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not to reply to lelters to The Straiis TiD€s Io,!
ilrdi !ir Fllrli5licd onlirc. |,,i .!1..'to tirl)n, rrrintl
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retasr)ex nnr.r "d ln rh€ onliire world r li€f that new media ca no longer be ignor.d.
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His €r?€lience as chqlrman of the , fori I can uderstand b€cause there's a lot of dl
councild ihe Inpaci of Ne; Media in socialv, or slructive cynicjsm in cyberspace. !eople use an(
Arms. bar lert ure for m"r pd-ror-in', hi"f ot Sinsa' n).n iy and easy access io post comentsi som(
Dore PIe6s Hoid]nes'tn8li h snd Malay NewsPJ limes they shoot from the hip.
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didloguc js coDcerned."
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' pJ\11'r.\ i \i, spac€, he observes, such as ile spaccs crealed t
mainstream riedia players Singapore Press llol(
ings aDd Mediacory SingaDore.
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viows expressed onwebsites such ar The Onljne Cil
ing to b€ a major chsnnel of com'nunication gojrg
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for a rsDort on whele SingilFore should head h on- V'.heonp rrew or ll. r'npd.I,I
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China ac:ffitlses Western
media t:f distqlrtimg ffacts
ik jiriq t;ke', I i
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ri Chincsc nots in tNo dec
ldes broke oul r.rcently, Bei
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tnrs lras krllcd al l.isr
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ln receni d,rYS
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le athv sloics iLlegin-e
.u;le lse ol images or loot-
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.eglecied ihe facls and lr.
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olticial Xinhua !.qG a gency
said in a conncntary
Ti.se stori.s. conntete
s'ilh scrcer shols ol the ol
ien{lnle Dredia, a!!ear to
ha!e ireen based o. a
Yo lbo anritei rfteo ac
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beer .irc!htj.g on
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n.di.r. oueiilotrr Ic benrr
m,$i oier n!,ninil req';
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.l . rnrc sid.(l accoinl .r
stil. tele!rsur. .ccLlsirrg
the Dllai Ln.,. s diqre'
ol pLd lg the {nren
'llr..liI lcitdres.do
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sra;ni. Ioolagc oI Til,.taDs
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Pla\'i,rs to a doDestic ar
dren.c, tlcijinE s medix ot
tensive 1.!s rnto a dc.Ll
wcll oI rrotul.r Ch,nese nr
tionalisn s'tnch has scen
CNN geLl,ng lDle Lrlls .nd
a threats rn rcc$!l da,vs
'Ihc rercri!ed sniear
canpaigr bv lht Westcrn
medk has sr! id Cbinese
n.riz.ns Lo D.st onlinc n'cs
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the $rcsien iredn ,s
r{:.orts or lh. reccnL
Chinese medix has cited
exanrlles Lo clposc srch
'delileml. ttistakcs"
Some ol lhe mcdi!
.tr|!rrts nghlghtld Lrt'
on
r.revisionilarb; ccTV
req\pi '.r Clrin, Dril\
television N-TV:
NeDel q'as sxid Lo bc ol
llnc
television RTL:
N? r.lcs. s.crnir lor.es
'Iibelrr frirLsleN wu.
iJ.nlrli(al ..i allinese
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ricl!rc r!lo1(l.d br
Ch0csc !eL'1d$ nr Ir!
