Dive into the archives.
- Oh! Kolkata!
Kaplan on India, finally (thanks Eddie!):
Oh! Kolkata!
When judging a new place, a traveler must first always reckon with his or her point of departure. Arriving in Calcutta by bus from Dhaka, the capital of next-door Bangladesh, is like arriving in West Berlin from East Berlin during the Cold War—a trip I made several times. Grayness [...]
- On Demographics, Part 1: “China will turn grey before it escapes poverty”
“Demographics is Destiny” is a common phrase used by historians and geostrategic thinkers. It isn’t entirely true. But demographics does play a major role in the rise and fall of civilizations and world power.
The Telegraph has an article on Japan’s shrinking population. Most of it is old news:
Japan is slowly shrinking. Last [...]
