Secularism Is a Women's Affair

The drama between the secularist legacy of Ataturk and the popular surge of Islamist‐rooted politics continues in Turkey, centered on the debate over the headscarf. Is it a sign of religious reaction, or a sign of non‐Western modernization that will ensure higher education for Muslim women? We represent here all sides of the debate. Elsewhere in the Muslim world are the reformers and critics listening to each other, or impeding progress with a blame game? Europe's most controversial figures in this debate—Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Tariq Ramadan—engage here.     

Turkey: Not About Islamic vs. Western Values

In this age of confrontation, the secular Turkish model has been seen as a bridge between Islam and the West as well as the link between Europe and Asia. Now that model faces the most severe test in its history. How the current crisis is settled will frame future relations between Islam and the West no less than the events of 9/11.     

中国没有迟到

北京时间2010年1月13日5时,中美洲国家海地发生里氏7．3级大地震。美好家园瞬间坍塌,一时间,残垣断壁、哀鸿遍野。灾情危急!太平洋彼岸的中国北京迅速行动。同日晚8点,肩负祖国和人民的重托,满怀国际人道主义精神的中国救援队乘坐专机毅然启程,经过20个小时颠簸劳顿抵达海地,并立即展开救援工作。法国媒体惊叹道,第一批抵达海地的救援人员,居然是中国人！比“近在咫尺”的美国人整整早了两个小时!     

Protectionism Against China Is No Answer to America's Woes

The world is rapidly evolving on many fronts. Brazil, Turkey and other emerging powers are taking their own initiatives and building their own global links outside the old frameworks of the G‐8, the United Nations Security Council and NATO. The “third way” politics of Tony Blair that embraced globalization from the left of center in Britain has given way to the Tory party once again. Just as recovery from the financial crash seemed on the horizon, Europe's sovereign debt crisis has erupted. The historically unprecedented pace and scale of urbanization in China is transforming the politics of the Communist Party. President Lula of Brazil, former US treasury secretary Henry Paulson, Singapore's foreign minister George Yeo and others take stock of these manifold developments.     

This Is Not America's Final Crisis

Globalization has indeed flattened the earth, paving the way for new beginnings and the resurgence of old cultures alike by levelling the playing field for all comers. While this new era of post‐globalization certainly heralds de‐Westernization by century's end, is it more likely to mean a revival of the old ways of the East or the new hybrid ways of the first global civilization? Some of Asia's most provocative voices, as well as the world's most renowned cellist and cross‐pollinating musician, offer their views.     

家庭不是体罚虐待儿童的天堂

又是一起儿童被亲生父母毒打致死的惨案：在苦苦挣扎了61个小时之后,2010年1月31日12时许,2岁男童小金良带着满身伤痕终于离开了这个对他而言充满了苦难的世界,凶手是孩子的父亲、