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From Asia Times: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has gone on record stating that the fear of soaring energy prices should not deter the international community from imposing comprehensive sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. That is easier said than done, especially when looking at the dire economic and non-economic consequences of the current […]
Read MoreFrom the Art Newspaper: A Unesco report on global trade in cultural goods and services includes two surprises. The first is that China has now become the second largest exporter of “visual arts”, accounting for 19% of world exports in this category (particularly statuary). The second surprise is that the global trade in both the […]
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune, via the mercurynews.com: This ancient road has had many names: Old tea horse trail. The Burma Road. Route 320. But the label that matters most today is one that appears on no sign at all: the AIDS road. Past truck-stop brothels and through disease-ravaged cities and villages in China’s far southwest […]
Read MoreESWN has translated the following article, which originally appeared on Wenxue City: The principal work of the Internet police is to look around the Internet to catch criminals. They monitor the Internet bars, they look for pornographic, reactionary and other harmful material on the Internet and they solve Internet crimes based upon the clues. There […]
Read MoreFrom the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holds a Congress of Delegates every five years to pick a new Central Committee and Politburo. While the 17th CCP Congress is not due to take place until autumn 2007, President and General Secretary Hu Jintao has already started the crucial task of inserting […]
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