As Obama visits, it's not a strong U.S. policy that'll provoke Beijing, but a weak one.

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China's 8.9% Growth? No Way Beijing has spent its way to a sugar high.

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New business links fly in the face of a Security Council resolution.

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In an online poll conducted by huanqiu.com in August over 87 percent of the respondents favored boycotting Australia as a destination for travel or study in retaliation for the country hosting Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur separatist

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People's Daily: "China plans to finish 100 gigawatts of wind power capacity by 2020 ... China will also become the biggest growth market for wind power generating capacity this year, ahead of the United States"

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Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network has taken up the cause of China's Muslim Uighur minority with a pledge to attack Chinese workers in northwestern Africa in retaliation for mistreatment by Beijing of its largest Muslim minority.

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In an extraordinary move that reveals real fear of social unrest, Chinese president Hu Jintao recently held a meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC) to urge his senior generals to ensure that the army would follow the orders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) "under …

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Arghh ye scaliwags, 'and over yer booty....For most people, this rambling reminds them of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, or Captain Hook of Peter Pan. However, in 2008, anyone familiar with the events in Somalia might see that phrase in a new light.

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The Chinese government is clearly in crisis over how to deal with the rapid slowdown of the country's economy under the impact of a deepening global recession.

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Bad news for Bombadier and Learjet today, worse news for Boeing and Airbus tomorrow. The Chinese have successfully test flown for the first time an indigenous business jet, one that will prove the stepping stone to a full blown 120-odd seat new generation 737/A320 competitor.

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Analysis of Rumors of Chinese Takeover of the American automobile industry of the Big Three

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Premier Wen Jiabao indicated that China, the world's biggest holder of foreign reserves and second biggest holder of US Treasury bills, was ready to help in an international bid to defuse the market crisis.

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Chinese government seeks controlling stock of US Treasury; US officials cite economic crash, misunderstanding

WASHINGTON--High-ranking officials from the People's Republic of China descended on Washington today and offered to buy a controlling share of the United States Treasury, Steve House News Wire can now confirm. The development comes on the heels of a drop in the Dow Jones Industri …

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This should be the ultimate lesson for America: never lose its indepedent space capability.

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The Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committees has unveiled what it calls a new missile capable of reaching the nothern Negev cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon, according to media reports released this week.

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An interesting overview, contextualization, and light analysis of China today:

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Ha ha ha ha ha! Please excuse me whilst I pick myself up off the floor and change my Y-fronts.

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Take the Pledge Here: "I Refuse to Watch the Olympics!"

The government of the People's Republic of China is a disgrace and it's a disgrace that the 2008 Olympic Games are being held in the People's Republic.

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This partial removable of locks precedes the allowance of full uninhibited access to the Web promised by the Chinese government to the IOC (International Olympic Committee), which recently met with organizers in Beijing and made clear that the Internet "must be open for the dur …

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Please: Don't Boycott the Beijing Olympics

The PRC is repressive, denies human rights, and has an unjust legal system. But please: do not boycott the Olympics.

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In total, 110 Palestinians were killed in the IDF raid, the vast majority of them gunmen – according to the Israeli army. Hamas and the other Palestinian organizations, however, declared a "victory" in Gaza. "The enemy has been defeated," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said.

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Disproportionate Attacks: A Double Standard towards Israel

Yesterday, a pair of Israeli brothers living in the town of Sderot in Southwestern Israel, close to the Gaza Strip were hit by a Kassam missile fired from Gaza.

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Well, the standards are pretty high here. Despite the superficially impressive dollar number, BP has performed poorly in a key measure of quickly getting the oil out of the ground, failing to take advantage of the rising oil price quickly enough.

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The Chinese are not that heavily exposed to the sub-prime market (that we know of), but nevertheless it shows again just how widely held these securities were.

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It makes sense: Iran wants to annoy the US (so does China)...and China would like to have a friendly presence in an area which will be very important to it over the upcoming years.

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