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MODI BRINGS INDIA’S IMMENSE AND LONG FRUSTRATED AMBITIONS WITHIN REACH

Modi retains an inner calm. He doesn’t have much of a life outside his political career. He lives a semi-monastic life as a devout Hindu, yet is especially plugged in to India’s vast aspirational class and their dreams…
THE PRICE OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN KOREA: THE LOSS OF STUDENT LIFE

Unfortunately, as students get older, the time available for discussion is reduced. There’s no time for thinking creatively, or even for solving problems, in high school. They just have to memorise…
THE DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH A CHINESE CORPORATION SHELTERED BY ITS HOME TOWN COURT

Despite the excitement about international trade, with glib remarks about getting legal advice often made as an adjunct, there’s also this dark side to it…

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Narendra Modi was ostracized by the United States for more than a decade. As it became increasingly clear in recent months that he was likely to become India's next leader, the U.S. and European countries began to reach out to him

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MODI BRINGS INDIA’S IMMENSE AND LONG FRUSTRATED AMBITIONS WITHIN REACH

Modi retains an inner calm. He doesn't have much of a life...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 08: South Korean students take their College Scholastic Ability Test at a school on November 8, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. More than 660,000 high school seniors and graduates sit for the examinations at 1,100 test centers across the country, where academic records are all important. Success in the exam, one of the most rigourous standardized tests in the world, enables students to study at Korea's top universities. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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THE PRICE OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN KOREA: THE LOSS OF STUDENT LIFE

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THE DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH A CHINESE CORPORATION SHELTERED BY ITS HOME TOWN COURT

Despite the excitement about international trade, with glib remarks about getting legal...

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PARTY TIME

An examination of the world’s most powerful organisation, the Chinese Communist Party, chiefly through the...

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The Party Forever

Global, slightly updated version of Party Time, which the great sinologist Pierre Ryckmans, who wrote...

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