Opportunities and challenges facing China
October 8, 2021
China has proven all the doomsayers wrong. It has not slid into stagnation like Japan or the Republic of Korea, as the doomsayers had predicted, because of two key factors.… Read More
Volume 37, Issue 5
September 21, 2021
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TW Centre
September 2021… Read More
Future of Urban Water and Wastewater Management: Views on Singapore International Water Week
August 27, 2021
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TW Centre
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2021. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 37, Number 5, pages 753-757.… Read More
Henan floods spark questions over early warnings
August 3, 2021
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TW Centre
July 23, 2021
Issues raised by netizens include why TV station failed to provide public safety info.… Read More
Expert: Extreme weather requires nations to improve response
July 23, 2021
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TW Centre
July 23, 2021
Prof Asit K. Biswas podcast at China Daily on impacts of of global warming.… Read More
The Holy See and the Global Environmental Movements
July 22, 2021
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TW Centre
By Theodore Lai and Cecilia Tortajada, 2021. Article published in Frontiers in Communications, Volume 6, 715900.… Read More
Party has led people to prosperity
July 9, 2021
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TW Centre
July 9, 2021
The 1920s were not a good time for China. Its 400 million people mainly lived in rural areas, mired in poverty. The government of the day couldn’t do much to improve the lives of the Chinese people. The Chinese people faced poverty and famine. The reform and opening-up initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s totally changed the economic and social development trajectories of China.… Read More
Integrated Management in Singapore
July 9, 2021
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TW Centre
By Cecilia Tortajada and Rachel Yan Ting Koh, Chapter of the Handbook of Catchment Management, edited by Robert Ferrier and Alan Jenkins, 2021, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, pages 385-407.… Read More
What the coronavirus vaccine roll-out says about innovation in an age of geopolitical rivalry
June 30, 2021
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TW Centre
June 30, 2021
While competition can foster innovation, in the current global crisis, concerns about intellectual property protection and efforts to cultivate diplomatic loyalties through vaccine provision can obstruct the type of cross-border collaboration needed.… Read More
Talking trash: No time to waste
June 16, 2021
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TW Centre
June 16, 2021
The United States and China are the largest solid waste producers. At a regional level, East Asia and the Pacific produce almost one quarter of ll solid waste, followed by Europe and Central Asia with 20 per cent.… Read More