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China rising: Will new leadership bring about change?

“The relationship between the United States and People’s Republic of China has rightly been described by officials and experts in both countries as the most important relationship in world affairs. It is also the most complex one. These two titans are tangled together in innumerable ways - strategically, diplomatically, economically, socially, culturally, environmentally, regionally, internationally, educationally, and in many other domains. The two nations are the principal powers in the Asia-Pacific region and globally.”

Tangled Titans: The United States and China

David Shambaugh

A "ascensão” da China é um termo muito usado, conhecido, e presentemente nenhuma dúvida parece existir sobre as significativas mudanças causadas pela entrada da China no  cenário mundial. As alterações produzidas de forma dramática vão desde os modelos de comércio até ao crescimento dos desequilíbrios financeiros globais.

GLOBALIZAÇÃO E SEUS EFEITOS NO MERCADO DE TRABALHO

“The view in the East is that the onset of the world economic crisis has suddenly reversed globalization. Hundreds of thousands of Poles, Bulgarians, and Romanians had found relatively well-paid jobs in Western EU countries, but now an army of migrant workers is making its way back home to the East. The IMF and the World Bank are supporting fiscal stimulus-expansionary fiscal policies-in the United States, Europe, and Asia. They are supporting rescue plans, including nationalization of private banks and other financial institutions. The priority of the day is no longer inflation but jobs and economic recovery.”

The Global Financial Crisis

Noah Berlatsky

É enorme a preocupação quanto ao impacto negativo da famosa concorrência com os países de salários baixos sobre o emprego nos países ocidentais. A polémica segue o diagnóstico implícito ou explícito, segundo o qual existe desemprego por causa da concorrência de países onde as taxas de salários são mais baixas, desqualificando desse modo os trabalhadores dos países ocidentais que perdem assim, qualquer competitividade.

Okinawan Longevity and Health

The world is full of specialists, technical experts, and people who love to complicate things. There is a minefield of misinformation out there that confuses us about how to cope with life. Exercising, eating, and getting our brains in gear have somehow become mysteries. Well, if I have any ability as a doctor, it is the ability to simplify complicated things.

Best Motivation Video - Never Give Up!

Never work just for money or for power.

Marian Wright Edelman

 This was one of twenty-five life lessons that Edelman laid out in The Measure of Our Success A Letter to My Children and Yours (1992). About money and power, she explained, “They won’t save your soul or build a decent family or help you sleep at night.” Edelman, the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, also offered this lesson: