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General view of the first plenary session of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Congress (CPPCC) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 07 March 2013. (EPA)


Is China Ready for World Leadership?

Is China Ready for World Leadership?

With the United States adopting a neo-isolationist posture under President Barack Obama, could China fill part of the gap left by America’s declining influence in sensitive regions such as the Middle East? The question has been debated here and elsewhere since the...
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The crowd cheers as Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (C) arrives at the Marina Bay Floating Platform for the annual National Day Parade celebrations in Singapore August 9, 2012. (REUTERS/Calvin Wong)


Lessons From a Grand Master

Lessons From a Grand Master

Lee Kuan Yew is 89 years old and his health is failing, but his interviews with two Harvard professors over the years have recently been collated and immortalized in a book, with both authors considering the Singaporean leader to be a “grand master” of the modern day....