But Mr Hirst is an artist and, in Western countries, artists are valued as rule-breaking rogues.
"We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries, " he said.
Trade unions of the sort that have evolved in western countries barely exist in Japan.
Previously we had to deal with problems that could hardly be appreciated in western countries.
In the poorest African countries Glaxo's drugs are no more than 25% their price in Western countries.
Bar investment is popular in China and India, while exchange-traded fund buying is more popular in Western countries.
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This is cheaper for them than having staff in Western countries where salaries and other costs are higher.
Some of that cost differential could be offset by higher productivity and greater labour flexibility in western countries.
Our diet has changed dramatically in the past century, especially in Western countries.
And although Naspers does not intend to make any investments in Western countries, Tencent may follow DST in doing so.
This may be standard stuff in western countries, but it is a revelation in Bolivia, and a big step forward.
In Western countries, even where the form of monarchy survives, as in Britain and the Netherlands, political power is exercised by others.
Although now rare in western countries, measles in particular is still dangerous.
And Dr. Pietras adds that the rates of cancers now common in western countries will likely rise if preventive measures are not widely applied.
Conventional farms, she says, often produce too much food - leading to produce being grown for human consumption in Western countries frequently being fed to animals.
Those virtues, they argued, underpinned their economic miracles and won envious admiration abroad, not least in Western countries bent under the weight of their social obligations.
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However, skepticism about the safety of that drug has led to nearly a decade of failed attempts to get a gene therapy past regulatory hurdles in Western Countries.
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When you think "recession" in Western countries, you think worry.
Nor does Asia have consumer lobbies to match those in western countries, although a middle class of wiser and more demanding shoppers is starting to appear, especially in more developed markets.
The Kunming police, like the most liberal health-care officials in western countries, talk much of the need for community care and counselling once the inmates return home, as well as education efforts at schools.
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When it comes to manufacturers serving those markets, "it's going to be very hard to get leverage for change" because consumers typically haven't applied as much pressure on brands as in Western countries, she said.
Rich in vitamins B and C and with 10 times the iron that's found in cow's milk, it wants camel milk to be as popular in western countries as it is in north Africa and the Middle East.
While women in Western countries frequently note the tension and struggles they face in this new age of modern feminism where they are supposed to have it all, the concept is lost on many of the women I meet in Southeast Asia.
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Thanks to a concerted effort by our industry association--the National Association of Software and Service Companies--by individual companies in our industry and by the government of India, we mounted a campaign to enhance awareness among prospective clients in Western countries of our sector's value proposition.
The classic philanthropy model (the super rich who devote the rest of their lives to the effective distribution and use of their wealth to alleviate societal ills) is still a long way away for China as it needs to overcome the lack of religious, cultural and historical precedents to philanthropy that is so evident in western countries.
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The example of Senegal (and, indeed, the strongly worded, morally neutral advertising campaigns conducted in many western countries in the 1980s), shows the value of early action as surely as do Dr Anderson's models.
He has failed to halt the steady haemorrhage of believers in many Western countries, although the Catholic Church continues to grow in numbers in parts of Africa and Asia.
The driverless car might also save developing countries from ever having to replicate the car-centric infrastructure that has emerged in most western countries.
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Forming a legal entity and constructing a new workshop are relatively straightforward and will happen more quickly than in most Western countries. (Company executives are constantly amazed by how quickly buildings seem to go up in China.) Completing the legal work and building factories are the easy parts, however.
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