Calcutta and the New World Order

The Streets of Kolkata - a slideshow with music.

Oh! Kolkata! - Robert D. Kaplan - The Atlantic.

The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order by Parag Khanna.

Two reviews - from the NYT and the WP.

Parag Khanna's own site with an archive of his articles and more reviews. The latest article is à propos the current situation in Tibet and Xinjiang.

Just like America, China is building a multi-ethnic empire in the west.