Financial globalization—the phenomenon of rising cross-border financial flows—is often blamed for the string of damaging economic crises that rocked a number of emerging markets in the late 1980s in ...

That’s the in-house term for the anti–World Trade Organization riots that thrilled and scandalized Seattle beginning on November 30, 1999, back when “globalization” was a fighting word.

Globalization, a topic that continues to attract widespread attention, was once again highlighted at the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia on Wednesday, amid growing protectionism. Some representatives ...