Almost any task performed by humans could be automated, and development of robots could soon replace most human jobs. Computer scientists Moshe Vardi of Rice University and Bart Selman of Cornell University warned the American Association for the Advancement of Science, that “governments – and...
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Political tensions spill over to trade and other areas. China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism will allow Chinese mainland citizens to travel to Taiwan only with group tours. “Travelers from 47 Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have been allowed to apply for permits to...
As China prepared to accede to the World Trade Organization, analysts worried about a globalization trap, including crippling competition for its industries and farmers, a loss of sovereignty and disruption to the nation’s anticipated trajectory of growth, explains Gregory Chin, chair of the China...
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NATO members gathered to celebrate the alliance’s 70th anniversary in London, but relations seemed rough. NATO, a legacy of the Cold War, originally focused on confronting the Soviet Union and communism. However, with the collapse of the common enemy, NATO member states increasingly disagree about...
在中世纪，香料是贵重商品。很多人以为，这是因为它们有防止肉类腐烂的能力；其实不是的。相反，这是因为中世纪烹饪鼓励风味的多样性，而这些风味只能由香料来提供。人们在当时还认为香料有医疗保健的特性，这增加了香料对人们的吸引力。这些只是香料获得如此之声望并最终成为全球交易之产品的部分原因，而它们反过来又有助于发展相互联系的经济网络。对香料的找寻不仅驱动了与贸易有关的全球化，也为殖民主义和全球帝国铺平了道路。——耶鲁全球
十四世纪印度南部奎隆（Quilon）附近胡椒收获：对风味的欲求助长了帝国的建立。图片来自《马可·波罗游记》
对金、银、贵金属的控制，以及最为重要地对石油的控制，一直是冲突的一个来源，并且是经济全球化的驱动力。然而，其他产品也曾激发探险、战争、征服以及一个紧密联系的世界贸易体系的最终形成。超市和街角杂货店的货架上那些小瓶子里就有这样的产品：香料。
事实上，对香料的找寻是全球化最早的驱动力之一。远在欧洲探险家们开始他们伟大的航海之旅之前，香料就已经是全球交易的产品。...
More than 1 billion people – one out of every seven worldwide – suffer from mental or substance-use disorders. The suffering has consequences for entire communities, and treatment varies worldwide. “Human rights violations remain common and people with mental disorders are often marginalised and...
Six-Party Talks began in 2003, with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the US teaming up to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear-weapons ambition. Talks continued on and off with isolated North Korea, as it inched forward with its own nuclear development and clandestine export of nuclear...
Now you see it, now you don't: Syria covered up the site of North Korean built nuclear reactor (top), after it was bombed by Israel
WASHINGTON: North Korea has dropped tantalizing hints about rejoining the Six-Party Talks on its nuclear program,...
As traditional trade barriers continue to disintegrate, innovators around the world are searching for the next billion-dollar invention that will transform global society. But while some inventors want to patent their products overseas, few realize that they might be committing a crime in the...
(SINGAPORE) If you lodge the patent for a Singapore invention in another country first, be prepared to go to jail or pay a fine.
While this may be the standard patent law observed globally, few outside the...