FT’s Gideon Rachman on why the 21st Century
will be the Asian Century
“For centuries, the
wealth and technology gap between west and east was so enormous that western
nations dominated international affairs and business — no matter the difference
in population. But rapid economic development in Asia during the past two
generations means that this wealth-gap has narrowed sufficiently for the weight
of numbers in Asia to begin to tilt the balance of power in the world.”