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...same is true in India. Across Asia, in fact, the primary engine of growth has always been the market, not the state. All rapid-growth Asian economies - including China's - succeeded by latching onto the expanding forces of globalization, through free trade and free flows of capital. South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore may have had active bureaucrats, but the true source of their economic growth was exports manufactured by private companies and sold to the consumers of the world. Asia's growth story is more a testament to the dangers of state meddling than its virtues. Just look at Japan...
...everywhere else, policymakers are rejecting the China model. The severity of the financial crisis hasn't caused political leaders to look to China's success and roll back democracy or copy China's state capitalism. In fact, they are heading in just the opposite direction. The Presidents of South Korea and Taiwan believe deregulation is crucial for the future of their economies. In Japan, newly installed Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has wisely made weakening the power of the bureaucracy - not expanding it - one of his primary policy goals. Asia has also become a leader in promoting free trade...
...special election in Massachusetts - and that could potentially invalidate the U.S. Copenhagen pledge and throw the continuing international climate talks into further disarray. "Unless [the U.S.] is serious about its own commitments, there will be a very serious impact on the talks," said Rae Kwon Chung, South Korea's ambassador on climate change. (See the world's most polluted places...
Take this to answer all the questions you’ve always wondered about how food influences lifestyles and cultures across the globe. Expect film screenings, ethnographic research, and the chance to study a smattering of dishes from America, Japan, China, Korea, South Asia, Europe, Africa, Portugal, and Latin America. | M., W., (F.) 1. Link...
With this course, you can learn all you ever wanted to know about the history and culture of Korea. As it's got several interesting case studies to follow—not to mention a title that could be the next HBO (or maybe PBS?) smash-hit—you may just see this course on the air someday. | M., W. 10. Link...