websil,r thrL .lrorve.i
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natemerl for Inis,traichinB
a Mdr.h ll7 thoto ol clashes
h.tr,.-rf tLn fibcl 1 olts
c,, rD,i I I tre rn llrpil ail
a car)tion sdvins Clntese Po
lice were cracklrs dolvn on
N utu tL.d .ll Ll.rLN ol.lrs
lrrred L.verJ!r, the ( NN
s hrh r. . a.cu5cd .l del,t,
eraLelv croliPiDg srone
LL, !$ lxr rroler\ uIi.f J Irr
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iN{:ks runblins nlo Li].s.i,
said ir a stalemenl iL had
tD nred the lDage Puely
for icchDical re!soos .Dd
had capLtoued r1 acctrmlelY
Anilvsts said ihe e.ros
lv lvesieni nedii olliits
;feDrcbablv dte Lo sloplL
ne$s. and bi talkine thenr
rp, Berjins aould be lrylns
huck. wilb otre shownt
pelt I lron tll
L tlee,r
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i hr\r' ihit ,l sh!wed
IhLnrse pohce hehins
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wourded terso! jnro an
r German
newspaper BerlineY
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b! DUh,e wlci tlrr
rhot., r,!ur!h +ro n eJ
'oolicc in Lhasa rescuine
: Han Chinese assatrLted
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cisn oi its d..Ldown ir'li-
]vledrr fxfcrr \iao
Oiane,
rh,:
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ti.l!c1e1! ol Calilo,nra
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to craSgerite such errcrs
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t;,r,,n,nLp ol' Rermr UnL
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be kncLated ervwher.. buL
tlc Chrtcse lhornd aho "lis
te. natienllv to tbe crilicil
vie;s pat ;ul bv th. wcst
Desnitc iis Pledses to
oncr jp to loreign nedia
ah rd,l l,L L,\nri,iL' Be
trng I'1,.1 nurr Jr,l
llu\hrf ioLrre, ou,, al cr\
ou1 of Iibet, nhe1. \'io
lenG .iuDt.d on M.1ch l'1.
.nd elhnic Tibet.n !r.as iI
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audiercebaf.re hih in the auditoriuh.
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irst made our fi6i non lolitical yideo,,
he said td hrghter from the audience.
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rerions point. Anyone cxn now be m
hateui tiln naker, captuinE polihcs
.n film, and leopk will do so.
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riFAl vel.ones the libcrdierion
ori , onounded by the Pri,Te Minisrer. 1.lis
vnl Dcrease the opporrunfties for
S,nEalor*nrlo give then views and
allow por jtj cai padies to iett{ engaEe
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. \!eb in daily life. 1ltoy nake videos, ,The prhd M'n'\tPr E hopinathar
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his Nstioml D3y R,lly speddh on Sud.y. knees to thart him for these
wbat no* hake tbe cut with rhe ..n!essioE. He scetu ro foreet thar rhe
tnsoB: 'ill
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d reroldirrs ot live evenk. 10 bold demondr.trons are !:rr aid
Brt sone dnD8s still von,t pass 'tf
/ou hale a lolitical connElcial so ttrat Ittnot r qdestiof of fi\uuc bens
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ys stmilar lo non Foliticd mms. vith srurt to telt the Aood fiom thc
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?;so6hin and filnr c'iasification si,nd bad, hurh from rrlseh;od, he sad.
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eive the ht€sfltv, qualtv, ad hoh;jtv iorc jo,rho, towjrd\ [ss i.enet]c sov-
f ou lolitical dkcouse," he said.
fll ra fhht th. &dhft! ti tho.udhodm ll$ r m.dt. ptw. ft. dndtd do.E noMl
P.litk:l frlm: lere boned to yes6 M i sdr6 polnt fltm qn m* !. het nh.n.kr. \'0. Or0 D vor,D utt
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' . baking, reprod!.rior, djsrribution
o utdoor protests okay,
brut only at peakers' orner'
i scledning oi ,,p.rty lolitlcst filns".
fh filns,rederined as those ravoum!
polrtjot pa y or DUshinr u Dolitr.al
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waste exp0rfs
Delegates at UN taiks
urge nations to
manage their
own electronics trash
BAt
DELEGATES at a United Na,
tions (UN) conference decided
a8alnst bauing loxic wasre cx-
torts, instead encouasirw co!,
ldes to lake tliei. omi aalion to
addre$ the steady stream of dan
{erous chemic.ls and ol.l PlP.
ironic itcms that litter ihe latrd
fills ol po.r nations.
Supl,orL for r hJn durtnE thl
week lo, r meet,nc on iliu i:asel
conventioD was driven bv Ai,.i
$1,.h rLArc.trhaL
rt rJ. rhe lc\r
waJ ro pr,'te.r
rheir LitizPrs. Jnd b\ rhe frrron-
an Unr {1, s 1,,!h ati."dv Droli,b
jls toxic exporls.
