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Unlike a traditional Core class, Kuriyama’s assignments focus on communication and technology, rather than writing papers. For Xu’s final project, he chose to make an film about the history of tai chi. “If it’s not a way of hurting people and not a way of meditating, how do we define what’s tai chi?” Xu said. “How many ways do you see different manifestations of the tai chi symbol?” He said the process got him thinking about...
...million arks,” and yet, throughout the book, he’s asking his readership to acknowledge that we are all in the same boat.Friedman’s argument is empty because his finest points become obscured by abstract digressions that don’t project a clear message of how to find solutions. He has an impressively broad perspective on the state of global development and makes a compelling argument that America’s economic well-being and global standing depend on investing more in energy leadership. He also draws attention to the implications...
Saudi Arabia is planning to build five of them. Simultaneously. KAEC serves as the flagship project. The Saudis plan for nothing less than to make the country more competitive globally, and they are willing to spend what it takes...
...fueled excess, an attempt to one-up rivals on the mad dash across the Arabian Peninsula to build the tallest, biggest, glitziest structures. Their coffers bulging with surpluses, many Persian Gulf states are turning their desert into one giant construction site. There's the City of Silk project in Kuwait, Dubailand in Dubai and any number of ports, airports, universities and giant residential and industrial complexes abuilding in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and elsewhere. KAEC "is not a vanity project, but there is definitely a statement being made," says a Riyadh businessman who asked not to be identified for fear...
...Dubal project is a template for the kind of investment Saudi Arabia wants to attract: it will be 100% foreign-owned and will probably generate several downstream businesses. The ownership is crucial; in the past, the only way foreign companies could operate in the kingdom was through joint ventures and local agents--many of whom brought no skills and little capital to the partnership. With that barrier gone, al-Dabbagh hopes investors will pour in: he expects the new cities to generate more than $100 billion in foreign investment. Saudi businesses may kick in two or three times as much...