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...Pyrenees are no more," said Louis XIV of France when his grandson Philip acceded to the throne of Spain, and it's tempting to think that the same is true of the Himalayas. The visit to India that starts this week by Wen Jiabao, China's Premier, is being spun as a celebration of relations between Asia's giants that are good, and getting better. Whatever the truth of that claim, this much is certain: very soon, meetings between the leaders of China and India will not be of merely regional interest. They will be watched by the whole world...
...culture wars and stepped-up competition from abroad (cue the maelstrom). Not only are Americans more likely to get sucked into such cities as Sydney and Dublin, writes Florida, but China and India are increasingly able to retain homegrown talent that in prior years saw the U.S. as the premier destination for a university education and career. Florida has adapted for countries his (controversial) way of ranking cities. On the Global Creativity Index--which assumes that creative talent, technology and tolerance lead to economic growth--the U.S. ranks fourth, behind Sweden, Japan and Finland. And to Florida...
...coalition government in danger of falling apart? A lot depends on negotiations this week in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, where neither the ruling Social Democrats (SPD) nor the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) managed to win a majority in a February state election. After incumbent SPD state premier Heide Simonis failed to build a minority government, the SPD and CDU have opened talks on a possible "grand coalition." The CDU has the advantage: by walking away, it would trigger new state elections and almost certainly win. Failure to strike a deal could even force national elections - the last...
...PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he'd answer questions "from my heart" during his March 14 news conference. His heart was well prepared. Most questions allowed at the event came from journalists whose queries were screened in advance by the Foreign Ministry?hence Wen's Sanskrit poetry recital after a question by an Indian reporter. In response to a TIME query, the ministry denied screening questions and said reporters "are free to raise any question." So long...
...been achieved between Pakistan and India as they both get enraptured by cricket. But this is not a case of new political revolutions, but rather the rediscovery of old cultural bonds that have overcome postcolonial boundaries. Similarly, China and India are beginning to renew old ties. China's Premier Wen Jiabao has said that his forthcoming visit to New Delhi will be the most important trip of the year. As the political divide between the two countries melts, they will rediscover their ancient connections...