But lhe proposal ran iDro stiff
opposilion from ihe Uniled
Shtes, Japan, Canada and lDdia
over concerns th.]lit would stifle
recvcliDg irdustries in the devel
.ped w.rllj thdr are Luorunp
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amid !he nqnx pnces of nchls
The deleSatcs insread
enielged lron lalks vcsterdav
wilh a rumber of otliet
".",i
ures, inLludnA rndusrrv+!DDort-
ed Errdclrne5 for dr\posl,,a ;lrcl-
|hones dnd Jn aenemeri to stdr r
similar discu$ioDs 0n old.om.,,,
ter equipment.
"It \ v.r! sad, rer\ sad. \rrd
I1, lrtr lucketi. .ooi,_t,n.r",
{he S.rttle Lrased Blset Acrion "r
Nerwo,l, Jid, g rl JL is gro!pt
rrdlr PoPl it thr convErfj.n wr(
to ecl nriior6 to mrna.e rt,ci
own \vrstc Jr homc n;tcrd or
Conpanies, mostlv in ,i.h na
tions, pav 1o sliDth;ir .teclrotr
ics plste to othir courhnrs fo,
dEpn\al but r, unLtFir tu.r how
rnrnl t,'ture| i$Lhwd(rrrr. /
But jusl aLolt cveNone at ur.
CJl, !,,n\rnr!.n as.iO rt,.L tt,.
rrJilL ,r rirLL !Ianr.its ,s hra.
thal c!cnlual disDosrl .f rhp
rd\tr ,. , ftcn In.lLlraudru. rnd
tl:rtdLbun,.$.u.;\,u
Tl,u r rn' ' sed tlrn rr,,
holdcsl attcnlpl "."^
ar rhe.onl!rencc
Lo slronqlhen the tlascl Conwtsn
iron .n thc Cortrol ol Trons
THE S']'R{iTS'I'I\'IES SATLITIDAY.
CO[,lPUlER VYASiF: [leasures comine our of rhe tdlh! io.tude dn
agreement io start worl on BUidetines tor dicposine of ord computers.
boundary Movements of Hazard-
ous Wasles aDd their DisDosal
The 1989 Dact allows iti 170
meLnbc^ tihin lnpol1s and re-
quues c\t'.rters to arin con(ert
beforc sendins toxic natcrials
Critics argre tirat i$ltlicieDr
l!nds, srdesprcrd ro(uDtro!
th. (Jr' is 3
and rhe ibsence of
paficipart havc undemrined thc
conveDtion, lcaviDg rillions ot
poor !eople cxposcd ro hcavv
meials and olher toxir6. Mani,
s rn .ut rtt'I hrn ,,n exp.rirni
'y wrsLu i, the onl\ sol;'h.n
roxiL
Hoy evc.. rdusLtv reue\cnt:
i \ F\ sird ltrat tlr. n;\ rolLDrar!
Drdasures adopted at thc co e;
cnce could lead to the c.€atnnr .f
cerlified .ecycl'ne Iacilities_
$hi.lr would be e,recirll\ \rRnrti
Lrnt rn develoFrnE ,1,!.arie5
v hrri old cl.!truntr rrems ,,ot.
Itrlr ludlill\ ,,' a'c t,,"..,t ,"
The hopc, 1oo. is rhar aDv oI
the countrics would use the ;.w
guid.lines to..eate rhcir orD rc
cycln,g hws th,t {oukl a.ldress
lhe estiDatcd 20 lrilli.\r 10 50
millioD tolnes ol trscd eiectroli.
Mr tuck Go$ olhe lnfo'da-
lion TechnoloAv lndusrry Cou!
{:i1 s'hich nr.hdes nrosr najor
ruNIi 28 20ou
,,"4r!ri ,'a 11r_.tr.!i
,
Lohputer ind prTtermJnulalrur
ers. e,d rhe Lamputer Axrdelues
Nould offer a uDivers:tl l.ame
ivork thal would sive the 1ndus,
trV confiJcn.e th.n rts produLrs
wcre beins, r.y.led re\ponsrblv
The rssuc uf toxiL cxn,,fs
took (entre strre D 200! ivhcn
hundr-ds of ti,nnes ot {a\re
s ere dxmfed.r^xrd ihe lron
Cuist s n, rin uty ot Ah,drin. kiti
ingatleast 10 people anll leavlng
lcni oI tl,ou5Jrdr utD6Dl!: $.k
Fur nritrl, ,,t rl,c we.i i'i ra!.
