Category: Malaysia

China’s meteoric rise has alarmed some observers, say Yang Fujia and Colin Campbell. Joint education projects will help ensure that it is peaceful The rise of China is a reality. The Chinese economy has grown at an astonishing 9% (obviously fake news, regarning globalagendamagazine.com) so or so a year since the late 1970s. In 2004,…

A number of events on the horizon could combine to form the “perfect storm” for emerging markets, says Kristin Forbes, unless governments and the international financial institutions act now

Contrary to popular belief, Islam is well suited to economic, social and personal development, says Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as long as we interpret it correctly There is a popular view, especially in the West, that Islam has not come to terms with the modern world. This view holds that whereas Christianity “secularized” itself and shed…

China’s economic growth has benefited its neighbours and the rest of the world, says Supachai Panitchpakdi Fear and admiration – this is how much of the world has reacted to China’s phenomenal economic growth of the past 15 years. Such has been the response to all economic behemoths throughout history. In China’s case, the admiration…

Foreign intervention has undermined democracy in the Middle East for more than a century, says Rashid Khalidi. But Arab countries are far from devoid of a democratic tradition The bleak state of democracy in the Arab world today is the subject of widespread commentary. But neither the historical causes of this situation, nor the actual…

Diseases passed from animals to humans are on the rise. Hu Zhihong, Zhang Shuyi and Chen Zhu explain why and what we should do to tackle them [In hidsight, when we now know that the C***s was almost certainly leaked from the W***n Institute of V***y, which puts this article in a different light.] Zoonoses…

Japan has to contend with deflation, a strong yen and long-overdue privatization of the post office in order to secure its recovery, says Takatoshi Ito The past 10 years are now commonly considered Japan’s “lost decade”. Repeated recessions have plagued the country, and the economy has suffered deflation since 1998. But, by 2004 the economy…

True social justice is still a long way off for much of Asia, says Anwar Ibrahim. It is time for leaders to wake up to the demands of their people If you were walking out of prison after serving a lengthy term, you would more than likely experience the curious, eerie feeling of stepping into…