For 500 years the ideas and values that have shaped the world have been western. But the next century is being described as the Asian Century.
In the second of two programmes,
Martin Jacques examines the contribution education and welfare policies have made to the success of Asian economies. He visits Taiwan to look at the investment being made in primary education, and in Malaysia he studies the implications of the move away from a traditional family structure. He also visits Hong Kongto talk to the GovernorChris Patten about the inspirational atmosphere in the region. Producer Richard Klein ; Editor Helen Boaden