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...There aren't a lot of places in the world these days where consumers speak with that kind of confidence. With the U.S., Japan and all of Europe mired in the worst global recession in 30 years, China has shown a restorative strength that six months ago many doubted it had. A devastating slump in exports crippled growth late last year, but on the back of a $586 billion government stimulus program - about 13% of GDP, spread over two years - China has snapped back. The economy grew 7.9% in the second quarter and will now probably expand 8% or more...
Slick and Mostly Polished Nationalists often speak of the importance of preserving their national culture. But the cultures they describe are often mythic. It is amid the rubble of discarded beer cans and the bleakness of northern English housing estates that never knew a genteel past that the BNP finds its most enthusiastic support. It is also in exactly such areas that disenchantment with mainstream politics - intensified in Britain by the recent scandal over MPs' expenses - is at its most profound...
...protest. "We strongly condemn this over-zealous and abusive show of power to crush the people's right to assembly and free expression," Ragunath Kesavan, president of the Malaysian Bar Council, told TIME. "The new government appears determined to stifle public opinion, persecute and punish those who dare to speak out." (See pictures of Malaysia...
...Before my arrival in Tanzania, I had a lot of preconceived notions about what Africa was going to be like. I thought it would all be savanna and that it would always be unbearably hot. I thought that I would see poverty at every turn, and that nobody would speak English. I thought I would stick out like a sore thumb because of the color of my skin—and on that count, at least, I was right...
...June, while researching in Amsterdam, I had the opportunity to speak with journalist Linda Polman, the author of We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn’t Always Come Out When the UN Goes In. Polman, who has reported on UN peacekeeping missions in war zones ranging from Haiti to Somalia, is critical of NGOs, especially when they’re charged with distributing urgently needed humanitarian aid. After publishing her latest book, With Friends Like These: Behind the Scenes of the Emergency Aid Industry, Polman said she’s earned the ire of some of these organizations...