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According to the BBC, officials in Afghanistan are concerned that the Taliban are now fighting with weapons obtained from China, and that Iran may be playing the intermediary: The BBC has been told that on several occasions Chinese arms have been recovered after attacks on British and American troops by Afghan insurgents. The authorities in […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has announced plans to drop all support for Zimbabwe, except humanitarian assistance, in an effort to tone down its support for dictatorial regimes: Robert Mugabe is to lose vital support from one of his few remaining allies on the world stage, China. One of the Zimbabwe president’s oldest diplomatic friends, China yesterday […]
Read MoreAs Hu Jintao visits Australia for the APEC meetings, The Australian runs a profile of the President and his policies: Mao Zedong’s class struggle is over. So is Deng Xiaoping’s “to get rich is glorious”. Confucius, whose philosophy praises harmony and who was earlier in the communist era denigrated as a feudalist, is back with […]
Read MoreA woman in Beijing holds her dog on the street, by Natalie Behring
Read MoreTimes of India has posted an interview with Berkeley Professor Pranab Bardhan, in which he compares the different approaches toward development taken by India and China: Q: Looking at India and China, how do democracy and authoritarianism compare as systems that promote growth and development? A: lot of people impressed by China’s success say that […]
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