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McKinsey for Kids: K-pop, culture, containers, and why Asia's where the action is

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Are your kids into BTS, or have you watched Parasite or Squid Game (like millions of others the world over)? You probably don’t need us to tell you that Asia plays a key role in culture and the global economy. But if the buzzy entertainment options were surprising, you might get something out of the latest edition of McKinsey for Kids, which heads to Asia and digs in to how the stuff you love—be it your favorite hoodie or bingeworthy TV—gets to you. Explore the interactive whether you’re young or just young at heart for a fun look at big ships, the Silk Road, Bollywood, and more of Asia’s story, past, present, and future.

— Torea Frey, managing editor, Seattle

McKinsey for Kids: K-pop, culture, containers, and why Asia's where the action is

Ever thought about who makes many of the viral videos you watch or the T-shirt you're wearing, and how it really got to you? In a new McKinsey for Kids, let's head to Asia and think about really fun things like big container ships and supply chains.

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“The first challenge is to start to develop the projects that can ultimately help people shift away from the high-carbon activities to low or zero carbon—to finance and develop those projects. But a market—and a market that depends on finance—is only as good as its actors, so the second challenge is to bring people together around a common information base with a common set of motivations. ...People don’t have an infinity of time. Much of the adaptation, and definitely the mitigation, will have to happen in a very front-loaded fashion.”

—Jonathan Woetzel, senior partner, McKinsey & Company, in “Accelerating action for urban sustainability and resilience” from McKinsey’s COP26 Daily coverage

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