
China: Too much for teachers?
(11 Sep) It's Teachers' Day in China - officially an occasion to honour the country's educators, but the Chinese press have been asking if it's now just an opportunity for pushy parents to try to bribe their children's teachers. A survey published in China's Beijing News shows that nearly 60% of parents...

Where have India’s females gone?
Certain regions in India have fewers than 800 girls born for every 1,000 boys. (12 Sep) - The New Delhi rape case left the whole world wondering why India is treating its women so badly. In fact, discrimination against women already starts in the womb: India has some of the most distorted sex-ratios in the world. There are regions...

Mass immigration has made Britain a less competitive economy
1,300 migrants a day pour into UK. (11 Sep) - When Mark Carney went to Nottingham last week to make his first speech as Governor of the Bank of England, media attention focused, naturally enough, on his reference to Jake Bugg, who we are told is a pop singer of some sort. Amazingly, Mr Carney had been to one of his gigs. Yet...
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