TR EMERITUS

One lesson worth considering is this: When you’re the governing party, especially for a long time, you begin to rely more and more on the civil service and taxpayer dollars for everything – including the key elements required to keep your party vigorous, strong and relevant. Does your party need intellectual capital –... 

(Beijing, 13 Jan) - Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labour unrest as China's economy slows. The dispute was set off after contract manufacturer Foxconn... 

Dr Daniel Ubani, a German-trained GP on his first out-of-hours shift in Britain, killed David Gray, 70, by giving him 10 times the normal dose of diamorphine (The Telegraph, 11 Jan) - In a letter to The Daily Telegraph the heads of two royal colleges say that "stifling" EU laws are damaging medical care. They warn that there...