tLie .!cLr.te r.voh ed around the
export ban. But as a deadlo.k nf
lersificd- Ildonls'. Dnt nrrh .
compro;ise, which i!'said !ould
allow !a,1ies to rcvisil lhe issue
AnionS othe.lh'!Es, the strte-
Drenl encouraees naLjons to Dxss
],ws, as lhe EU did. that ir;uld
i,rr tnYr! r\t.rts nr \h,rjt ui
Il, rI boon.!io,L.,f.,rr r,r,',tr .
sr(t.
to. Jnd deteLL,ll€ral
'ln th. Liplrr .i n'1h, ,l ,,.
rhP
Jrrlt.rfg rh1 L,a O'.
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Lr\e:A elLl Lu look $,r\ ot
rcsol\ rfe tL ' rmfrsse 'Mr
q.hrn 5terncr r.r.r ri\e .l rec
1., ior t|.1rN tsnvnonment Pro-
Srimmc, said ol tlre stal.rneDt
"Tha1 is ! vcry positive sis
ASS0CiTTEIT FirFgS

hio time-out for
By NayeN Cqerrn,r
, For 1:fte St/aits Timei
jobp
it is
Iesslv cli-Dloitins the fear-
ful irood of th"e ele.tor-
ate.
While their Democtat-
ic colleasues in the US
Congress refuse to ap-
prove free trade agre'e-
ments Degotiated bv the
administration w;tli Co-
lotrbia, South Korea and
Panama, Senator Barack
Obama calls Ior a reneeo-
tiation of thc r4-via.-6ta
North Americair Free
Trade Agreement 0.{afta)
and )eflatol l1lllarv (]lin-
ton wants a "tim"e-out"
oD free trade pacts.
ls trade th_e main rea-
son for growjig iobless-
ness in the US - or for
that matter. anvwhere'
else? The qiestidn ls as
old as trade itself.
Everyone agrees that
\fitlout trade. we would
bc€-.r_qE!go_rt-Lo{r-lo-6a
and $,c:rvrne $ htt l^Ie
we_ar. -Tia d-srew to al-
:1ow for s&ills siecialisa-
\,l!ul\Eru11r, ]v1,.!i(Ln
on. and
!nl,n+de.! The imDort of
better aDd cbeapei goods
has alwavs affected ineffi_
cient producers and
brought'pain. Coni"m"i"
Eqn, *gqq!&;dq:
our rtremctent industries
lost.Is this what is haooen-
ing in the US now? ' '
Economist Robert Las,-
rence's new sfudv. BIl1e-
Collar Blues. shoii tiat a
significant amouDt oj
slgtrrrcant of
what
\YIar the uJrloFotts $
me Usj-loForts is no
lg?gelprolqqqdjlga€SF
callv As D .F( .l +hoca
DUt rt
o{ the
adges taking
chtu
place ir the ecoiemv. DeY
alirling inveshtent fti man-
uJachiring, atrd Dfoductivi-
ty _growih wrought .by
tecbological and rianasd-
llent ian-"ovation
ment imovation olaved
D]avea a
bieser rold. ikr '
Euch biPser
much
2091-2003 peridr rigdr,((Ay
!9rye9* 12'ang. +'Fi
cetrt. of Eanufecturine.
iobs lost were estimatld.
estimatad,
to have been due ia trade I
The data also lavs to
rest a lnl'th about Aineri-
can jobi outsourced iI1
droves to lndia - or in
popular parJance,'-'Banga-
Loleo vIIlCla1 data
shows.that out of almost
one mi11io[ iobs lost in
2004. less tlan 10 oer
cent - oDlv 73.217 - wire
due to outsdurcias. Of
these- three in 10 we"re
senl ibroad and the rest
went to other Darts of the
US. Professoi Lawrence
concludes that thele is
overrl'hekning eviderce
that the US has benefited
from gJobal engagements,
which has helo-edraise its
gross domeslia product bv
I0 Der .enr
19 Zou
gt"vqlr\*r,i
But perception is reali
ty, gnd the i1l-pervasiv
medta steteoscoDicrll.
