Word: foresighted
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...backlash? It is not just relations between Beijing and Washington that Australia may have to navigate skillfully, but relations between Beijing and Tokyo (still by far Australia's largest export market) as well. To deal with the challenges ahead, Australian leaders will need all their resources of strategic foresight, diplomatic skill and political cunning...
...immediate collapse of the dams, but some experts alleged that there might have been an excessive buildup of mud in the lakes from the mineral-extraction process. "Nature does not come into the picture," said Renzo Zia, president of the European Federation of Geologists. "Rather, it was lack of foresight...
While I must admit I share Yamaguchi’s desire for continued administrative support, in view of the realities of the school’s fiscal limitations, I am more concerned about the lack of foresight in selecting the location of the new space...
...Melveny is the biggest international firm in Shanghai, owing to Chao's foresight a decade ago. Most big U.S. law firms focused on Hong Kong, and O'Melveny opened a branch there too. But Chao, who had spent a year teaching international law in Beijing and Shanghai in 1985, recognized early on that having a big presence on the mainland would be a competitive advantage. The Shanghai operation opened in 1996, and a Beijing branch was added in 2002, as soon as the government gave the green light. "It was clear that by being there, we could see what...
...Melveny is the biggest international firm in Shanghai, owing to Chao's foresight a decade ago. Most big U.S. law firms focused on Hong Kong, and O'Melveny opened a branch there too. But Chao, who had spent a year teaching international law in Beijing and Shanghai in 1985, recognized early on that having a big presence on the mainland would be a competitive advantage. The Shanghai operation opened in 1996, and a Beijing branch was added in 2002, as soon as the government gave the green light. "It was clear that by being there, we could see what...