Asia's Time of Youth

What will Asia look like in 2020? If the young Asian contestants in the 'Asia's Challenge 2020' essay prize have their way, there will be a lot more transparency and accountability. Governments and companies a decade from now will be far more responsive to their citizens and customers than they are today. Throughout Asia, there will be less corruption, less poverty and greater social equality. Asians will have more – and better – education and health care. There will be an increasingly unified sense of regional identity.