 |  | | | Asian women on the Forbes power list | 07 Sep 2007 | | |
The Asian women enjoying unprecedented global influence
When Forbes business magazine published its 2007 list of the world’s 100 most powerful women, it placed Asians in four of the top six positions. Wu Yi, the vice-premier of China and Ho Ching, chief executive of Singapore’s state-owned investment company Temasek, were both ranked higher than the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. So what is behind the increasing influence of this small group of Asian women? And, what does it say about the position of women at large, in Asia and the Far East?
Ritula talks to Dr Yiyi Lu, associate fellow at the international affairs think tank Chatham House, and Dr Shailaja Fennell, lecturer in development studies at the University of Cambridge.Forbes – most powerful women listDisclaimer
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