Tag: China
A Look Back on the Chen Guangcheng Crisis
There are a couple of important lessons regarding the Chen Guangcheng crisis of last week. The first is an understanding of the dissident’s problems and the second is a foreign policy lesson which Mitt Romney failed.
China Allows Guangcheng to Apply To Study Abroad
After Chen Guangchen’s phone call to a Congressional hearing, China will allow Guangcheng to apply to study abroad in the United States.
Latin America Welcomes Our Chinese Overlords
When the Council of Americas warns us that we should beware of Chinese influence and investment in Latin America, it gives one pause. Pause to collect your thoughts and say, “Please invest more.” You see, the Council of Americas believes that the United States can do no wrong, and, well, that China is filled with […]
Monday Evening’s Read
As I mentioned yesterday, the Obama Administration was sending over its blueprint for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (pdf) The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg on the future of nuclear energy in the United States, Some Nukes. Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria on President Obama’s successful strategy in Pakistan, A Victory for Obama.
Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-August 16
LEAD STORY-The Financial Times: How the Oil Industry Plans to Do to Climate Change What the Insurance Companies Are Doing to Health Care…AND Who Its Delaware Connection Is! I. E., kill it: The American Petroleum Institute, which represents the US oil industry, has written to member companies asking them to “move aggressively” to stage up to 22 […]
China and the Electric Car
A lot of conservatives are pissing their pants because they think the Chinese will go on polluting the world while America and Europe seek to reduce emissions. While China at the moment certainly has smog problems, I’m quite certain that by 2020, they’ll be working as hard as the West is on trying to prevent […]
Outsourcing Santa
China built the world’s largest ice Santa. Why does China love Santa? Because all the plastic toys purchased for Christmas are made in China. If you want to inject a little realism into your children’s life, tell them Santa’s elves are Chinese and live in Guangzhou (AKA Canton). Fun facts – Guangzhou is larger (population-wise) than […]
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