magnifies the dark oerceri
tions about trade'. EIei
tron-tlme r,rletolic coul(
do F,,orse thaD iust deeDer
ttus. perception; it coulc
lo ci< politicia0s jnr.
self-firJfillbg protectionisi
' The period between
tlre two world wars. when
a, anti-globa sation back-
rasn produced a tariff
war, holds serious w.rn-
'p-*E$biD
I.or]Iler
,Sormer Dre(idcn'
iresidential
economic adviser Alan
Blnder, who raised the
alarm in 2006 about a
new industrial revolution
embodied-in outsourcins
challengjng America. ii
now wo ied about ihe
growing aDti:globalisa-
tion sentiment. He now
c?Ds for {indins "',r'avs to
make Americ-ans irore
corDfortable wjth siobali-
sation". The nevi oresi-
dent, he savs, wouldhave
to use tha Dresidential brl-
ly pulpit: oot to bullv.
but to ex'Dlai! whv slobali-
sation is bolh iiie"vitable
aod more ao ooDorfunitv
thall a threat- ' '
Presidential hoDe{uis
nlay find it poljtjc fo call
tor a time-out on trad-.
agreements, but tbe proc,
ess of slobaLisatjon diiven
by billions o{ people's de-
sire to live b4ttei brooks
no time-out. If irade is
forced to shut down. as ih
the 1930s. the r6srlts
could b e dis astrous for all.
Tho writer is director of
Dublications at the Yale
bentre lor the sl dv nt
Globalisation and ;diior al
Yaleclobal 0nline.
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H.EVIEW THE S']'RAITS TIM!S TUESDAY, MAY 13 2OO3

'MOVING BEYOND THE GLOBALISATION PARADIGM

Enter the Cognitive, 5, ge

8Y DA!,rD Droo(s
The cognitive age
IF YOU so inro a qood ti paradigm emphasises
brary, you ljll lind th.u$nds
psychology, culture
or book\ un stobrtrJrron
son,. qill hud I Some *rtJ and pedagogy - the
wd'n dbout 5 drnseE Bui
rhey will asrce !hor itobilLsJ- specific procrsses
lion k Lhc chief o'o.es dnv. that foster learning.
ins our ase. Our'L're\ :re t,e
ldA rEndo cd br rhe in lfyou understand
dc?sirs dovencni oi loods. \' that you are living at
)

tcoP e rn,1.:prb d.tu; bor. ,{ the beginning of a

rieglubrlinhonrEmdm cognitive age, you're
rrrl rld fo
{r a crtain
tr
'n hnlorical .ara
.v.: Ttiere s,eie on.e .a,
rirJLarenr,
t focusinq on the real
ron stares l*c ihe us and rhe 6 sourct of prosperity
European po(en, wtose and understand that
econonries could be securcd
wilhirborde's Alt no{ GDi- your anxiety is not
rr nv$\ rr.e\ Te.hnoro'Pr being caused by a
h,\ hle)lcd rF D i$np neij.
compeiirior i5 rtobrt and foreigner.
s:h.i prFd am
'rheelubal
naiio. .an now ria!et
24.000km in aD ln anr B,n
ed cutrendes Noq e\c6, mo(t mpod,iLprn ol rn
rhids n:de rbroJd Amc; 'h€
romrllln! rourne\ b the hn
'
!,n m:n!h.turiis rs Ln de_ Ieq .enhhetre\ ihe .'n a
bel**.,re^o"''.'.'.-
e:r,,od rh;,aflor5 ;p,on\
f Mn Hirrary Clhron smn,a-
rke_d th. .rnativ. rc!, , orLhe hrar Does rfic,nd,\,d.
ual havelhe capacitY to under
weeks .Ao: "Thc! cahe for nand the nfomation? Iroei
lLhc ilerl .onoJiies rnd no he or she h3ve the ro
6odi sJ d r;yrh,ns rhEv erTl!,t ,f Are rhEre 'r:.ulti
'na \
asunptions rhar disro.t
' ru noboLl' _:rd r.lihinq *ay il is pe.ceiwed?
