SINGAPORE Asia s rise is unstoppable.

China, once the world s unstoppable growth engine, is slowing.

Biofuels have become an almost unstoppable and unmitigated disaster.

Liu Xiaobo is demonstrating anew the unstoppable power of the powerless.

That may sound disturbing, but it is probably an unstoppable consequence of the initial US invasion.

The speed of our daily life is visibly increased and not for the better by this unstoppable evolution.

This could have significant implications for Asia s ostensibly unstoppable rise and thus for the West s supposedly inevitable decline.

The monarchies remained in power for decades, but the Industrial Revolution and the advent of democracy had become unstoppable.

Asia s movement toward resuming its former central role in the global economy has so much momentum that it is virtually unstoppable.

Hence the typical EU language about unstoppable trains and irreversible decisions citizens are not supposed to question the wisdom of great planners.

If, for example, house prices are routinely described as climbing and climbing, higher and higher, people might naturally assume that that rise is unstoppable.

Khatami also stated that the march of the internet is unstoppable, and that it is the government's responsibility to provide appropriate service to population.

It would draw us back from the brink of unstoppable global warming and its consequences for coastal communities, weather patterns, and, in some regions, habitability.

At the height of America s power, Russia had resigned itself to the apparently unstoppable encroachment of NATO on the Soviet Union s former sphere of influence.

The West, euphoric from its victory over communism and its seemingly unstoppable economic growth, failed to implement necessary structural reforms (Germany and Sweden were rare exceptions).

Meanwhile, Iran s unstoppable rush to develop nuclear weapons could prove to be a monument to the international community s failure to stem the atomic tide in the region.

As in Iraq, an American withdrawal would potentially unleash forces of Balkanization. That may sound disturbing, but it is probably an unstoppable consequence of the initial US invasion.

Chansung made his debut as an actor in the 2006 MBC comedy Unstoppable High Kick, and has gone on to co star in the Japanese drama Kaito Royale.

The full repercussions of the financial crisis triggered by bad mortgages in the United States are still unclear, but the unforeseen effects already include an unstoppable demand for greater transparency in financial markets, and better regulation.

Spain and Italy face the redemption of government bonds valued at 13.2 billion ( 16.5 billion) and 17 billion, respectively, in July, with redemptions continuing every month thereafter like an unstoppable tsunami, ensuring continued turmoil in Europe and beyond.

This could have significant implications for Asia s ostensibly unstoppable rise and thus for the West s supposedly inevitable decline. After all, Asian economies cannot sustain their impressive economic growth without addressing their resource, environmental, and security challenges and no single country can do it alone.

KYIV For many years, the European Union s eastward expansion seemed unstoppable. But with Russia s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin appears to have succeeded in ordering a halt to Europe s efforts to extend democracy, the rule of law, and open markets throughout the continent.