Apr 7, 2008
The morning after I heard her in concert, I had a chance to do a video quizzing composer, pianist and poet Lera Auerbach about the meaning of music. As a non-musical person, this quest for the meaning of music has become a bit of a crusade. I asked the same of the Chinese composer Chou
Nov 1, 2007
In a video featuring many photographs of Young Global Leaders, David Aikman of the World Economic Forum explains in this video how, why, who and for what reason the group was formed. Operating under the umbrella of the World Economic Forum – the Geneva-based organization founded by Klaus Schwab that has a high profile annual
Oct 9, 2007
A new breed of super-rich is now facing the decision of what to do with their money and Matthew Bishop, US business editor of The Economist has been looking at their philanthropic activities. They certainly have the potential to do a great deal of good, but they could easily pervert the current aid and development
Oct 2, 2007
Salman Iqbal, President and CEO of the ARY Digital Television Network, speaks about the vast changes sweeping through Pakistan’s television and media market. Some background: When launched in 1997, ARY was the first private television network and has been a key force in modernizing Pakistan’s television. The network operates out of Dubai Media City. The
Sep 30, 2007
Penny Low, one of the youngest women ever elected to the Singapore Parliament, speaks in this video about the Social Innovation Park in Singapore that she heads. The SIP, as it is called, aims to cultivate and nurture Singapore’s social entrepreneurs. While the world has never been so affluent and never had so much technology,
Sep 20, 2007
While newspapers may be a suffering in most markets, they remain a growth business in India, according to Raju Narisetti, the former editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe, who recently launched what is now India’s newest and fastest-growing business newspaper, Mint. Narisetti said his English-language newspaper has quickly gathered readership among the highly sought-after
Sep 14, 2007
A lively critique of “The Speech” that China’s leaders seem to offer up each time they address an international audience was delivered by Clay Chandler of Fortune magazine when he moderated a panel at the World Economic Forum’s Summer Davos in Dalian At 4 minutes 40 seconds in this video, Clay expresses extreme disappointment at
Sep 12, 2007
Shared a taxi to Dalian airport with Ola Ahlvarsson, who gave his assessment of China’s boom and the World Economic Forum’s Summer Davos in Dalian. One of the more memorable moments for me, was the panel in which Clay Chandler of Fortune and Thomas Friedman of the NY Times discussed China’s responsibilities in the world.
Sep 6, 2007
And now for something completely different: Mabel van Oranje, director of international advocacy for the Open Society Institute, dances for Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales as he waits for a high pressure interview (to be posted shortly on this blog). Technorati Tags: mabel van oranje, jimmy wales, wikipedia
Sep 6, 2007
Table for Two is an initiative promoted in posters and brochures across the “Summer Davos” here in Dalian. Intended to fight obesity and malnutrition at the same time, the project, spearheaded by James Kondo, encourages companies to donate 20 cents out of every meal served at their company cafeteria. The meal at the cafeteria is
Sep 6, 2007
Cory Doctorow, uber blogger of Boing Boing, science fiction writer and part-time resident of the Magic Kingdom describes how to create a blog that people read. Cory suggests focussing on headlines that grab the vast number of people who come to your site from search engines. To do this, he said headlines should ignore grammar,
Sep 5, 2007
Adam Bly, 26 years old and founder of Seed Media, a rapidly growing science media and communications company, talks about why the time is right for publications on science and how his approach caught the science publishing industry unaware. Compared to Rolling Stone in the early years “when music was less a subject than a
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