L$ -n. i,, ,he ofi,:..-;. TlLeElobnis:' oi L iLdrm
prn,er, people u ho ,tid lPadj oeoole tu rec a.onortr
!turr !.t. r rn1!e r!b, 3nd de\eloprDeni :i: ro'nr of for
no oDe said anvihinP And eixn pnli(\ a\ a eEnd !odor
for onst
Lhe proI.( lilion betueen nationsrod aiv
'h.y.Jnre
ob\ $rrlodtdbe ouBolred ilisations Tlese ab*n.ti. r
ind oobod,, qrd Jn!1hrna 1 call.d rhe Chinese" or ,,rbe
t h! aro5Jlshor
!iEi,;i,, Ind,a.5 . arc do,ns LhL\ ..
lrr\ iim.d odIu br 1ryc;n
len ent flr pol h! Jr LL al Brt rhe eo;n'1'!€ rai p,fr .
ov rh!ntobl rqluLdh,{s dism 3r plFsi\", p5\.t.toPr.
rur ercnoor! rr dit,,q. cuxure and redasoF rhc
them o prerend'oe_rhrr bl \prrif. prore$e\ rh Ioner
'e.
u r I nr ,Ddc deal, thlv can lerrn nq ri emlll,trtrr\ lhir
r$urse econonrtr rn( irl ft d,llerco, lofle';. ." h"
r Luwilhem aerteconim,
(..-.d,n b";",
ro
and so.ial d{rse as a trrea1 trca5ed 'm,r", ".,'
denan.l5 od Lud,D
rieranrilist conFetiti.n, with dccades. Capilal does ndecd 5eir.h n,n. hr5 Daded od holt of Ue !.AND cor.oD- U rou unde6lrnd $at vor
!dr DU{ leims .omneti.c tor flow aroundthe world Bnr a\ the U5 iIJre oJilob]rn-ntr ron has noren that b€r;eei 3re I vnra atihc b!Prnntr;13
sloba \!oremi$ !nd Prore$or Pankaj chena*ar facturine odpur h:- sduallv 1994 and 2004 rhe Cninese cognili!e a3e, you L.usi.a
"rth
por'n.: s nsrnns d\ ihecom incrused stiFhdY sin.e 1930. shed 25 niuion ma.utactur. on the realsource 'e
olprcspei:
1he chiel j.re resharnra iq robs, 10 tiDes mdre rhaD Ia and Luder$and drr v.ui
Bur iheret a DrobrenL qiih mdi!hriunns r ielhrolopr ,irxiery is nor t.'ne.auseit lv
t lIlei; cental
rhe way ihe glob:tMionpam !:LrhanL" th:netred b\ .on srccss dnv'n!
dic( las evoh,ed ll doisi't imprnies open plan(s over w'l oihef!onjpr'!e-
prht ou nbr slolalkruon rri
re3rr/eeh ron o1 uhr s sers, but thai ji mxinly so r crkdJ, !rLlom Lhe J<illi -rcftndri.n
se re and rhe skith re;olL ion a).
h:fodriurlFq r.r ther p,.du.Lion l?.iliilea.an 'iemran\ mowjn8 into a norc dedmd
Clob.liMtionis rc.l and nn, bc .ldse {o local n$kaLs Tlanks ioiturdv'iion din ina .opiiive a* rn .rdar ro ehich paadia; you.mbmtu
rc rn Irt iust noi thc ccn. N!f i,th, arobd[5rL!nD]r uf^crurinU p'oduch,nr hJ5 lbive, peoole are comDellcd derernines wbi.h l3.h 3nd
irrl Io(e dii\rnR !cononrr ,dfi..13(fne"h.n'-' doublcd ovcr lwo dc.rdc! to be.ome ber.' rt absorb rtop[isFe
ph.d l! maftLl,.i!m! l; in8, prc.e$i4 and combjdnB 'one-dies)ou
EdelavcF low reoutrc lcs.r ,nr!rm:non flrn n hlpn.n
1,,!c scen rhen iobs shiDDcd {<trd.f necituN 10 Uq buinrdrt h,RHj \r.i l.d *orr ocr;llc o.e* hlv. r"lr"" i"
o!rr ! . LUL eloU t.omncrc ^!; is uF
manlJa.{Ldns outLJrr tr in ro!:r..d J LLr
.P[ o^, rnd r'ou {lobiltrld loi6 with tfie !lobalisaLron
hon hn : lounted Io, : {ni d L,e l3p parodiaiir lrt tinie ro nov!
