Beijing’s Response to Egypt’s Revolution – by Willy Lam

Posted on | februari 11, 2011 | No Comments

News and Media coverage in China, is generally not my area of expertise… but this is the best account I have seen of the reaction by China’s authorities on developments in Egypt. Willy Lam has an intimate knowledge of developments in China, which is why I am reproducing his recent commentary on Beijing’s response to the Egyptian revolution in its entirety. This article was originally published by the Jamestown Foundation. Enjoy… Read more

Category: media, South-east Asia
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Green Investment Opportunities in China

Posted on | februari 10, 2011 | No Comments

Investments by the Chinese government are creating a wealth of green sector opportunities. China’s huge business and consumer base is creating demand for everything from renewable energy to green buildings.

A good illustration of the profit potential afforded by China’s green market comes from Chan Han Meng, executive director of Nature Elements Capital. According to Chan, Green buildings offer a 30 – 50 percent price premium while additional construction costs are only five per cent.
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Category: environment, South-east Asia
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Facts about death penalties in Iran

Posted on | februari 10, 2011 | No Comments

Nearly every day, someone in Iran is executed. Iran has had more than 85 executions during the month of January. The executions mainly happen inside the prisons early in the morning. The persons who are condemned to death are mainly charged with drug trafficking, rape, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, apostasy. Some of these crimes are labelled as Moharebeh, enemy of God1.
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Category: human rights, South Asia
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NGO’s fail to learn from failure

Posted on | februari 9, 2011 | No Comments

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Admitting Failure

There is a lot going wrong in the business of ‘doing good’. Not all ngo’s which seem to help actually help. A more critical attitude is needed, both from donors and ngo’s. One of the mistakes the development community often makes is to learn from failure. Instead of recognizing these experiences as learning opportunities, they hide them away out of fear and embarrassment.
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Category: effectiveness, global
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The Wael effect

Posted on | februari 9, 2011 | No Comments

Tuesday was the 15th day. There were more people on Tahrir than ever before. (Picture Al-Masry al-Youm)

Tuesday was the day after the night of the Wael Ghoneim interview on Dream Tv and the effect was enormous. More people came toTahrir than ever before, many of them newcomers and many of them confessing that the interview with Wael had had the effect to convince them to join.
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Category: Northern Africa, revolt
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