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Situated in the heart of Southeast Asia at one of the world's major crossroads, Malaysia has always been pivotal to trade routes from Europe, India and China – hence, its role as an exporting country can be traced back hundreds of years. Gemma Carter reports on how these exports have become increasingly industrial, while the nation's inhabitants continue to search for a common identity.
THE PHOENIX OF EUROPE
The country that gave the world Copernicus, Marie Curie, Frederic Chopin and Pope John Paul II, has been ravaged by wars and territorial disputes for most of its long history. A glance at a map reveals the reason why – it is juxtaposed between Russia and Western Europe. The indomitable spirit and courage of its people have helped Poland to survive almost complete annihilation at the hands of the Nazis in the Second World War, to catalyse the collapse in Europe of the Communist rule that followed the war, and to become an economic success story at the centre of modern Europe. Bob Combes reports.
From Icy Land to Northern Light
In recent years, Finland has built a modern, highly-industrialised economy in which a cutting-edge telecommunications sector has emerged and thrived.
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Celebrating China’s Transformation
During this year, China will probably account for the whole of net world economic growth, but how has the country reached its current position as a free market powerhouse?
Japan: A Culture of Uniqueness
Once a key performer in post-war industrial production and methods, the internationalisation of Japan has presented numerous challenges to its economic vitality.
The Gift of the Nile
Gemma Carter examines one of the most populous countries in Africa.
Feeling the Strain
The Republic of India is one of the oldest civilisations in the world. Covering 3,287,263 square kilometres, India is the seventh largest country in the world and the tenth most industrialised.
A country at the crossroads
Turkey’s strategic location has given it major influence in the region as the point where East meets West and where the two cultural, political, economic and industrial worlds connect.
Lion City – Feeling the heat
Singapore has a long history as a trading nation with one of the highest standards of living in Asia. Because of solid economic policies and practices, Singapore was one of the first Asian countries to recover from the last economic crisis (1997–98). Now in 2008, Singapore is the first Asian country to slide into a recession.
Digging deep
Constant innovation keeps Australia at the forefront of the mining and minerals industry, in new mining technologies, products, software and systems, as well as environmental and social safety standards. Austmine, the Australian mining equipment and services export association reports.
The price of power
South Africa is in the midst of a power crisis that is not only damaging its own economic, social and political health but is also sending shock waves across the whole of Africa with potentially devastating consequences. James Colwill investigates the impact these shortages are having at home and abroad.
Steering a steady course
Germany has the largest economy in Europe, and one that has successfully weathered many of the challenges it has encountered over the years. With this in mind, how well placed are they to manage the current global economic crisis? Eric Payne examines a recent study by Euromonitor International and assesses how Germany’s internationally recognised engineering excellence is keeping them moving confidently in the right direction.
Sustaining the Dragon
China’s extraordinary economic growth and heavy reliance on increasingly expensive foreign oil, have impressed upon Beijing that renewable energy must play a part in China’s plans for “energy security”. James Colwill reviews the recent China Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Report to find out more.
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Gemma Carter examines one of the most populous countries in Africa.
The Gift of the Nile
Algae are the focus of attempts to achieve commercially-viable systems for harnessing photosynthesis for atmospheric CO2 fixation and biosynthesis of fuels.
A Green Solution
In the aftermath of the failed Copenhagen environmental summit last December, the question of finding a secure, environmentally sustainable and economically viable source of energy to power the future remains unanswered. As a result, nuclear power has been thrust back into the limelight, could a nuclear future be the safest, cleanest and most cost-effective option? Laurie Cuthbert investigates