Author: TW Centre

December 3, 2018
This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. In 1978, China’s per capita GDP was $156.40－the global average was $1,973.79. In 2017, the corresponding figures for China and the world were $8,826.99 and $10,714.47－an increase of 56.4 times and 5.43 times, respectively. In 1978, about three-quarters of Chinese people lived in absolute poverty. By the end of this year, the corresponding figure is expected to be less than 1 percent－a rate of progress never seen in human history.
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November 10, 2018
The Marina Barrage has become an iconic landmark and a popular social space for many Singaporeans. Clean, green, open, free and accessible to all Singaporeans and visitors, built at a cost of S$226 million, this impressive infrastructure, with a breath-taking view of the sea, was completed only in four years in 2008.… Read More

October 15, 2018
The Catholic Church is far from the only organisation with a dark history of abusing kids within its care. Cecilia Tortajada writes that it’s time to hold the not-for-profit sector at large more accountable.… Read More