From Asia Times Online: “As a year of subtle but significant geopolitical shifts draws to an end, China looms ever larger in a world unable to decide whether its rise is an opportunity or a threat. For better or worse, every ripple from this giant economy, which is driven by the fast-expanding needs of its […]
Read MoreAn article in this issue of Business Week said: “Beijing seems serious about reform, and bad-loan burdens are easing.” The Chinese have proved again and again in recent years that when it comes to business, it’s a mistake to underestimate them. The latest example is the banking system, declared by analysts as recently as a […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: China’s growing economic influence is such that its central bank – an important buyer of US government debt – now feels confident enough to offer blunt advice to Washington and even criticism of American statecraft. Li Ruogu, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), said Washington was now blaming […]
Read MoreIn Asia Times, Qiu Xin wrote: “As China and Russia draw closer economically, especially in energy cooperation, Chinese economists are studying the two nations’ sweeping, but very different economic reform models. ”
Read MoreJasper Becker wrote on the Independent today: “China is trying to stop the United Nations imposing sanctions on Sudan over the crisis in the Darfur regionto protect its oil imports from the country, say western diplomats. For the past six years Beijing has been the Sudanese government’s main backer, buying 70 per cent of its […]
Read MoreHere is the full text of the UN Secretary-General’s speech at Qing Hua on October 11, 2004. He highlighted issues of poverty, disease, and environmental degradation in his speech. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEECH AT QING HUA UNIVERSITY Beijing, 11 October 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to speak at one of […]
Read MoreJames F. Hoge, Jr. , editor of Foreign Affairs, just published an article on Foreign Affairs, entitled “A Global Power Shift in the Making.” He augured in his article that “global power shifts happen rarely and are even less often peaceful. Washington must take heed: Asia is rising fast, with its growing economic power translating […]
Read MoreOpinion piece in the The Asian Pacifc Post slams Canadian government for “forking out tax dollars to companies like Nortel which is accused of helping China’s army of cyber cops round up and jail Internet...
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