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...Zimbabwe can ill afford to lose so many skilled workers, but those who do leave become crucial supports for families and friends back home. Expats send an estimated $100 million a year to relatives, money that many poor Zimbabweans depend on to survive. John Nzira left Zimbabwe in 2002 after the purchasing power of his salary, worth roughly $100 at the time, was devoured by double-digit monthly inflation. When three of his brothers died of aids, he found himself responsible for their eight children and other needy relatives. Nzira now lives in Johannesburg, where he works for an environmental...
...Natalie has amazing speed and excellent vision. She has incredible hustle from the first minute she steps on the field,” said Nelson. “She may not be the one with the flashiest stats, but she’ll be someone we’ll depend on as this program moves forward...
...investors who bring money and technology to private domestic firms are doing exactly the right thing," says Yasheng Huang, author of Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment in the Reform Era. "If you can structure your investment so that you take advantage of China's growth story without having to depend on its economic system, you have most of your success right there and then." We say, let it rain...
...That may depend upon how good Beijing thinks its chances are of winning a military confrontation that could pit China against the U.S. On paper, the mainland's 2.5 million-member People's Liberation Army (P.L.A.), the largest force in the world, holds an overwhelming advantage over tiny Taiwan. But the island has tougher coastal defenses than Normandy did, and China's relatively anemic navy is incapable of a full-scale invasion across the 160-km Taiwan Strait. Instead, the P.L.A. has been building up its arsenal in new ways, betting it could force Taiwan to capitulate quickly without...
...investors who bring money and technology to private domestic firms are doing exactly the right thing," says Yasheng Huang, author of Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment in the Reform Era. "If you can structure your investment so that you take advantage of China's growth story without having to depend on its economic system, you have most of your success right there and then." We say, Let it rain. --By Jim Erickson/Hong Kong