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From Slate Magazine, Henry Blodget continues his series “Go East, Young Man.” You can’t take it anymore. All this yammering about how much money everyone is making in China. (You don’t know anyone actually making money in China, but from what you read, hear, and see, you gather everyone is.) Real estate, cell phones, video […]
Read MoreFrom the Australian: AS heirs to an ancient and enduring civilisation Chinese leaders like to take the ultra-long view in interpreting change. But while they may say it is too early to tell, it seems that two centuries of eclipse, when China was a backwater in world affairs, are at an end. If so, Australia […]
Read MoreFrom the IHT, Roger Cohen writes “The future of Asia in 10 uneasy questions,” including: 1) India and China are rising fast, but what are the big ideas they stand for?; 2) Can India be used by the United States to contain China?; 3) If India is not the answer to China, how about Japan? […]
Read MoreFrom the Standard: If China wants to stand on the high moral ground when dealing with the distortions of history it surely cannot do so on the basis of its record – a record which demonstrates it cannot even come to terms with the enormity of the disasters that characterized the Mao Zedong era. History […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: The European Union will postpone the planned lifting of its arms embargo on China until at least next year, and require China to act first by improving its human rights record and seeking a peaceful solution to its dispute with Tawian, it emerged last night.
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