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AP reports on U.S.-China talks aimed at resolving safety issues with Chinese exports. From AP: Beijing and Washington have wrapped up their first meeting aimed at resolving safety problems with Chinese products, a step that one expert said yesterday was crucial if China wanted to protect its image abroad and preserve stability at home. The […]
Read MoreAt the port in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, by libraryman
Read MoreThe Economist reports on the American reaction to China’s upgrading of its military: American global supremacy is not about to be challenged by China’s tinkering with aircraft-carriers. Even if China were to commission one”which analysts think unlikely before at least 2015″it would be useless in the most probable area of potential conflict between China and […]
Read MoreChina Dialogue reports that the Three Parallel Rivers area in Yunnan are at risk of losing its World Heritage Status from UNESCO is development plans are carried out: The “yellow card” has been shown, and the site is now at risk of seeing that final red card. But why? One reason that the committee stated […]
Read MoreAn opinion piece in yesterday’s New York Times reveals a China link to the Mexican drug trade: The unusual case of Zhenli Ye Gon, who was arrested in Maryland last week following the discovery of $205 million of alleged drug money in his house in Mexico City, underscores how the same process of global sourcing […]
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