The Globalist

Why is local government reform in China key to the national economy?

China’s rich-poor (and urban-rural) divide is looking more and more like the West’s.

China already has over 100 cities with a population that exceeds 1 million people. What’s next?

Remember the times when peasants, not the proletariat, were the vanguards of China’s communist revolution?

Japan has a problem of overrepresentation of rural voters in their political system, as does the United States. Is Japan making progress?

Can the EU overcome the differences in style and substance between its two key members — France and Germany?

How can China avoid a hard landing in the next few years?

Can China’s cities by 2030 really accommodate one billion residents — equal to one in every eight people on the planet?

If pesticides, fertilizers and genetically-modified seed aren’t good for the planet, who are they good for?

How can alternative energy sources put human development onto a sustainable path?