Tigers, tigers spurning rights
The West may believe that its concept of democracy should be applied universally but many in East Asia insist on an alternative model. Michael Leifer reports. When the Cold War ended the ideological...
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Mature keep away in droves
EFFORTS to improve the range of students at university appear under threat from latest application figures, which show continued steep falls in mature, overseas and sub-degree applicants. Data from...
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Eye Witness
Violent demonstrations in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, are a daily reminder that the result of the July general elections is still contested and that the country's bloody history cannot be easily...
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Lessons closer to home
The Bangkok gathering of heads of Asian and European governments earlier this month was unusual. It took one regional grouping, the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN), to bring another,...
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Sinking under fat America
State of the World 2000
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Credit, shared human right
Banker to the Poor
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Asian forces alter the status quo
The Global Competitiveness of the Asian Firm
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Teeming pressures of the new urban jungles
Mega-City Growth and the Future
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Jobs gloom jolts Japan
Japan's senior students face a tough year for jobs. Early surveys indicate that leading employers intend to recruit fewer graduates for the 1999-2000 financial year. The shrinking graduate job market...
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Sit, then do the ironing
Robot toys are a Christmas favourite. They are also the testing ground for sophisticated tools that will change our lives, writes Tim Cornwell. In 1997, researchers at the Massachusetts company...
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Dark dealings under scrutiny
Academics are at the frontline of exposing corruption, but winning the battle will require more effort. Karen MacGregor reports. The crucial role of research in the war against graft - especially its...
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Sons of soil left to wither on the vine
Agriculture in Britain has sunk to a nadir last seen during the Great Depression. Farmers were once the bedrock of British society and a powerful voice in the land, but who now cares what becomes of...
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Adventures on the cyber shop floor
Before launching her web-based courses, Diana Kelly put herself in the students' shoes and learnt how to learn online My new year's resolution in 1999 was to learn about online teaching. After 20...
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Waseda hunts for graduates
Waseda University, one of Japan's oldest and most prestigious private institutions, has applied to the ministry of education in Tokyo for permission to open a new graduate school. The school will...
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India's sane get anarchic
India's Newspaper Revolution - "Mr Editor, How Close are You to the PM?"