- Taiwan is an Asian success story, but it needs serious reform, says the FT.
- Walter Russell Mead: 'Beijing, which from the very beginning saw Washington’s pivot as an effort to encircle and contain China, now has to face up to the fact that its sole remaining ally has caused all of its rivals to bulk up their strength across the region.'
- And yet China is in no position to leave North Korea in the lurch.
- Will this improve productivity or increase unemployment? Technologies to reduce the need for sleep are just around the corner.
- Four Asia Pacific lessons from the Falklands War.
- How Turkey's head scarf ban has retarded women's advancement.
- Non-crisis: did the media inflate North Korea's recent threats?
- Russell Brand's Thatcher column starts beautifully but descends into lefty stereotypes. I liked his description of Thatcher's voice: 'somehow both boring and boring'.
Thursday links: Taiwan, Thatcher, Falklands, North Korea and more
Published 11 Apr 2013
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