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BEIJING -- Li Chaolan, a centenarian hailing from a mountain village in southwest China, has voted in the local people's

In the face of widespread economic strain, national conflicts and social unrest, surveys indicate that confidence in the future is at an all-time low in many countries, including the United States.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 13): Business in Malaysia is expected to see a significant jump in trust with a nine-point rise to 72 per cent this year, according to the 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer Annual Global Study. It said this was mainly due to strong trust in big businesses and publicly-traded companies, highlighting that a commitment to shareholder value and high standards of governance, were much valued by Malaysians. A majority (80 per cent) of respondents in Malaysia said they trustedbig business, up by three percentage points from the previous year, while 77 per cent said publicly-traded compa...

We need to shape the boardrooms of the future by choice, not by chance.

A growing sense of distrust, and with it polarisation, has been sweeping across our region, and the world. It feeds on itself. It is driven by a combination of increased distrust in government and media, a lack of shared identity, sense of systemic unfairness, economic pessimism, and societal fears all contributing towards a more polarised society.