Business & Economy

After 30 years of turmoil, the Kashmiri people are no better off. In fact, many would say things are worse – and that the dream of becoming an independent state is drifting off to sleep.

China’s youth are having an impact on the direction of their country. Entrepreneurial start-ups aligned with young people in other countries, a hunger for Korean entertainment and fashions, use of ‘weibo’- the Chinese version of Twitter -to share ideas and sometimes grievances, are just some the indications that in economically robust cities like Shenzhen, China appears to be opening up to the world.

US policy in the Middle East should take note of the nation that is becoming the first democracy in the region – and it’s not Iraq.

Corruption is insidious and ubiquitous, argues this reporter who identifies how it is spreading tentacles worldwide and how to stop it in its tracks.

When renowned artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at the Beijing International Airport on April 2 many people in China believed that government was up to its old tricks. But this reporter believes that government may be in for some unexpected reactions from an increasingly aware public.

As massive protests in Tahir Square and elsewhere in Egypt call for President Hosni Mubarak to step down from a 30-year reign marked largely by autocratic power, the West, in particular the U.S. appears to be stuck in thought about what to say, who to support, and what decisive action it should or should not take. One reporter’s view.

Pakistan’s leadership in the world hinges on an investment in its youth.

Legislators consider punishment as a means to boost test scores.

In her film, “We Will not be Silenced,” life-long Democrat Gigi Gaston illustrates how elections fraught with voter intimidation and fraud often make winners out of losers. Such, she argues was the case when DNC laws were not followed and Barack Obama became the illegitimate Democratic nominee when, the hands-down winner was Hillary Clinton. Not much has changed since and the winner is certainly not the American voter.

Brazillian actress Morena Baccarin writes, America may be the land of possibilities but she’ll never forget their roots.