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· 5:16 pm
· Iran · Iraq · Israel · South Africa · Tanzania
As the US Elections loom closer, international attention to US Policy and the candidates has increased. Projects like Current TV's Collective Journalism and Global Voices Voices Without Votes have taken the task to gather this information and bring a global perspective on a local issue.
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· 2:46 am
· Economy & Trade · International Relations
According to the New York Times report in early September, the Chinese Central Bank has invested over USD 1 Trillion on US Treasury Bills, bonds and debt securities. Among the one trillion bill, 376.3 billions has been put into the mortgage backed securities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which constitutes 21% of Chinese government [...]
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The following is breathlessly reported by the Associated Press: ‘The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee struck paydirt on a stock option last year after betting that a Chinese advertising company would jump in value.’
‘In a single transaction on Dec. 10, Rep. ...
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The Bush administration and Beijing are on the same wavelength responding to Pyongyang’s request of the IAEA to remove seals and surveillance equipment from Yongbyon. Beijing called for “flexibility”, and US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill downplayed the significance ...
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Hoa Quach
· 12:45 pm
· Globalization · Government & Politics · International Relations · War & Conflict
With about one-third of the world’s people and a growing economy, the presidential candidates cannot ignore the “middle kingdom” of China. Hoa Quach brings us the buzz from China.
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Several bloggers here have asked that we start a discussion regarding which of the U.S. presidential candidates might be better for China - or at least, better for a solid U.S.-China relationship.
While I am not quite ready to lead such a discussion yet, with the presidential debates still loomi...
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Hoa Quach
· 9:19 pm
· Civil Rights & Ethnicity · Diaspora · Government & Politics
They only make up about 5 per cent of the U.S. population but their vote still matters. And, the two main presidential candidates see this and are fighting for those votes. And both candidates still have a large group of Asian supporters – whether the majority it swinging left or right will soon be determined, writes Hoa Quach.
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LJ user olegpanfilov2 links (RUS) to a newspaper story (ENG) on Michael Lee White, a China-based U.S. citizen whose passport was allegedly stolen “during a flight from Moscow to New York” in Dec. 2005. Last week, “a Russian general […] displayed a blown-up photo” of the...
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Two speakers in the American Democratic Convention attacked Saudi Arabia. That means we will see a real new Saudi era and a new equation in the Middle East.
Hillary Clinton
The biggest deficit in our nation’s history. Money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis.
Brian Schwe...
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Although the violations I have in mind are not as grave as Georgia and Russia having violated the the sacred "Olympic truce"* they are still troubling.Today, China announced that every Chinese Olympic gold medalist would receive about US$ 50,000 from the state. Other countries also pay their medal...
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