The number 13 is unlucky in Western minds. It is not in Asian minds.
This may explain in part why many Westerners view 2013 with foreboding.
Most Asians do not.
Of course, if the US Congress takes the world off the fiscal cliff or if
the eurozone finally cracks up, all bets are off. The global economy
will then have another painful stumble. Fortunately, this is not likely
to happen. Indeed, the prospects are that both the US and China will do
better in 2013 than in 2012. So too will many other Asian countries,
writes Kishore Mahbubani.
http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/IE9BW2/5C0ZLF/97H8EB/20M36Q/B7/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=28 |
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