Topic: National University of Singapore
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Global Viewpoint How Asia and China can revive the West's waning institutions
A world adrift desperately needs global thinkers, most of all from Asia. Singapore's Kishore Mahbubani fits the bill with his new book, in which he calls for a more robust UN, IMF, and WTO – led by the emerging global powers. Let’s hope his optimism about this revival is justified.
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New leadership in China, but same old decision-making problems
China's transition to new leadership may portray a decisive nation to the rest of the world, but internally Chinese politics often make policy decisions a slow-going process.
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Beneath the hype: What, actually, will China's party congress do? (+video)
The Communist Party Congress most certainly will laud President Hu’s review of China's accomplishments over his past five years in office.
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Opinion West must try a 'third way' to change North Korea
South Korea’s carrots and America's sticks have both failed to tame North Korea. There is another way. With a new regime and small, but positive changes stirring in North Korea, the international community should seize the chance and begin cultural exchanges with the North.
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Focus Will Bo Xilai affair open the 'black box' of China's leadership?
Just how politician Bo Xilai's stunning fall from grace might modify the mysterious manner in which power is shared and wielded in Beijing is still hard to discern.
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Why Bahrain is unlikely to turn into an Iran-Saudi battleground
The intervention of Saudi forces has escalated tensions between Bahrain's protesters and the country's Sunni rulers, leaving at least one dead and drawing criticism from Iran.
03/15/2011 04:39 pm -
US college degrees: Still the best among world's top universities?
A US college degree has been the gold standard. But global economics and a crisis of confidence may be pushing the US down in rankings among top universities.
06/02/2010 12:16 pm -
Rich Singapore resists welfare reforms
The recent recession has exposed the vulnerability of Singapore have-nots. Critics say the city-state should provide a better social safety net.
01/05/2010 09:21 am -
Obama's Asia trip: In Singapore, a focus on US staying power
On the second stop of Obama's Asia trip, the president will meet with the 10 ASEAN leaders in a region that welcomes the US presence as a counterbalance to China.
11/14/2009 12:00 am -
Opinion Obama, West, reread Fukuyama to the end, and look East
The Western footprint on the world is about to get a whole lot smaller.
11/10/2009 12:00 am -
In Singapore, shopping for a hospital
Hospitals are required to post the average billing cost of operations and treatments for everything from strokes to fevers.
10/14/2009 01:00 am -
China censors Namibia corruption case that may touch president's son
It has blocked any references to the investigation even though Hu Haifeng is not a suspect, underscoring the taboo against covering China’s 'princelings.'
08/03/2009 01:00 am -
Doubt greets IMF bailout offers
The fund seeks to soften effects of the financial collapse, but many Asian leaders – citing bad advice from the '97 crisis – are wary of conditions attached to assistance.
11/21/2008 12:00 am -
Trouble brews in two Asian democracies
Newly elected leaders in Thailand and Malaysia face mounting domestic discontent.
07/02/2008 01:00 am
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