"Southeast Asia is one of the most diverse regions in the world, hosting a wide range of languages, ethnicities, religions, economies, ecosystems, and political systems. Amidst this diversity however has been a common desire to develop. This provides a uniting theme across landscapes of...

"Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST--exams, autocracy, stability, and technology--from ancient times through the present. Beginning with the Sui dynasty's introduction of the civil service exam, known as Keju, in 587 CE--and continuing through the personnel management...

Dietmar Rothermund beschreibt eindrucksvoll das riesige wirtschaftliche und politische Potential der aufstrebenden Weltmacht Indien. Traumhafte Wachstumsraten, eine hoch motivierte Mittelschicht und eine stabile Demokratie machen das übervölkerte Armenhaus von ehedem zum strahlenden Gewinner...

"The book suggests subsequently that, provided Africans remain impervious to the anti-Asian agitation which is sweeping the Euro-American world today, they have invaluable lessons in standpoint development to learn from India's and China's experiences with liberalism as well as constructive...