Chinese Say ‘Trained Separatists’ Responsible for Tibetan Violence Chinese officials say trained Tibetan separatists who attacked police are responsible for instigating deadly violence last week in the southwest province of Sichuan. The state-owned China Daily newspaper quoted Sichuan go[...]
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Syria: The Chinese Point of View
What China and Russia wants to happen in Syria. China maintains that any attempt by the international community to help Syria solve its crisis must respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the country. A messy civil war in Syria will not be conducive to peace in the Middle [...]
February 2nd, 2012 - 1:47 am § in Politics
The Euro Bubble
The eurozone cannot survive in its current form – that is the alarming prediction of top economists and politicians of all political hues, among them the former Chancellors Alistair Darling, Nigel Lawson and Norman Lamont. READ MORE at The Independent.[...]
CHINA: Slavery
China News, Current Events & Headlines | China Digital Times (CDT) Video: China’s Secret Slave Camps Al Jazeera is streaming the most recent episode of “Slavery: a 21st Century Evil“. This episode outlines the modern function of laogai and laojiao – the institutional practices of fo[...]
There is a name for that system of government: National Socialism.
From Krugman’s essay today: Austria Freedom Party, (leader used to have neo-Nazi connections) runs neck-and-neck in the polls with established parties, Finland, True Finns Party ( anti-immigrant)strong electoral showing last April. Hungary, Jobbik, ( anti immigrant, anti Roma, anti-Semit[...]
BREAKING NEWS: The other Palestinian Conflict … Mafia vs. The Party Machine
While the intransigence of the Israelis and the PLO seems to be endless, perhaps there is a god waiting in the sidelines? Hamas and Fatah, at least seem to be talking. “We’ve turned a new page. There was a great deal of understanding and enthusiasm for working together and we were serious ab[...]
December 7th, 2011 - 12:01 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Dec 7
I was 10 years-old that Sunday morning, coming out of church with my elder sister to discover the congregation much chattering about events at Pearl Harbor. We were in a Navy town, and nearly all of us had fathers or husbands directly affected. That was the first time I saw a portable radio, by [...]
Secretary Clinton Welcomes Myanmar Back to The World
This picture makes me so proud to be an American. In contrast to the cowboy diplomacy of the Reagan/Bush II eras, Obama and Bush I have taken the wise course of patience in Burma. “Mission Accomplished” indeed! There is a subtext here that you may be missing. The Mao doctrine was and[...]
CHINA: Ai Weiwei Interview
from Spiegel SPIEGEL: Last week you made a €970,000 ($1.3 million) payment to the bank account of the Chinese tax authorities. You consider it to be a kind of guarantee, a deposit. Do they consider it to be an admission of guilt? Ai:I cannot speak for them. But I can tell you a lot about […[...]
If Britain ruled the seas, America may be emerging as the ruler of the cloud.
Apparently a single juror held out for Microsoft’s side of the case. Novel’s lawsuit against Microsoft’s monopoly over the word processing market has ended in a hung jury. Novel says it will continue the suit. The big issue is not Microsoft’s tactics or Novell’s [...]