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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)
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” —Claude Lévi-Strauss
Gillian Tett • Anthro-Vision
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)
Knowledge and technology once disseminated, cannot be put back into the bottle and corked up.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
Knowledge and technology once disseminated, cannot be put back into the bottle and corked up.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s late prime minister and one of the most astute observers of China, was asked shortly before his death in March 2015 if he thought China would eventually displace the United States as the dominant power in Asia. He was unequivocal: “Of course. Why not? How could they not aspire to be number one in Asia and in time the world
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