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Taiwan Arms Nearly Secured, Motives Not

Following an earlier post on the pending status of a major U.S.-Taiwan arms sale, AFP reports: The Pentagon notified Congress Friday of 6.5 billion dollars in possible arms sales to Taiwan that would include advanced interceptor...

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Milk Scandal Engenders Moral Commentary

In response to the tainted milk scandal, several bloggers have questioned the moral foundation of Chinese society.   Inside-Out China’s author Xujun Eberlein has re-posted on an previous milk scandal comment: The Chinese...

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Persistence of RMB/Dollar Currency Issue

Both U.S. Presidential candidates have stressed the need for China’s currency revaluation in their recent policy positions, reported earlier on CDT here.  But are their proposals economically sound? Obama writes at AmCham:...

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Emerging Trouble for BRICs

In such a time of global financial instability, why might the People’s Bank of China, for the first time in six years, decreased its benchmark lending rate by 27 basis points to 7.2%? In addition to the more immediate steps the...

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