Growing strength of China masks doubts about future | World news | The Observer

Posted by Matt in February 13th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, China News, Doubts, Economy And Society, Economy China, Future World, Globe, Leadership, Many Fear, Masks, News Observer, Tiger, True Strength, World News, Year Of The Tiger

As Chinese around the globe celebrate the Year of the Tiger, many fear that the newly confident world power will try to thwart the west at every turn. But the leadership remains anxious about the true strength of its economy and society
Growing strength of China masks doubts about future | World news | The Observer

Chinese slowdown is biggest threat to prosperity, says WEF – Times Online

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Capital Markets, China, Faces, Future World, Global Commodity, Lead, Mankind, prosperity, S Trading, Sharp, Slowdown, Social Unrest, Trading Partners, Unemployment, World Economic Forum

A sharp slowdown in China is one of the biggest threats to future prosperity, the World Economic Forum said in its latest assessment of the risks that mankind faces.
A slowdown could lead to serious unemployment and social unrest in China and badly hit the country’s trading partners, as well as global commodity and capital markets,…
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Millennium Project Report Issued on the Future of the World | Reuters

Posted by Matt in August 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Adolescence, Business Reuters, Cumulative Effects, Economic Conditions, Effects Of Climate Change, Energy Supplies, Financial Crisis, Future Of The World, Future World, Global Financial Crisis, Half The World, Migrations, Millennium Project, Recession, Responsible Adulthood, Social Instability, Unemployment, United Nations, Violence, Water Food

A major report issued by the United Nations Millennium Project has just been released. It finds that half the world appears vulnerable to social instability and violence due to increasing and potentially prolonged unemployment from the recession as well as several longer-term issues: decreasing water, food, and energy supplies per person; the cumulative effects of [...]

Global Trends 2025

Posted by Matt in November 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Barack Obama, Challenge World, Decades, Dwindling Resources, Economic Power, Europe, Future World, Global Dominance, Global Instability, Global Set, Global Trends, Global Wealth, Inauguration, Intelligence Report, Medvedev, Modern History, National Intelligence Council, Nuclear Arms, People, Political Dominance, President Elect, Scarce Resources, Seeds, Trend, Us Dominance

Global Trends 2025, a new report written by the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) ahead of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, envisages a future world marked by diminished US power, dwindling resources, and more people.
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The current trend of global wealth and economic power shifting roughly from West to East, described as “without precedent in modern history”, [...]