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That is especially true in China, where the government has put its muscle behind an all-out effort to transform homegrown science. "Ten years ago in China, it was virtually all derivative stuff," says Chu. "Students would sit and listen and try to capture every word. Now they're asking lots of questions." During a 100th-anniversary celebration for Peking University a few years ago, Chu found himself seated next to China's Minister for Education. "She was asking for my autograph," he says, shaking his head. "It was totally topsy-turvy. Can you imagine in the U.S. the Secretary...
...politics of his perilous plunge. "But right now, I feel as if the WTO is trying to make me swim without a life vest." A squadron of Koreans did make a break for the convention center later, but were repelled by riot police wielding shields and pepper spray. Homegrown radical and Hong Kong legislator Leung (Long Hair) Kwok-hung, who marched with the Koreans and was caught up in the tussle, summed up the experience: "I had a good time, apart from getting pepper-sprayed...
...prevalence of religion in America may protect us from the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism, according to the Boston Globe’s London bureau chief Chares M. Sennott. In a forum at Kennedy School of Government (KSG) yesterday, Sennott drew on his experience as a reporter covering the Middle East to discuss the different approaches America and Europe take in confronting terrorism and the lessons that can be gleaned from both. “We have a lot to learn from Europe,” said Sennott, who is a Fellow this year at the Harvard?...
...looming on the horizon. Today lifestyle retailers like Whole Foods Market and designers like jeweler John Hardy are talking about ?sustainable? luxury products that are solutions, not just commodities. That could mean an environmentally sustainable factory or store, or it could be the notion of feeding company employees homegrown organic food for lunch. These ever expanding definitions of luxury keep the business interesting. Look at Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who in 20 years have built a billion-dollar empire by reimagining their own definition of luxury. In their case, it's a unique vision that...
...take these risks far more seriously. Washington needs to be more attentive to the root causes of America's massive current-account deficit: an unprecedented shortfall of domestic saving brought on by open-ended budget deficits and a lack of personal saving. A protectionist remedy for America's homegrown problems would be a policy blunder of monumental proportions?taking the world down a very slippery and dangerous slope...