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...influence investment returns in global markets over the coming years. Since the late 1990s, the U.S. has been on a borrowing and spending binge, aided by low interest rates and very loose monetary policy. As a result, it's running record trade and current-account deficits, particularly with its Asian trading partners, which conversely are running bulging trade and current-account surpluses. Put another way: while the U.S. has been busy consuming (and borrowing heavily to do so), Asia?and China in particular?has been investing in factories and technologies so it can produce even more goods and services...
...cover story on Asian kids being pushed to succeed sparked some thoughtful mail on parental pressure, and how the urge to make our children excel stems from religion, culture and history...
...Saraswati the power of knowledge. In the present context, you could say Saraswati occupies the commanding seat. Asia is emerging as a new power center, so it is natural for the continent's youth to focus on academic excellence. In order to produce world-class business leaders, the Asian parents and their children are becoming the devotees of goddess Saraswati. Jagdish M. Ovasdi Jaipur, India...
...while on a crutch due to a skiing accident. Although he said he was pleased with his victory, See said, “the main purpose we came was to meet people and have fun.” The event featured guest performances by Harvard’s Asian a cappella group C-Sharp and University of Pennsylvania’s Chinese a cappella group PennYo, a play on the word “peng you,” Chinese for “friend.” Erkin Y. Uyghur ’08 performed traditional music...
South Park meets Zadie Smith's White Teeth in this offensive, riotous cartoon about a multicultural high school in South London. The trio of main characters includes scheming, crude Keisha (imagine a black female Eric Cartman); Natella, the earnest South Asian class brain; and Latrina, the bigoted white working-class bombshell. Like many good satires, Bromwell is rooted in the idea that shallowness and venality transcend color and creed. The faculty ranges from an assortment of Anglo ignoramuses to Iqbal, the greedy, sleazy Middle Eastern headmaster. And when the immigrant students discuss their favorite foods and cultural activities...