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From the Los Angeles Times (free registration required): Voicing concern about national security and the U.S. economy, the House of Representatives passed two measures Thursday aimed at blocking the proposed takeover of El Segundo-based Unocal Corp. by a Chinese oil company. In a strong bipartisan vote of 333 to 92, the House approved an amendment […]
Read MoreFrom Foreign Policy in Focus: In early March, a U.S. Embassy official confided to a visiting businessman that he believed that Chinese leaders viewed the United States as a declining superpower whose time had passed and will be forced to share world power with other powerful nations, including China. To demonstrate how China ‘s strategic […]
Read MoreFrom the Economist: The spat over CNOOC is a symptom of the growing unease felt in developed economies, but especially in America, as more and more Chinese companies have looked abroad for expansion and technological know-how. Just days before the CNOOC bid, Haier, a white-goods maker, bid $2.25 billion for Maytag, a troubled American rival. […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: There are probably very few people outside China who have heard of Pan Yue, but if the planet is to have any chance of avoiding disastrous levels of global warming this is a name that environmentalists should get to know very quickly. Pan is the deputy director of the state environmental protection […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: China’s rapid economic growth has left its rivers polluted and more than 300 million people without clean drinking water, a top lawmaker has said… The lawmaker, Sheng Huaren, said laws to prevent pollution had failed. Beijing has asked local authorities to improve water standards, but with no promise of funding it is unlikely […]
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