Taming China's nationalist tiger. (Exclusive: RIAP emerging voices project).(Column)

From: Business Asia | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: McMahon, Denis | Copyright information

It was a tough task, but the winners of the RIAP Emerging Voices Project have been chosen, Sydney-sider's Denis McMahon and Sarah Hill were selected as the most exemplary out of the numerous entries received from young people around the world. Both winning entries, which will now be exclusively printed in Business Asia magazine, were judged by RIAP and Business Asia to be well written, concise and offered exciting new ideas. In this edition, we feature DENIS McMAHON's essay.

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