China
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Hoping to Create Your Own Silicon Valley? Don’t Count On Returnee Entrepreneurs
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Developing countries might be better off spending their resources on establishing the right policy environment for local entrepreneurs.
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Regulating Investments in Brazil: Too Much of a Good Thing?
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A Brazilian banking executive talks the business environment and overregulation in this up-and-coming nation.
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Alone And Unafraid?
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Reevaluating United States policy toward international maritime law to protect long-term national interests
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Seeing Red: Challenges to Social Harmony in China
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Protests in China during the last twenty years have focused on local grievances, such as land and labor issues, and are targeted against local governments, not necessarily the central party
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Internationalizing the RMB
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A 2012 report from the International Monetary Fund explains the conditions for and progress toward the internationalization of the Chinese renminbi (RMB).
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Cell Mates: Mobile Phones and Digital Access in China
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Have mobile phones been effective in narrowing China’s digital divide?
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Speak Softly and Share the Big Stick
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A recent survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs provides an opportunity to evaluate America’s new vision of U.S. global leadership.
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The Urban East
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The new Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook report looks at the international powerhouses of tomorrow
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Medium Rare: What’s Cooking in the Rare Earth Element Market?
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Markets for Rare Earth Metals have become increasingly volatile. Six economists project future supply and demand trends.


