Power of Asia: democracy or prosperity?
What is the most favourable model for socio-economic development, Chinese, Singaporean, Indonesian, Indian? A panel of guests from Asia talk about their vision for the region and where it's heading.
As part of the Power of Asia season across the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV's international news services - Â鶹ÊÓƵAV World Service staged a panel discussion at the London Stock Exchange Theatre on Wednesday 29 June 2011.
The panel covered the reasons behind the rise of regional economies and asked whether democracy was necessary for economic development.
The agenda for the discussion was put together by some of the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV's multilingual services including, Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Burmese, Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Chinese, Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Hindi, Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Indonesia and Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Vietnamese.
The debate was chaired by Britt Yip of Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Chinese and Hoang Nguyen of Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Vietnamese.
The panel included:
Professor Athar Hussain, Director of the Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Professor Shaojia Liu, Economics and Finance, Brunel University
Dr Intan Syah Ichsan, University of Exeter
Martina Nguyen, Historian of Southeast Asia, University of California, Berkeley
Van Biak Thang, Assistant Editor of internet-based news agency, Chinland Guardian
You can listen to a shorter version of the debate or watch the debate in full via the four clips below.
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