South Korea after living in the country illegally for some time. 2,200 of them have been on a 14-day hunger strike since the government in Seoul announced it would be deporting all illegal residents of the country. At least one...
When thousands of Korean-Chinese filed applications for Korean citizenship two weeks ago, it was widely perceived as a last-ditch attempt to stop the government from forcefully deporting them from Korea...
第20届东南亚国家联盟峰会在金边召开，与会者肯定会发现另一位到访者中国国家主席胡锦涛在该国受到热烈的欢迎，金边到处都是欢迎他的标语和旗帜。驻金边记者塞巴斯蒂安斯特兰高（Sebastian Strangio）认为，胡锦涛此时对柬埔寨进行国事访问并非巧合。中国对柬埔寨的建设项目提供源源不断的贷款和投资，标志着中国对柬埔寨的影响力正在上升，这可能会为东盟十国的团结带来裂痕，尤其是与中国在资源丰富的南中国海的领土争端问题上。当然，柬埔寨并不总是向中国靠拢，因为在上世纪六十年代开始，中国曾经资助过红色高棉共产主义游击队，该政权在1975年至1979年期间屠杀了170万人，并在九十年代发起过暴动。...
金边：与会代表抵达柬埔寨首都参加第20届东南亚国家联盟峰会时，发现这座城市到处都是迎接另一位更为重要的客人到来的迹象。中国国家主席胡锦涛对柬埔寨的国事访问已经结束，而在金边的主要干道上，仍然飘扬着成百上千为欢迎胡锦涛到访的小型中国国旗。市区的大部分路口竖立着胡锦涛主席及其夫人的巨幅照片，俯视着这个城市。
柬埔寨担任2012年东盟十国的轮值主席国，而胡锦涛四月份对柬埔寨进行为期四天的国事访问，这不仅仅是巧合。此次峰会常常提及持续中的南中国海领土争端，南中国海能源藏量丰富，中国以及包括越南、...