I T..rnolosicai chrnse at p€n ns.,c L'tI rou rok uo
share oi rob.Earion aDd de lhot- Iruarr bcrs !tMrnL tec6chitu ust :s I dois r\e .,er, ro d", " ".
n,L!ion ov.r rhe t,fl te* L
'!k,. A rln drltu r,. Anen.a r!1r Wilrm over '.,!;
 iasL l0 yca h 1997 alhina rc rnd, |e s l lxllr. 'rla
}THE WORLD \qE LIVE IN lo ger " i'residel)l Bus
and Indii ,,1'ere ninorplayen.
Nnv' lhP growlL rnlo t|e ltor \ llDlo r!' \''rll roL b-
11'od{l s l\!olargtn r'onorures
populn 0 urlh ro n url rt

More global
is.realing n(r dJrro r\ rn sril,P, hr urrnt\ loStrc \\Lr
the global econony.
risor lcoro(tuIorPeruLl
un trme ffr c.*efuldrlil,eto-
hon. qllhoLrt the ures5ure\ 0l
Security threats cL'tironeennB, tti deLrde o
hi, or h.i .orre o{a,tLon

more troubl 1}1! Cold WaI is over, bul

there has b€en no lerce divi
dend. lven though'tlere were
omino$ sisns - the 1993
0mens

lIlE {ltimate theat to hfinan

bonb lhat ;xDloded uoder
survival is slobal warnins
the World Tnde Gnkr. the
BY LXE KU,N YEW and dinale chnse. lte hab
1998 bombinrs ol US embas-
tatsol nl[ons. nuvbe bi
sies in Alrira ind tle 2000 at'
cl.0lAUSATl0N'S power honr, of people iray be da,t
tack or $e USS Cole tu fie ,qed fte oolar ice cnD ii nelt'
sa frflt demonsh?te/ in $e port o[ Ade[, Yemen - lew
ide. ftis lirs higsereil Rursi'
sbck narleb 10 Yeirs ago, in iaid beed to the Slowing Qnada, Denmarl., Nonrat
Julv 1997, wili li€ omel ol ihent ol l\lam$t extrenism. lic LIS and oticrnrlions abut-
rh; A(ir; firaDrial crisis. orce the Soviets had vitl_ tins $e Archc to lay drlr ln
Willin davs all r4ionk
oI ltrc dmwn &oo Ahhaflslan, tle xeriions ol lhe Arcti(.
emcrshs ba*eb were afterl world Iorgot aboul $c jrtrad Ilre scranble ior the richt
ed. aitliueh the deve)oPed agaimt the inradem. ulder lhe ice is on. lbe Krcm.
o/orld\ n ikeb remained re_ lin has sent $borariDes t"
udo&!ed.
lalivelv Dlanl a titaniun Russian lla
n; mitir m5 ercciPilrled TIIE RIGITT DCT
;n the sabed al the Nort
when ihe Banl 6f 1liailard Pole. Canada has dained
no out ol loreiRr exchanae Right or wrong, omenhro ol lhe Nodh.ver'
and rould nol wilhland ttre Pasare. bul ilsca levck n,
Americans are in rn inrindate nanv aillions r
sriseored nm o[ ils cnrrm-
peoplc, and rf gl;cie$ i, tie
cv. lt'ar bark ad r omPaoes kaq. They mu(
iere heavily indebted io lor- Himil as Trbel and dre Ar
eiBn bank, espedally tlose
jn
now find the dght dcs melt away, leavirrB mor
millons w$oui enotrgh w.
