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POPSWhy do displays of compassion differ between East and West?
I am trying to understand A bit more: "In many Asian countries, favors invariably create obligations, which is perhaps why people are sometimes disinclined to interfere in the problems of others. You are obliged to take care of your family, your friends, or even your fellow countrymen. But the idea of universal charity is too abstract, and smacks of the kind of unwelcome interference that Western imperialists — and the Christian missionaries who followed them — practiced in the East for too long. The notion of "Asian values," promoted mostly by Singaporean official scribes, was partly a critique of universalist Western claims. Asians, according to this theory, have their own values, which include thrift, deference to authority, the sacrifice of individual to collective interests, and the belief that countries should not stick their noses into others' affairs. Hence, the hesitant response of Southeast Asian governments — and public opinion — to the Burmese disaster." see source
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POPSClimate of Fear in Sinking Country Thousands of “climate refugees” are estimated to have left the region to find work in the cities or neighbouring India. Those who stay are slowly learning to adapt, with the help of activists
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POPSWhat India's IT visionaries strive for With the rise of knowledge-based technology industry the Indian economy is growing stronger despite problems with lack of infrastructure. One other big problem is that in order to create enough jobs the manufacturing industry needs to grow as well. Religion and social class have a huge influence in this area. See article for an enlightening discussion of India's growing economy.
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POPSRightist threats raise fears in Japan Disturbing intimidation tactics by right-wing extremists in Japan is silencing many liberal journalists, lawmakers and academics. "The government is also feeling freer about promoting its conservative agenda through the media." Scary...and eerily similar to what's been happening in the USA for the last several years.
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POPSMcDonald's Is Loving It In Asia I didn't realize how huge the fast food market is for Asia until I read this article. :eek: "Make that a Big Mac, fries, and a quart of motor oil, please. If executives at McDonald's (MCD) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP), better known as Sinopec, get their way, mainland consumers may be able to fill up their cars and their stomachs in the years ahead thanks to a long-term alliance clinched last year to combine fast-food outlets with gas stations."
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POPSChina's population to increase by 200 million in 30 years " According to the plan set out in the report, county and town-level agencies in rural areas should improve their services to better implement family planning policies. Families with one child will be rewarded by the government, and the endowment insurance system in rural areas should be strengthened to improve care for the elderly. The report also calls for improvements to the nine-year compulsory education system, the control of HIV/AIDS and public health services."
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POPSAsian Americans Are People, We Get Offended! A list of Asian American terminology, both bad and acceptable ones, as well as a couple of things to keep in mind. I would personally add that you should not immediately come to the conclusion that we are all Chinese, but that's just me.
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POPSJapan's Aging Population and India's Opportunity " In his book Utsukushii Kuni e (Toward a Beautiful Nation) published earlier this year, Mr Abe says, "We should aim for a country that is seen by people around the world as a place where they want to come to work, want to invest, in short a country that gives everyone a chance. To those who resonate with Japan's national character and ideals, to those who wish to educate their children here, or to those who want to be Japanese, we should open our doors wide. Moreover, we should do this because it will contribute to the dynamism of Japan." India's software companies that have probed the Japanese market for the past seven years with but marginal success would be keen to see how the policy unfolds under Mr Abe."
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POPSLower Income, More Thoughts of Suicide... :-( "Three out of every 10 who consider themselves middle and lower class said their children’s economic situation was unlikely to be better than their own (28 percent and 30.3 percent). Almost half of them said it is unlikely their own social and economic status will improve despite their life-long efforts (43.7 percent in the middle class and 50.8 percent for the lower class). Hyundai Economic Research Institute managing director Yoo Byung-kyu said, "The worsening economic situation and bleak prospects for the future make people less willing to actively participate in economic activities and overcome challenges.”
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POPSVietnam's Growing Role in Outsourcing Picture in vietnamnet.vn: E-Town, rapidly developed hi-tech center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. HCMC has recently been chosen as 1 of 10 new destinations of outsourcing, follow Business Week.
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POPSHow I Lost My Name A wistful poem "Founded in the United States of America in June of 2005, asianamericanpoetry.com is a non-profit Internet-based site created to share poems by Asian poets from the U.S. as well as from all around the world. Our mission is to encourage and strengthen Asian poets to share their poetic works or art and have their brilliant gifts discovered."
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POPSChina, India, Russia, and global energy security Russia has led a worldwide move away from fungible petroleum sold on dollar-denominated exchanges towards an increasing reliance on long-term, rigid, bilateral supply contracts and nationalized resource companies, effectively taking oil "off the market" with respect to Western economies and throttling growth. In addition, new petroleum exchanges coming online in Shanghai, St. Petersburg, and Qatar, denominated in yuan, rubles and Euros, threaten to torpedo the dollar.
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POPSJapan Plans Long-Term Study of Test-Tube Babies' Health "Yoshitada Yamauchi, a board member of the Japan Society for Premature and Newborn Medicine who is also the chief of Okayama Medical Center's clinical research department, said that of the children who have to receive intensive treatment at the intensive care unit for newborns, the number of test-tube babies seems to be increasing every year. "However, there has been no long-term tracking of their health. We need to shed light on their situation," he said. (Nov. 21, 2006)"
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