Mirel Goldenberg Presidents, generals, warlords, popes, kings…are judged not by intentions but by results. Elected to correct the mistakes of the moronic Bush. Obama added his own mistakes and if his exit will be today, the world is even in a poorer shape that on Bush illuminated period. Iraq [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Imperialism’
China vs India: Confronting Each Other Over the Spoils of Vietnam and Phillipines
India warning use of its naval power in South China Sea India has warned that it is prepared to use force to secure its economic interest in the South China Sea. India has placed allegations that Beijing had deliberately hampered its rival oil and gas exploration efforts. As China and India rise ec[...]
March 21st, 2015 - 1:41 am § in China
CHINA: China goes Imperialist
China is getting ready to surge troops into Africa to protect its economic interests Posted by Craig Hill ⋅ March 20, 2015 Chinese activities in Africa have expanded massively during the last decade. To be sure, most of this has been purely economic — such as bartering access to natural res[...]
January 6th, 2015 - 9:29 pm § in Hypocrisy
China: The Ugly Imperialist
Chinese tourists treat Tibetans ‘like zoo animals’ Tourists trample prayer flags … … and stand atop painted prayer stones. These are gestures of intense disrespect in Asia, where feet are considered dirty and crude. A woman in Tibetan dress prostrates in pra[...]
December 11th, 2014 - 10:33 am § in Russia
Czar Vladimir
NY Times: Masha Gessen: The Myth of the OligarchsNYT Now Some of Putin’s opponents predict the oligarchs will eventually take him down. But there are no oligarchs in Russia anymore.[...]
CHINA: #1
China has just overtaken the United States as the world’s largest economy. Meanwhile China is evicting the last of the demonstrators in Hong Kong. Who is still on Hong Kong’s streets? Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains what this means in Vanity Fair. Excerpts: “2014 was [...]
December 10th, 2014 - 11:25 pm § in China
CHINA: pot calls kettle black.
Commentary: Hypocrisy of U.S. as human rights police The hegemony it has exercised, the inquisition by torture it has practised, and the profound racial inequalities all point to the sheer hypocrisy of the United States as a defender of human rights.[...]
November 16th, 2014 - 12:57 pm § in China
CHINA: Can the US be forced out of East Asia?
Fate of U.S. airbase unclear as opponent wins Japan’s Okinawa governor election 11-16 23:21 Takeshi Onaga, a 64-year-old former Naha mayor and an opponent of the U.S. Futenma airbase relocation plan, on Sunday won the gubernatorial election of Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, [...]
September 27th, 2014 - 8:38 pm § in China
China: Imperialism
China to build 200,000-ton fish farming ship at Mischief Reef, territory claimed by Philippines Posted by chankaiyee2 ⋅ September 25, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment i Rate This The following is translated from Chinese media: Chinese scientists are planning to intensify China’s exploitation of fish resource[...]
September 17th, 2014 - 12:53 pm § in Politics
CHINA: Imperialism
BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday urged Japan to stop all action that undermines China’s sovereignty. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was referring to the Japanese government’s unilateral move to “nationalize” part of the Diaoyu Islands two years [...]