CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 1 Asia's Spirit of Innovation -- COMPASS -- GUNPOWDER -- PAPER MAKING AND PRINTING -- SEISMOGRAPH -- SILK AND CHINESE EMBROIDERY -- ENGINEERING - GRAND CANAL OF CHINA -- MATHEMATICS -- PRECIOUS METALS -- IMMUNOLOGY -- TERTIARY EDUCATION - THE START AND LATER REVIVAL OF AN ANCIENT UNIVERSITY IN INDIA -- SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD -- The New Seven Wonders of the World -- Great Wall of China in China (220 B.C. and 1368-1644 AD) -- Taj Mahal of India -- Chapter 2 Enablers - Forces of Innovation -- 2.1 Research and Development Investments -- China -- China's Rising Stature in Science and Technology -- India -- China and India - Research Output Has Been Rising Rapidly -- Korea -- Korea's R&D output -- Singapore -- Key Innovation Outcome of Some Asian Countries -- 2.2 Universities -- Singapore -- Current State of Higher Education -- Geographic Distribution of Researchers in the World -- Scientific Publications -- 2.3 Young Minds and Human Resources -- State of China and India -- China's and India's Intellectual Diaspora - Reverse Brain-drain -- India's Intellectual Diaspora - Reverse Brain-drain -- Shifting Focus from Asia Pacific to Global Research Foundation -- 2.4 Openness and Broader Access to Knowledge -- Higher Education is Leveraging on the Internet -- Research Databases - The International Human Genome Project -- 2.5 Open Innovation Practices of Companies -- 2.6 Open Business Environment -- Singapore -- Corporate Tax Rate in Singapore for 2009 - Amongst the Most Competitive -- Ease of Doing Business -- 2.7 Test Bedding Innovations and Setting New Benchmarks -- Singapore Multi-Purpose Marina Barrage -- Singapore - Green Solutions -- India - Solar Lanterns, Solar Cookers and Solar Water Heaters for the Rural Areas.

China Railway Systems -- Qinghai-Tibet Railway Line -- China - High Speed Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) Rail System -- China - "New Silk Roads of Steel" -- China - Green Initiatives -- Social Innovation -- Chapter 3 Influencers -- 3.1 Population Growth -- RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATION -- From a Young World to an "Older" World -- Increasing Life Expectancy -- Shifting Population Trend -- 3.2 Economic Growth -- China and India -- China -- India -- Shift of Trade in High-Technology Manufactured Products -- Challenges and Opportunities Under the Current Economic Situation -- 3.3 Urbanisation -- 3.4 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) -- 3.5 Water -- Singapore's Innovative Solution to the Water Resource Challenge -- 3.6 Energy -- Renewables -- Wind -- Solar -- Biofuels -- 3.7 Food Supplies, Nutrition and Food Safety -- Food Supplies and Food Prices -- Trend in Global Investment in Agricultural Research and Development -- Nutrition -- Food Safety -- 3.8 Climate Change -- Climate Change Impact at the Arctic -- 3.9 Ageing -- The Grand Challenge of Ageing Society -- Some Key Innovation Initiatives for Ageing in Japan -- Research on Ageing in Singapore -- 3.10 Healthcare -- Infectious Diseases -- Global Healthcare Spending -- HIV/AIDS -- The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis (TB) -- Global Cooperation -- Chapter 4 Spoilers - Inequity, Protectionism and Conflict -- PROTECTIONISM -- CONFLICTS IN AFGHANISTAN VERSUS STABILITY IN SWITZERLAND -- NON-MILITARY CONFLICT - CYBER CONFLICT -- WATER SCARCITY AS A SOURCE OF CONFLICT -- CLIMATE CHANGE INDUCED CRISIS -- CONFLICT AS A RESULT OF CONTROL OF ENERGY RESOURCES OR CURTAILING OF OIL/GAS SUPPLY -- Chapter 5 The Way Forward -- THE GLOBAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION -- BOLD APPROACHES TOWARDS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Web Resources.