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Threats and opportunities of the Asian age
published: Thursday | January 25, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody xVlvo="true">
John Rapley
Last week in Beijing, some of the world's leading <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">economists</SPAN> gathered in a conference devoted to considering the impact of Asia on the world economy. As former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said in his keynote address, the Chinese boom will likely appear in the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">history </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">books</SPAN> as the most important development of the last half-century, surpassing such other dramatic events as the end of the Cold War. And now, with <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">India</SPAN> also taking off, the weight of the world economy will increasingly shift ever more decisively towards the east.
As I listened in on the discussions, I reflected on the lessons that could be adduced to inform <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica's</SPAN> own future. Most of the presenters agreed that the impact of China on other developing countries has generally been positive. However, ther
Threats and opportunities of the Asian age
published: Thursday | January 25, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody xVlvo="true">
John Rapley
Last week in Beijing, some of the world's leading <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">economists</SPAN> gathered in a conference devoted to considering the impact of Asia on the world economy. As former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said in his keynote address, the Chinese boom will likely appear in the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">history </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">books</SPAN> as the most important development of the last half-century, surpassing such other dramatic events as the end of the Cold War. And now, with <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">India</SPAN> also taking off, the weight of the world economy will increasingly shift ever more decisively towards the east.
As I listened in on the discussions, I reflected on the lessons that could be adduced to inform <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica's</SPAN> own future. Most of the presenters agreed that the impact of China on other developing countries has generally been positive. However, ther
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