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ASIA GAME
CHANGER AWARDS
Honoring
Thailand's Miraculous Cave Rescuers
It
was a story that captured the world's attention. When 12 Thai boys and
their soccer coach became trapped in the Tham Luang cave complex this
June, in the middle of Thailand's fierce monsoon season, there was little
hope that they would be rescued alive. But over the next 18 days, an
international team of rescuers navigated impossibly narrow passageways
to bring the 13 to safety.
On October 9, Asia Society honored the rescuers at the Tham Luang caves
with an Asia Game Changer award. Three key participants in the miracle
traveled to New York to accept the award: Adul Sam-on,
one of the boys trapped in the cave; Ekkapol Chantawong, the boys'
coach; and Naronsak
Osatanakorn, the local governor who coordinated the response.
In his acceptance speech, Osatanakorn talked about what the miracle in
the caves has taught him. "I hope this experience inspires people
to start living for others," he said. "That would be a game
changer for the world."
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POLICY
Global
Public Opinion Still Favors the U.S. Over China — But the Gap Is
Narrowing
China's
emergence as the world's second-largest economy and its growing
diplomatic presence has led to speculation that Beijing may displace
Washington as the world's pre-eminent power — particularly as the
United States appears to have embraced a more isolationist posture
under President Donald
Trump.
In a presentation delivered last week at Asia Society, Bruce Stokes,
director of global economic attitudes at the Pew Research Center,
showed that public opinion across a range of countries still prefers
U.S. leadership, but that the gap has considerably narrowed.
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PODCAST
Can China
Win Hearts and Minds?
In
late September, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted that
the internet will split in two within the next decade and
that one part will be led by China, begging all sorts of questions
about how future generations of Chinese will communicate with the
rest of the world.
In
this episode of Asia
Inside Out, Asia Society Policy Institute President Kevin Rudd discusses
China’s struggle to explain itself and its strict internet censorship
to young people around the world, and the possible consequences of a
world with multiple competing internets.
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