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Friedman describes the lack of decisionmaking, initiative and courage in the Eurozone, India and China to tackle difficult problems. During his visit to India he describes the problems India faces. A serious problem with lack of good governance within the democratic framework. India also has a growing population that will soon surpass China's population, which makes the task of development that much harder, with the small steps India is taking to move forward not making a serious impact. Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, described it this way: "There is a complete lack of decision-making among leaders in the government. If prompt action is not taken, the country will face a setback. You must appreciate how serious it is." Friedman sees a similiar situation in the eurozone countries as new governments are being formed in Greece and Italy by Papademos and Mario Monti, both technocrats from the European Union. This has the added complication because these experts have not been elected. The fact that they have support and goodwill is because of the failure of the political class in Greece and Italy. The failure of the political class in the U.S. is evident from the stymied negotiations over the deficit, and the lack of leadership from President Obama.
Friedman on the failure of the political class in the Eurozone countries, in India and in the U.S.
10/02/2010
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New York Times 11/15/2011
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Friedman on India
10/02/2010
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Business in India: A bumpier but freer road
Economist 10/02/2010
New York Times 11/15/2011
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Friedman on America in 2011-2012
01/11/2011
Friedman points to the baby boomer generation in Greece and other eurozone countries and in the U.S that has wasted the opportunity to build a better future. Instead this generation of baby boomer politicians and others have left a legacy of debt to the next generation.
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New York Times 06/21/2011
New York Times 07/16/2011
New York Times 08/06/2011
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New York Times 11/15/2011
The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
New York Times 12/10/2011
Mario Monti, as head of the new Italian government in November 2011
11/10/2011
Former European Commissioner, Mario Monti, is the top candidate to head the new administration in Italy.
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Italy's Monti Hopes Summit Win Plays at Home
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Italian Prime Ministerâs Political Acrobatics
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‘The European Union needs Italy’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/18/2013
Italy Front-Runner Seen as Political Outsider
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Rome Plan for Growth Garners EU Praise
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2011
Can Italy Put Berlusconi Behind It?
New York Times 11/10/2011
Charter 08 and Liu Xiaobo of China.
04/15/2009
Efforts to get some form of political reform to the Chinese system. Liu's efforts seen by the government as an effort to overthrow the socialist system. This happens when that system has taken on many aspects of capitalism, and capitalism with few controls as long as it delivers growth. The best known dissident in China is a literature professor and has twice spent time in prison since the 1989 Tiananmen protests. The situation for dissidents and human rights in China during the last two decades of hyper-growth and state sponsored capitalism.
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Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2013
New York Times 05/17/2014
Uncertainty bedevils the best system
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25 Years Later, Details Emerge of Army’s Chaos Before Tiananmen Square
New York Times 06/02/2014
Tiananmen Crackdown Shaped China's Iron-Fisted Approach to Dissent
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2014
Leading China Dissident Gets 11-Year Term for Subversion
New York Times 12/26/2009
China's censorship of Internet coverage of democracy movements
01/31/2011
China's censorship of web coverage of the democracy protests in Egypt and Tunisia and other parts of the Arab world.
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Chinese Activists Challenge Beijing by Going to Dinner
Wall Street Journal 11/07/2013
Islamist Party in Tunisia Concedes to Secularists
New York Times 10/27/2014
Gregarious and Direct: China’s Web Doorkeeper
New York Times 12/01/2014
Warm West Coast Reception for China's Web Czar (Chillier in Washington)
New York Times 12/08/2014
Obama Upgrades Tunisia’s Status as a U.S. Ally
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China Ranks Last of 65 Nations in Internet Freedom
New York Times 10/29/2015
Friedman on Greece
07/16/2011
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/19/2011
New York Times 07/16/2011
Modern Greece’s real problem? Ancient Greece. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/07/2011
New York Times 11/15/2011
Friedman on the debt crisis in the eurozone and in the U.S.
07/16/2011
Friedman says the baby boomer generation has failed to do what it should have done for a future generation. He quotes Grece's deputy prime minister, who referring to the credits and loans that were extended to Greece after joining the E.U., "we ate it together," the politicians and the people. What this generation of baby boomers leaves to young people today is a legacy of large debt.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/16/2011
New York Times 07/19/2011
Modern Greece’s real problem? Ancient Greece. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/07/2011
New York Times 11/15/2011
New York Times 05/06/2012
How to Score the Presidential Debate
New York Times 10/16/2012
Lucas Papademos as the new prime minister of Greece in Nov. 2011
11/10/2011
Papademos was vice president of the European Central Bank. He was a classmate of Mario Draghi at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Economist Lucas Papademos Named Prime Minister of Greece
New York Times 11/10/2011
Merkel Urges Party to Help Save Euro
Wall Street Journal 11/14/2011
Greeks Welcome Papademos as New Prime Minister, Polls Show
Wall Street Journal 11/14/2011
New York Times 11/15/2011
As Nations Bet on Technocrats, Odds Look Stiff
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2011
European Bank Chief Pushes Back
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2011
China's difficult political-economic choices in the post 2010 period.
01/06/2008
The difficult choices in the new environment- transition to a new leadership, how to change the export model without serious disruptions, how to deal with western demands for balanced global growth, dealing with the inequality and corruption generated in the kind of growth China experienced (by the fiat of the State), opening up freedom of expression to curb corruption and to provide representation for hitherto blocked out voices, transition to freedom of expression and democratic processes without serious disruption to thegrowth needed for employment and improvements in the standard of living across all parts of society and regions, reducing or channelling to constructive ends prevailing nationalistic, anti-western or anti-Japanese sentiment. The new leadership of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang is expected to be more outward looking than than of Hu Jintao and Wen Biao and comes at atime when China needs to make some difficult choices about future direction.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2013
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2013
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
Chinaâs Economy, Back on Track
New York Times 10/04/2013
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2013
The city of Shenzen and efforts to establish a modified economic-political model for China.
10/18/2010
Compelling needs in China for getting the involvement and voices of Chinese society, even as the Chinese Communist party controls freedom of expression. This would help control corruption which is a threat to the party's influence and leadership. Efforts to setup democratic processes at an early stage.
Grouped Articles
China Tests New Political Model in Shenzhen
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2010
In China, Even the Premier Is Censored
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2010
New York Times 10/22/2010
David Ignatius - Will China keep rising or succumb to its paranoia?
Washington Post 10/25/2010
China's muffled media: Gagging to be free
Economist 10/23/2010
Peopleâs Daily Article Appears to Rebuke Wen Jiabao
New York Times 10/27/2010
China, Russia, and the search for or fear of pluralistic democracy, balanced development, and concern about corruption.
12/11/2007
The German book fair and other situations where China is faced with pluralistic options but fears them. And Medvedev's criticism and dialogue on the issues Russia faces in lack of pluralistic democracy and the need for the individual to play a bigger role in Russian life. The approaches in the two societies, problems and opportunities.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Ex-Aide to Medvedev and Putin Out at Kremlin
New York Times 05/08/2013
Mayor's Rival Contests Moscow Vote Result
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2013
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2013
Chinese Activists Challenge Beijing by Going to Dinner
Wall Street Journal 11/07/2013
New York Times 10/22/2010
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