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September 24, 2008

Pyongyang’s Laws of Economics

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

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 ...

September 19, 2008

Chinese on China and the US Presidential Candidates

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.

September 17, 2008

The Next U.S. Administration and the Future of US-China Relationship

Aggregated from: Fool's Mountain: Blogging for China

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...

September 2, 2008

The Asian American Vote: Is it Swinging Left or Right?

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.

September 1, 2008

Russia, Georgia, U.S.: Michael Lee White's Passport

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

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...

August 28, 2008

New Equation in the Middle East

Aggregated from: Roads to Iraq

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...

August 26, 2008

Money, nationalism, and the Olympic spirit

Aggregated from: JOTMAN

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...

August 22, 2008

China: India-US nuclear deal

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

While anticipating a question regarding China in Katie Couric's upcoming interview of American presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain, Out Of The Way blogger Ellaconic has instead opted to look toward India and a less-observed issue, and presents a lot of background which led up to t...

China: Cheering for the race traitors

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Those thin-skinned cyber-mobsters must have heatstroke; Chinese coach leads US women's volleyball team to victory against China and gets dissed by a chess grandmaster, then: The majority of the netizens disagreed with his view. The American team led by Lang Ping was received with warm cheers of...

August 18, 2008

AIDS 2008: Lifting the Travel Ban on HIV-Positive People

The XVII International AIDS Conference ended in Mexico City last week, leaving participants with much to focus on until the next conference, which takes place in Vienna in 2010. One of these areas of focus are the travel restrictions imposed on HIV-positive people entering a country for the short or long-term. Conference organizers and many [...]