Will Asia dominate the global economy and finance? This is very much a key question in the West, but is it the wrong question?
Asia is not one voice or one unitary region, but a mosaic of different languages and cultures, with vastly different levels of development. Geographically, the Asian continent stretches from the Bosphorus in Turkey to the Bering Strait, but the East Asian Summit recently discussed a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership covering not only Asean+3 (Association of South-east Asian Nations plus China, Japan and South Korea) and India, but also Australia and New Zealand.
