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...recognizes Taiwan and the mainland as part of one China, it continues to arm Taiwan against any threat of reunification by force - a policy regarded by Beijing as provocative interference in an internal Chinese dispute. Beijing has declared it will take the island back by force should its leaders seek formal independence, and the U.S. has long hinted it would come to Taiwan's defense if war broke out. The sale of defensive weapons by the U.S. to Taiwan is required under the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act passed by Congress...
...More than the crisis is driving India's IT firms into the emerging world. As their multinational clients expand into developing countries, they are finding it imperative to follow. New customers are also surfacing among large firms and financial institutions from emerging countries as they seek to professionalize their operations. A study by NASSCOM and consulting firm McKinsey figured that by 2020 about a quarter of potential IT- and business-services revenues for outsourcing firms will be generated in the so-called BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Although the U.S. still accounts for 60% of the export revenue...
Both studies add to a larger body of research that suggests that meeting people where they are - both physically and emotionally - can be less intimidating than requiring them to seek formal treatment that involves a diagnosis and a possibly stigmatizing label. "When you label people, when you tell them what to do and are confrontational, it basically raises a brick wall," says Hester. In fact, some studies have shown that the more counselors confront clients, the more the clients drink or take other drugs...
...conditions in Scandinavia, particularly Denmark, are ripe for this kind of radicalization among Somalis. Artan says many refugee families who have fled the ongoing civil strife in Somalia have untreated traumas that can leave young people susceptible to the influence of outside forces. "It is taboo for Somalis to seek help for psychological problems. It is part of the culture that problems such as depression and mental illnesses do not exist. And it is exactly among families with war traumas that we see their children being drawn to radical groups," he says...
...member of an upper-crust Nigerian family apparently seek to become an international terrorist linked to al-Qaeda? "It is not shocking and it is not surprising," says Shehu Sani, a human-rights activist and expert on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. "There exists a socioeconomic and political atmosphere in the north [of Nigeria] that has created such kinds of conditions for these kinds of things." Sani says the phenomenon can be traced back five years to the country's northeast, when a group of young Muslims from a wealthy background launched what became known as Nigeria's Taliban movement...