29 Sep, 2011
Australia must learn about its neighbours or suffer 100 years of solitude
Despite this reliance on Asia, most Australians do not know that much about it, especially compared with the North Atlantic. We can name small US states and dank British towns. We know American movies are made in Hollywood and San Francisco’s Silicon Valley is home to some of the world’s biggest information technology firms. But ask most Aussies to name China’s 32 administrative divisions or the 28 states of India and you are likely to get a pretty short list.
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Financial news from the North Atlantic still commands disproportionate attention. We hear surprisingly little about economic developments in Indonesia and the Philippines, even though some forecast that they could rank among the world’s 10 biggest economies by mid-century.
via Australia must learn about its neighbours or suffer 100 years of solitude.
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