Asia made waves in the news many times this past year, from dramatic attempts to revocer from the serious economic crisis to Vietnam’s gradually opening markets. We take a look back at the most interesting questions facing one of the world’s most dynamic region.

What is globalization — and what is it not?

What lesson can Turkey learn from Mexico’s banking crisis?

Did the EU Nice Summit mark the beginning of a worsening relationship among EU member countries?

Do today’s forces of globalization have the same revolutionary potential like the Morse code?

What does South Korea’s Nobel Prize winner have to say about democracy?

What does its founder say about AOL — and what do others say?

Are U.S. tax cuts actually to make foreign investors happy?

After its recent troubles, is Silicon Valley still the heart of the New Economy?

Have German Landesbanken taken to socialist measures in order to put pressure on Brussels?