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From the Guardian (link): Australia and New Zealand sent more troops to the troubled Solomon Islands yesterday as Chinese residents continued to flee violence sparked by claims of electoral corruption. The former British protectorate, with a population of little more than 500,000, was the scene of riots and looting last week that destroyed many Chinese-owned […]
Read MoreFrom The New Scientist (link): TIDAL wetlands on the Yangtze delta near Shanghai in China are in danger of disappearing because of sediment trapped in the Three Gorges dam. The amount of sediment coming downstream has more than halved since the dam’s construction. As a result the tidal wetlands around Shanghai have been eroding rapidly, […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post (link): Scrambling to maintain its influence in a rapidly changing world economy, the International Monetary Fund yesterday adopted a plan aimed at reshaping itself to handle new challenges such as global trade imbalances and the rise of China. The endorsement of the strategy by the IMF’s policy-setting committee, which represents its […]
Read MoreFrom the Non-violent Resistance blog (link): What kind of conversation really brings out the venom in a Chinese? One about the boss? the ex? the crazy couple living on the floor above yours? Junichiro Koizumi and his favorite kowtowing place, the Yasukuni Shrine? Or American imperialism? Well, you have no idea. A random visit to […]
Read MoreFrom Yale Global Online, a two-part article about the relationship between China and the U.S. From the Introduction to Part I, by David Shambaugh (link): The US and China are parties to the world’s most important bilateral relationship, and this two-part series analyzes the challenges and opportunities confronting two world powers. In the first article, […]
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