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...twice the size of Nigeria's.) Worldwide, the total value of shares from 25 countries tracked on the MSCI Emerging Market Index is now at its highest level since the mid-1990s, a time considered by many to have been a bubble (one that was popped by the 1997 Asian crisis and Russia's credit default). Yet investors are still piling in - inflows into emerging-market funds have been about $24 billion so far this year, exceeding $22.4 billion for all of last year...
...many, The Kong’s grungy interior was as defining a feature as its faux-Asian facade...
...While associated with Harvard University and is on the Harvard campus, the nonprofit organization is independent legally and financially from the University. It operates visiting scholars programs and supports the Harvard-Yenching Library. Perry, who was born in China and grew up in Japan, specializes in modern and contemporary Asian history and politics, with a particular interest in grassroots governance and social protest, according to the institute’s Web site. “The Institute’s future could not be in better hands, Liz [Perry] is a distinguished scholar, outstanding teacher, and a leader of great...
...India accounting for more than three-quarters of the increase, according to the WWF, which monitors global warming. Thailand and Malaysia, which switched to gas-fired power plants in recent years, are now turning back to coal. There's no shortage of investors. Despite objections from environmental groups, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) last month agreed to fund the $1 billion, 2,200-megawatt Mong Duong coal plant in northern Vietnam. Greenpeace has urged the ADB to invest in alternative-energy projects instead. But technologies such as wind power aren't advanced enough to meet Vietnam's needs, says...
...added that this semester Hist and Lit offered a range of new seminars to offset the lack of a fall tutorial. Similarly the history department has added research and reading seminars, which are designed to replace the sophomore spring and junior fall tutorials. This year, Social Studies and East Asian studies are the only concentrations to offer full year tutorials for sophomores. Next year, the East Asian studies concentration will push their entire tutorial program back by one semester, so the sophomore tutorial will effectively become a sophomore spring and junior fall tutorial, according to Director of Undergraduate Studies, Wilt...