China

Counting the costs

This week, we look at media comment on the costs of globalization and on the EU decision to block the merger between the Deutsche Börse and the New York Stock Exchange.

Fusion

Börse

Leaving Kyoto

The announcement that Canada plans to leave the Kyoto Protocol has been greeted with dismay by environmentalists at home and abroad. We look at reaction from the national media.

Entsetzen

Umweltschützer

China and Germany

This week, we look at what the business press has to say about an economic slowdown in China — and why it’s wrong to blame the Germans for Europe's financial troubles.

Konjunkturverlangsamung

die Schuld geben

The Chinese-German team

On the surface, this highly successful joint venture in the electronics industry is going well. But tensions develop in the team, and an external consultant is brought in to analyse the situation.

Spannung

externe(r) Berater(in)

I'm ready to go on a sabbatical — are you?

Would you take the risk of going on a sabbatical?

Would you risk taking a sabbatical? Two people with opposing views discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 5/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online.

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Short story

"I still struggle to write emails and text messages with the tiny keys on my BlackBerry, which forces me to communicate in a much simpler and more direct way than I normally do. Above all, it is a very slow process. This in itself isn’t bad, because slowness is 'in'."

kämpfen, sich abmühen

Tasten

Searching for rare-earth elements. Photo: Nautilus

Good as gold?

JAPAN: A team of Japanese scientists have found large deposits of rare-earth elements in the Pacific. The discovery could be good for the economy, but bad for the environment.

Vorkommen

Seltenerdelemente

Michael J. Sandel in action. Photo: Harvard News Office

Philosophy rocks!

ASIA: A national Chinese news magazine named him the "most influential foreign figure of the year”. Hundreds of thousands of fans watch his television show. Tickets to his live appearances in China, Japan and Korea sell out quickly. Is he a rock star? Sort of.

einflussreich

Auftritte

ausverkauft sein

U.S. President Obama promised to withdraw 33,000 troops by September 2012.

Power struggles

This week, we look at media comment on the struggle for political and economic power in China, as well as on the planned withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

Kampf um

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