July 9, 2008
Today is a sad day in Africa, Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a 6th term in a country that is falling apart. Some people even argue this fact which is beyond understanding since the numbers tell the story; 3 million Zimbabwean refugees live in South Africa. That is 25% of the countries populat...
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June 14, 2008
The 16 months debate with all its melodrama shifted to the upper level and strategists and thinkers all over the world are trying to decipher the mind of Barack Hossain Obama, 46, the democratic hopeful of the US Presidency. Whether he will take along the existing policies or even favour more or put...
go to article »June 11, 2008
The price of oil increased significantly on Friday, climbing to $138.54 a barrel with the possibility of the price reaching $150 a barrel in July according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. This is not surprising given that summer is peak driving time for many Americans, but what happens after summer,...
go to article »May 31, 2008
From inside and outside China, concerned citizens are helping, and putting their hands out to help the victims of the devastating 7.9 in the Richter scale earthquake that leveled out industrial cities, transforming them into refugee camps where people are living under plastic bags, trying to find o...
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Kaie pointed out that the devaluation of U.S dollar becomes everyone else's problem [zh], especially for China as Chinese capital has been flowing around the world. ...
go to article »May 6, 2008
A phenomenal initiative is underway to produced subtitled Obama videos with captions in many languages. Languages represented so far include Chinese, French, German, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese. The archive of videos is on YouTube and there are more formats on the main website (including ones optimi...
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I very rarely find a book that I cannot keep down, specially when it comes to politics. The Next Great Clash: China and Russia vs. The United States by Michael Levin is a revelation. Not many analysts really do serious research before writing. Levin is different. He is a serious analyst who has h...
go to article »May 1, 2008
Hanhan commented on the lawsuit against CNN in New York and pointed out that the lawyer had never gotten approval letter from 1.3 billion Chinese to represent them in the case. He also pointed out that, if CNN had to make compensation, every Chinese should have their share of two bucks [zh]. ...
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