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[Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China] Splitting India since 2005: Among other "provocations," China has recently stationed medium range ballistic missiles in Tibet (where the only possible target could be India), cooperated with Pakistan on the building of a deep water port in Gwadar, and increased its naval presence in the Indian Ocean. Given the history of war between China and India, continued animosity stemming from the unresolved Arunachal Pradesh territorial dispute, China's longstanding military support of Pakistan, and a recent essay by a member of India's defense establishment warning that China may attack India sometime in the next few years, it's no wonder that a few Indians are upset (belatedly or not) over this essay.

[The Right Guy on The Left Coast at Hypocrisy.com] China Returns to Maoist Dictum: Push For Military Might | The ...: As the Sichuan earthquake demonstrated, even such a senior cadre as Premier Wen Jiabao had difficulty soliciting the full support of PLA and PAP divisions in emergency situations. This also explains why immediately after the horrendous riots in Urumqi, Xinjiang on July 5, Hu had to drop out of the Group of Eight meeting in Italy to hurry back to Beijing to personally direct military operations against the “Uighur splittists.”

[Latest News] Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - Online Daily Newspaper on ...: Sam Walsh, Rio Tinto's chief executive for iron ore, also urged China to let the accused meet their lawyers and emphasized that the company rejected the accusations of business misdeeds. "Rio Tinto will strongly support its employees in defending these allegations,"

[Wednesday-Night] Wednesday-Night - » China: Economy: (WSJ) As part of the myriad activities planned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct.1, the normally staid National Bureau of Statistics is letting its hair down a bit. The NBS has launched a call for submissions of writings celebrating the PRC’s big birthday as part of campaign called “Statistical Feelings: Together We Go - Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of New China.”

[पलाश कथा ग्लोबल प्रतिरोध] China Plans to break India by 2015? India to open new uranium ...: NEW DELHI: With China blocking UN Security Council sanctions against Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, India has provided detailed information to it about his involvement in terror activities and hopes Beijing would support the move.

[Palash Speaks] China Plans to break India by 2015? India to open new uranium ...: Expressing “satisfaction” at the progress made after two days of border talks, India and China on Saturday said that “peace and tranquility should be maintained” in the India-China border areas. A statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday evening said, “On the Boundary Question, both sides expressed satisfaction at the progress being made through the Special Representatives mechanism and reiterated that pending the settlement of the boundary issue, peace and tranquility should be maintained in our border areas.” Moreover, the statement quoted Dai Bingguo, Beijing’s Special Representative, as saying, “China takes a positive view of India’s development and progress, and also supports a bigger role for India in international affairs.”

[Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China] Charles Horner's Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate: People who visited mainland China in the early to mid-80's (shortly after opening but before the economic reforms kicked in in full force) would have found a slow-moving pace of life, where people did not seem in much of a hurry to do anything, where people were not all that motivated to much or to achieve much as there wasn't much to do or achieve. I recall my first visit to Beijing - buildings were old and delapidated;

[China Translated] China Translated » Migrant workers face the economic crisis - the ...: You have been conducting research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, what are some of the similarities and differences between life for migrant workers in these three important centers? Huong Trieu: There are important similarities in .

[Breaking News] Official says China's jobless situation 'very grave' despite ...: Surprise slip in unemployment in AustraliaSYDNEY ”” Australia's jobless rate slipped marginally to 5.4 percent in April compared to March, despite widespread predictions of a further rise in unemployment because of the global economic slowdown. The official Australian Bureau of Statistics data released Thursday showed that more than 27,000 new full- and part-time jobs were created in April, backing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's claim that his massive stimulus packages were protecting workers and the economy from recession.

[Shadowtraders] Shadowtraders » Blog Archive » Countdown to Breakdown: As a last footnote, never overlook the continued urgent Chinese initiative to ”˜spend’ their USTBonds quickly, for useful tangible purposes, before any damaging sequence of events occurs. Simon Black (aka the International Man) wrote, “I have been spending a lot of time this week talking to my sources in China, one of whom is inside one of the country’s sovereign wealth funds (SWF).

[Business 360] Business 360: Get to grips with the issues affecting world ...: I’ve lived in Beijing for a little less than three years, but one of our local office workers made the remark that she had never seen such beautiful, white fluffy clouds, so I knew something had changed. Don’t get me wrong, this place is still polluted, but since the Beijing Olympics it seems the number of adversely polluted days is about the same as the number of really good days we had last year, in other words, not a lot.

[Learn Chinese Blog] Economic reform in the People's Republic of China (4) | Learn ...: This Blog is your opportunity to expand your knowledge of the Chinese language and get to know the Chinese culture. The Blog content is provided by ChineseVoice.com teachers.

[Therearenosunglasses's Weblog] China dips its toe in the Black Sea « Therearenosunglasses's Weblog: Equally, it is all but certain that while China is not a member of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Beijing will draw satisfaction that Moscow is building up the alliance’s presence in Central Asia as a counterweight to NATO. After the unrest in Xinjiang, Beijing has a direct interest in the Russian idea of creating an anti-terrorist center in Kyrgyzstan and advancing the CSTO’s rapid-reaction force (Collective Operational Reaction Forces) in Central Asia.

[Breaking News] US wins blockbuster WTO ruling that could offer American companies ...: China Unicom says 1Q profit $525 millionBEIJING ”” China Unicom Ltd., one of China's three major state-owned phone companies, said Wednesday it earned 3.6 billion yuan ($525 million) in the first quarter following its merger with rival China Netcom. The profit for the three months ending March 31 was equal to 0.15 yuan per share, the Beijing-based company said.

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