Opinion / World

Royal wedding: Mysterious charm of monarchy

[2011-04-27 17:16]

Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29. How will this royal wedding impact Britain? So far no consensus has been reached.

Marketing of a Royal Wedding

[2011-04-29 10:08]

What most spectators are interested in is the romance and the pageantry. But as someone who was in charge of the marketing of London for eight years, I can't help looking at it as an economic opportunity for marketing and branding a city and a country.

Do 'Tiger Moms' make the best parents?

[2011-04-22 08:56]

Read Amy Chua's best-selling book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and it's hard not to react. Tiger Mother has been the subject of numerous commentaries. Chua has appeared publicly many times since the book’s January publication to explain and defend what she wrote.

BRICS – a step towards prosperity and democracy

[2011-04-14 15:27]

The Hainan summit of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) gives a foretaste of what the world will increasingly look like in the 21st century.

West plays 'hot potato' with Libyan crisis

[2011-04-12 15:29]

As the Libyan war reaches a stalemate, there have been increasingly louder calls for a peaceful solution to the current crisis through dialogue in the international community.

Intoxication with cricket in South Asia

[2011-04-11 09:20]

Apart from the English language and a parliamentary government, cricket is supposed to be one of the greatest legacies the British left to Indians and to the whole South Asian subcontinent. Since then, the people in this region have been addicted to cricket.

War, conflict big foes of sustainable development

[2011-04-07 11:03]

War and conflict is the largest enemy of sustainable development because it wipes out the basis for development, both for developing countries and developed countries. It is the wars that the US has been engaging in all these years after the Second World War that have dragged the country into many troubles

Should Libya pay the same price as Iraq?

[2011-03-28 17:30]

The military action by Western powers against Libya is fast losing its moral ground – if there were any – more than one week after the first round of airstrikes.

Libya intervention: Driven by oil or humanitarianism?

[2011-03-24 11:27]

The massive air raid "Operation Odyssey Dawn," led by the United States, United Kingdom and France, against Libya has brought the North African nation once again under the spotlight.

Libya: Back to the future

[2011-03-22 09:21]

The talk about Gadhafi's committing "unspeakable atrocities" sounds similar to accusations against Saddam Hussein of developing weapons of mass destruction a few years ago. The world was fooled then, and let us pray that tragedy will not befall Libya this time.

"I am Chinese"

[2011-03-11 14:47]

The mission described as China's largest-scale evacuation is really impressive. I had the opportunity to participate in the rescue efforts, a once-in-a-lifetime experience I will never forget.

Valentine's Day, I love you not

[2011-02-21 15:15]

Critics of the world's day for lovers fall into two categories. You're either anti-consumerist and believe the day is just another excuse for the people at Hallmark to steal our hard-earned cash, or you object to forced observation of romantic love.

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