Located in southern Thailand, Krabi is one of Thailand’s most diverse and popular holiday destinations, which attracts Finns in winter. Krabi’s best delicacies include paradisiacal beaches, incredible views, diverse recreational opportunities, some of the best food in the world and a general atmosphere that instantly takes you away from the gray of everyday life. Krabi…
Category: Asia
GROWTH FORECASTS AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS
Since South and Southeast Asia are among the growth centers of the world economy, the trend towards urbanization will continue. China, still an underdeveloped country in the 1980s and now the second largest economy in the world (after the USA), slowed its explosive population growth through the one-child policy from 1979 onwards. In a few years, according to UN estimates, the country will lose its status as the most populous country in the world to India. China’s age structure is currently changing dramatically. The country is facing major demographic and social challenges: despite the abandonment of the one-child policy, the number of young people is falling, while the number of old people is increasing; China’s population could even decline from 2040 onwards. There is a serious disproportion between the sexes. For example, in 2011 there were 118 births of a boy for every 100 births of a girl, since the birth of a boy is considered more socially desirable and targeted abortions are not uncommon. It is economically significant that the expenditure for pensions will rise sharply in the future, but the number of workers will decrease. For more information about the continent of Asia, please check physicscat.com.
Yemen 2008
Yearbook 2008 The Yemeni government was crowded during the year by both Shia and Sunni Muslim extremists. The ceasefire entered into in 2007 between the government and Shiite Muslim militants from the al-Huthi clan was broken in January, when at least 25 rebels and 18 government soldiers were killed in fighting in the northern Sada…
Vietnam 2008
Yearbook 2008 Vietnam. A series of strikes were carried out at the beginning of the year by industrial workers protesting that their wages did not keep pace with inflation. As a result, the government decided that the workers who participated in an illegal strike could be ordered to pay damages to their employers for up…
Uzbekistan 2008
Yearbook 2008 Uzbekistan. In January, President Islam Karimov was sworn in for a third term, despite the president being allowed to run for re-election only once. Uzbekistan’s security service was identified at the beginning of the year as guilty of the murder of regime-critical Uzbek journalist Alisjer Saipov in Kyrgyzstan in 2007. According to a…
United Arab Emirates 2008
Yearbook 2008 United Arab Emirates. The environmentally friendly city of Masdar City in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi began to be built in February. The city, which is scheduled to open for some companies in 2009 and be fully completed in 2016, was planned to become the world’s first city completely free of carbon dioxide…
Turkmenistan 2008
Yearbook 2008 Turkmenistan. From the New Year, the ban on foreign currency trading was lifted, a step in President Gurbanguli Berdimuchammedov’s attempt to open the energy-rich Turkmenistan economically to the outside world. ABBREVIATIONFINDER: Click to see the meanings of 2-letter acronym and abbreviation of TM in general and in geography as Turkmenistan in particular. Land…
Turkey 2008
Yearbook 2008 Turkey. The power struggle further raged between the secularist establishment, with its military base, and the moderate Islamist government and its liberal supporters. In February, the ruling Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) passed a law that gave green light for women to wear headscarves at the country’s university. The opposition said that…
Thailand 2008
Yearbook 2008 Thailand. Thailand experienced a politically stormy year and its fragile democracy seemed seriously threatened. The newly formed People’s Power (PPP) formed government at the end of January, a month after the parliamentary elections, together with five smaller parties. New Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, a supporter of the overthrown Thaksin Shinawatra. See themakeupexplorer.com for northern…
Tajikistan 2008
Yearbook 2008 Tajikistan. The coldest winter in the memory of the people caused a serious supply crisis in the poor and heavily indebted Tajikistan. In February, tens of thousands of people were found to be malnourished after food prices tripled in a few months. In the midst of the severe cold, many residents lacked electricity,…
Taiwan 2008
Yearbook 2008 Taiwan. The Taiwanese started the year with elections in January. The opposition party Guomindang won a big victory with 72 percent of the vote over the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which gained 24 percent. Guomindang’s success was thought to be partly due to the new electoral system that had just been introduced,…