Kingdoms of this world, and otherwise

摘要

Both for the rich and powerful and the poor and angry, this was a week of setting the world to rights. More than 2,400 movers and shakers-about half of them well-heeled corporate types but also including 24 heads of state and government-gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual Alpine retreat of the World Economic Forum. As befits a country where skiers may soon be an endangered species, the hottest topic this year was climate change, with worries over the Doha round of world trade talks (see page 79) coming a close second.