Tag Archives: Superpower

Mine to lose, so I’ll fight all the harder

This fascinating insight was buried in my overdue reading pile from the last few weeks.  It’s a snippet from The Economist about different kinds of  rewards and their effect on employee behaviour. 
It’s a story that has lessons for every manager trying hard to motivate staff, as it shows how people react more vigorously if  they believe they will [...]

US-China relations: redux, redux, redux

Well, just a month and a bit into 2010, and we have a media becoming somewhat frenzied about the “bad patch”, or “souring” or “rising tension”, or whatever you want to term it, in US-China relations.
It’s quite a string of issues we have to keep us all occupied.  To recap, we have witnessed in the [...]

China as the next Superpower? Top 5 Make or Break Issues – Part 3

Continuing my series on the Top 5 issues that China will need to deal with, to stake a claim to becoming a superpower and a true force to reckon with in the global pecking order…. 
             4.        Neo-colonial capitalism?
The Chinese are apparently a growing visible presence in African cities such as Lagos and Nairobi. I would be [...]

China as the next Superpower? Top 5 Make or Break Issues – Part 2

Season’s greetings to everyone.
I admit to still being new to this blogging caper, yet am suddenly feeling obliged to post something during the holidays…
In my previous – and first – post, I started a list of what I saw as the Top 5 main issues for China to grapple with if it wants to take its [...]

China as the next Superpower? Top 5 Make or Break Issues – Part 1

I thought this might make a good first post since it is ambitious, broad in its sweep and highly subjective, contains random predictions of the future and is made up of a “Top [insert number]” list.
I’ve set out my aim for this blog as being a commentator on China’s role on the world stage. So I [...]