China has made impressive strides in ending illiteracy and increasing number of high school graduates and new universities, but China will find it hard to produce culture of innovation it will need to dominate 21st century as long as it curtails people’s ability to imagine and try anything they want.
Read more on the NYT Op-Ed column of THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN…
Browse
[From the global culture blog] If the post a brighter future revealed the possible destinations for the masses of migrants moving around the planet, this image from Natural Resources Conservation Service within the United States Department of Agriculture may tell us where they come from. A global population density map represents the number of people [...]
Minister Nath is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable people involved in the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development round of negotiations. He’s also at the forefront of economic policy in the current government of the United Progressive Alliance. In the past, he was India’s representative at the United Nations and minister for textiles, and [...]