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By this time, a division had already begun to appear between developed or affluent Asia (Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan) and developing Asia (the rest). Of
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
I keenly hope that the wise administrators in Singapore will continue their commitment to the humanities and social sciences.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
Americans are not criticising Singapore because they are concerned about democracy and human rights enjoyed by three million Singaporeans. Whether Singapore succeeds as a multiracial community in Southeast Asia or fails makes little difference to the future of America. Their real interest is what Freedom House has stated, that Singapore sets the wr
... See moreKuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
We should react sceptically to grand generalizations about stasis and stagnation. Nor should we be too quick to assume that China’s very limited participation in international trade after c.1690 signalled its incorporation into the subordinate ‘periphery’ of a European ‘world system’.76 Indeed, closer inspection may suggest that the reconstruction
... See moreJohn Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
The rise of Asia, and China in particular, has been accompanied by the need to project a new, more just vision of the world that is not simply a new hegemony.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
However, Lee Kuan Yew believed that the crux of the challenge was that Singapore was a terrible place to do business.