thi
Iudn
US. $hi1e instituliotral
aeex hom lhe devel- way out of haq - ler, there wi
be no "[le al
nned vrorld lad hvesled bil'
without their
li'ons ir tle stock
ol dollaru
narlel6 ol lhe booniog decisions being tied Global player
Soulh-east Aiian eaonomies
Wien lhe cnmch croe, to election
Tm US - enbloiled in llar
tloseifleston shed for the
datelins. snasred bv inien nable prol
exit, sellinn local stock and
kmiovei lran's nuchci pro_
ruriencies, disregarding tbe (rannle and unable lo pi
roudriei' fundaf, eDlals The lihad io Alshadstao sas Ao\,,,n Lhrt elusive t$o-sla1
suddm wibdn{d ol liquidi- buta plelude6 global jfiad solution lor lssei/Palesline
tv l,.on lie Esioo\ slock nar_ SeDl 11, 2001 was te hmrng DMv aDDeaI werkc[ed 3od
ft'ets bmke tle cenual balk Doint. The Uniled Siates and ue,iw llut whether vou a
ol lbjlard, hdorcsia, lilalay' iie world were shocked bY for oi asaiNL US Doliries r

sh and Soub Korea. L\e desl$ctiotr ol lle lvi! hao ,nd'elsewberc: fte lact
"
DBwing o! il5 exPerience Towers ald itre attacl( on the tJraimanv of the world\ prol,'
in IrtinAnedca. tle bterni- ?enlason. US loftes let?lial hmr rainot be el{eLrlvel
tional Morctarv Fuld inr_ edhv"iamfue AJshanistrn in mrnared \vilhout the arti\
oosed mredies tiat maaY crit' Ocdber. fte-do"ire fol lic n: rtLci"nation ol the US.
i.! helieve made lbe situatiod world vas clear: Yor are ei
' woiddbadeisbowAneti'
worse. Miny Asian ba*s ther Yrith rs (the US) oI u wJi bolltrce bacl asah..F{
weDtbellrup, and D,rnY com asainsl ur. In Marh 2001 lhe ir$dhffifttwfi1dkinostd
binlftPled invaded lraq and over' nenic sociehi il has lhe Do5'
'
DaDies werc
WtrJe many Asian cour_
U"S
threw Saddam HLissein hnovative {iconollY wiib itl
ift{red larye c1lfieDt a(' Rjght or wong, Arneic?ns leadinPadse lecbnolog
lnes
h lmo. Tlev nusi both ci"viljai and nilih,'l
.ornl deli{it5 ir
Ic9b. 10 ttris vere a US pmbhm, but econonies sill depeld otr are now
Bu{ Riven Russia! anti Irr
vean later thev had substao Ameimr consume$. Henc€, Snd tle riRlt ll"i oulot lraq
lhey bad becn passed oo lrf UftlPd
rlio;. lhc
no$llon. rgiur
vur.u Ndriom
rnthoLrt tlLeu dccrsions be
6rl nrrrort accirLrnt surpluscs, lhrough CD0s (m lilemh\ed rf tle lub pnrc mortgJge
Counri l'ldlnot be t
trnrvCourri
\ectntv
ar wellas af,ple loreip cul
debt obligalio$) to lulop e n nrobhn sDIl[ over ioio lhe
ins tied lo cle!tion daleln$ 'n]lnot '
rivein50lfinq tl./o imn et
P;e$dent GeorRe W Bush le,
a

ba s and irxunnce conPa iS real e,on, ny, reduclng ha\ mrdr clcar [i! Dllcv to t*llit,lront rL.qln
r{e ptoblefl tr".ts "
it'It
Iilen New York's stock
nies and lo llru najor bankr ronsumer de,n d, Asia\ er
ilober{ DraDeI. dLrthoi of
'ii
nudear progmmrne ano ros'
mrrket{,as sold do'm in JulY filil
h Clina noits r.,nll declnre and econom Dc.d ( rrLarri a buok nn lhe ovot
,rnd Ausu5l rhis yPJ,. ilr Lnn'
i, gLo{ah x lslow.
Although lL. eritr,,-u'e to Itcndin! 'To aetu\ n 3 Po5i rht r llrrlskr Me!!Lo!
uuon $'rsd rornredr,rkll lo tl; "aie{ Ihrirdir t rr
Asian banks and lnsuranrr TheNr d'ssiuiegicnalt- tron where tre,rdenLrrl s ruaooft
Frirone and ]!trn and tim to '?Plerrs
comDanies $as no1 hI(lr, cA rnd tnttrlron 1rcrd\ hr\c rididtrl* w ll he tor orti I re-{-l[r€nl !sue olforbP5
mLcrr ng Alrr Thesrh Pnrne
noridage lorns at thc mo{ ot rhei;dock m? etslell Asra J ,hrrgd rd,rlr dLrr ng tlc ble aboul su$eioing ir Pres magail[e.