http://english.cw.com.tw/front.do?action=index 天下雜誌英文頻道,提供最新最深入的英文報導,一手掌握時事脈動 zh-tw Wed, 16 May 2012 06:29:06 GMT 2012-05-16T06:29:06Z zh-tw http://cw1.tw:80/CW/images/Photo/C1305540903364.jpg http://english.cw.com.tw/front.do?action=index http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13586 Amid growing risk of a Greek exit, the euro zone has yet to face up to the task of saving the single currency itself. Wed, 16 May 2012 06:29:04 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13586 The Economist 2012-05-16T06:29:04Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13587 CRITICS of Yahoo! had hoped that when Scott Thompson, a former senior executive at Paypal, an online payments company, took over the helm of the web giant in January, he would bring some badly needed stability to a business that had been struggling for years to turn itself around. But on May 14th Yahoo! announced that Mr Thompson was leaving the firm after news of his impending departure leaked on a tech blog, AllThingsD. Wed, 16 May 2012 06:28:40 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13587 The Economist 2012-05-16T06:28:40Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13587 CRITICS of Yahoo! had hoped that when Scott Thompson, a former senior executive at Paypal, an online payments company, took over the helm of the web giant in January, he would bring some badly needed stability to a business that had been struggling for years to turn itself around. But on May 14th Yahoo! announced that Mr Thompson was leaving the firm after news of his impending departure leaked on a tech blog, AllThingsD. Tue, 15 May 2012 06:38:11 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13587 The Economist 2012-05-15T06:38:11Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13588 Real growth looks a distant prospect, but the news that Britain has fallen back into recession is more dispiriting than alarming. Tue, 15 May 2012 06:37:49 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13588 The Economist 2012-05-15T06:37:49Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13585 A sad story of bad law, absurd sentences and political expediency. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:03:04 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13585 The Economist 2012-05-14T06:03:04Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13586 Amid growing risk of a Greek exit, the euro zone has yet to face up to the task of saving the single currency itself. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:02:42 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13586 The Economist 2012-05-14T06:02:42Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13583 BARACK OBAMA took cubic miles of guff for spending the last few years insisting his position on gay marriage was "evolving". Now he's finally come out and said what everybody knew he was eventually going to say: he thinks gay people should be allowed to marry the partner of their choice. This puts Mr Obama back in the locomotive of the train of civil rights for gay people, which is where the Democratic Party wants him to be. It's hard to fault him for making the move, on either political or moral grounds. Fri, 11 May 2012 06:41:46 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13583 The Economist 2012-05-11T06:41:46Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13584 A Swiss firm bets on babies in emerging markets, especially China. Fri, 11 May 2012 06:41:18 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13584 The Economist 2012-05-11T06:41:18Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13582 On May 5, Japan shut down its last active reactor for maintenance, launching a nuclear-free era. CommonWealth Magazine visits Japan, investigating its ambitions to wean itself of nuclear power, and how much it will hurt. Thu, 10 May 2012 09:49:45 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13582 Ching-Hsuan Huang 2012-05-10T09:49:45Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13580 Taiwan's domestic demand-driven industries are flourishing, but people's complaints about rising prices are growing louder too. How can the service industry respond to these trends and continue to attract customers? Thu, 10 May 2012 09:48:55 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13580 Ming-Ling Hsieh 2012-05-10T09:48:55Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13581 In 2011 Cathay Financial Holdings regained its throne as Taiwan's top financial holdings group, and Bank of Taiwan fell from the Top 10 for the first time, as state-run banks lost their competitive edge. Thu, 10 May 2012 09:48:30 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13581 Judy Lin 2012-05-10T09:48:30Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13578 Publishers used to tell readers what was hot. Now it's the other way round. Thu, 10 May 2012 06:23:22 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13578 The Economist 2012-05-10T06:23:22Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13579 A private company heads for the International Space Station. Thu, 10 May 2012 06:23:02 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13579 The Economist 2012-05-10T06:23:02Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13577 JUST as everything was becoming as clear as mud, America has unexpectedly raised the possibility that it might sell Taiwan the F-16 C/D fighter jets that it has been requesting since 2006. The move would infuriate China. Officials in Beijing have in the past voiced strenuous opposition to the sale of F-16 C/Ds, marking it as a line in the sand, of the kind that can’t be crossed. Wed, 09 May 2012 06:24:38 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13577 The Economist 2012-05-09T06:24:38Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13576 France and the Netherlands once again resist the European consensus. Wed, 09 May 2012 06:24:17 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13576 The Economist 2012-05-09T06:24:17Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13574 PROMISING to be the first billion-dollar blockbuster of the summer season, "The Avengers" succeeds by turning a seemingly fatal flaw into a winning strength. The film brings together the heroes of a number of previous films based on Marvel comics—Iron Man, a wisecracking one-man military-industrial complex; Captain America, a warrior pure of heart; Thor, a god from Asgard; and the Hulk, a hulk—along with some established supporting characters who have not yet carried their own movies, but are still played by some big-name actors. Together they form a planetary defence team capable of fending off marauding aliens and giant flying space weevils unleashed on midtown Manhattan by a demi-god with daddy issues and an inter-dimensional portal. Its precursor films have all done well-enough at the box office—"Iron Man 2", the biggest hit, earned $624m at the box office in 2010—and despite being pricier to make than those earlier episodes, "The Avengers" was hardly likely to lose money. But fans and others worried that by cramming in so many characters the film would end up bitty, the whole less than the sum of its super parts. Tue, 08 May 2012 06:39:49 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13574 The Economist 2012-05-08T06:39:49Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13575 FOR the first time in 24 years, the French have elected a Socialist, François Hollande, as their next president. According to exit polls published at 8pm Paris time on Sunday evening, Mr Hollande secured a convincing 52% of the vote, giving him the majority he needs to unseat the incumbent president, Nicolas Sarkozy. Tue, 08 May 2012 06:38:34 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13575 The Economist 2012-05-08T06:38:34Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13572 The disputed story of a blind activist raises difficult questions for both superpowers. Mon, 07 May 2012 06:23:38 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13572 The Economist 2012-05-07T06:23:38Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13573 ON APRIL 27th the world's biggest pop star of the moment, the New York City-born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (aka Lady Gaga) kicked off her enormous world tour with a sell-out concert in—Seoul, the capital of South Korea, followed by a date in Hong Kong, before going on to Bangkok, Singapore and Jakarta. Surprising, perhaps, as any self-respecting Western pop superstar used to begin their world tours almost exclusively in America or Britain. So the Lady Gaga tour itinerary has provoked a lot of comment in the Asian press and online. Mon, 07 May 2012 06:23:19 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13573 The Economist 2012-05-07T06:23:19Z http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13570 The first of two controversial research papers is published. Fri, 04 May 2012 06:40:12 GMT http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13570 The Economist 2012-05-04T06:40:12Z