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Monday 16/January/2017 14:48 PM

China's latest innovation? The ballpoint pen

Last week, China announced that it had mastered the art of making ballpoint pens. Don't laugh: It was a years-long effort that cost millions of dollars...

Monday 16/January/2017 14:22 PM

The Kindleberger Trap

As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares his administration’s policy toward China, he should be wary of two major traps that history has set for him....

Monday 16/January/2017 14:05 PM

Trump’s defective industrial policy

US President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, but his brand of flawed industrial policy has been on full display since his surprise win in...

Sunday 15/January/2017 18:01 PM

Brazil prison riot

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Sunday 15/January/2017 15:18 PM

Trump through Chinese eyes

When Donald Trump won the United States’ presidential election in November, he had a lot of Chinese fans. But Trump’s popularity has since plummeted,...

Sunday 15/January/2017 15:00 PM

Trump’s crazed transition

With Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States fast approaching, the strangest – even craziest – post-election transition in US...

Sunday 15/January/2017 14:38 PM

Authentic leadership

The theme of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is “Responsible and Responsive Leadership.” But one possible reading of Donald...

Sunday 15/January/2017 14:22 PM

Adding jobs would be a steep climb for Trump

Donald Trump wants to be a great jobs president. But the forces that really affect employment are beyond his control -- and they are working against...

Saturday 14/January/2017 21:37 PM

Freezing Europe

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Saturday 14/January/2017 15:31 PM

Uncertainty fills the Taiwan Strait

The world's most dangerous flashpoint got much more dangerous on Thursday when China sent its lone aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan...