China’s shift to capitalism has brought huge rewards to many Chinese, but for 150 million unemployed peasants, poverty is still a harsh reality. Job prospects are limited, and a lucky few find jobs with multinational corporations, which offer good pay and high labor standards. In China’s export...
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Responding to studies which show that the SARS virus can survive for up to 24 hours on objects and recently infected health care workers in two Toronto hospitals, Dr. James Young, the Ontario commissioner of public safety, invited a Center for Disease Control (CDC) team from Atlanta to discuss and...
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身为记者和作家的乔纳森•芬比指出，谷歌最近跟中国的较劲不仅仅是互联网的审查问题；这还反映了中国在世界舞台上发展变化中的角色。谷歌要求，如果它留下，北京得允许市民通过谷歌接触被封的网站，但北京不可能同意。此外还有其它关于互联网总体安全的考虑，但更重要的问题是跨国企业如何跟更加自信的中国打交道。从知识产权的保护到防备模糊不清的法律实践，西方企业也许需要重新审视他们的中国政策。但这不可能动摇中国不断增长的自信，也不可能激励自我反省。虽然公众调查充满了数据操纵，但其结果还是展示了令人瞠目的国家荣誉感。壮大中的中产阶层认同国家的崛起，这让共产党牢牢地掌握着控制权。最后，无论谷歌在中国是去是留，...
伦敦：谷歌跟中国政府就其搜索引擎在中国的审查问题发生口角，其重要性远超出信息自由的范围。中国方面的举动符合它仍在发展中、但已有迹可寻的政策模式；这些举动背后所隐含的意义为我们全球化的电子世界提供着重要的教训。
从头说起，在政府试图对其公民可阅读的范围保持控制，和其试图将其控制延伸到其视为敌人的公民的私人通信——如果关于侵入电子邮件的报告是准确的话，两者间有着明显的冲突。谷歌威胁道，如果审查没有被取消，它就退出中国；但这要求不大可能得到满足。对于谷歌的行动，官方最直接的反应是发表声明，...
Underlying unrest and conflict in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East is sectarian divide. In Syria, Alawites, a Shia sub-sect, rule over a population that’s 70 percent Sunni. Sunni-run Qatar and Saudi Arabia supply weapons to Syrian rebels, mostly Sunni, even while hoping to keep their own...
Toxic battle: Members of Shabibha, the pro-Assad Alawite militia target Sunnis (top); Sunni rebels go after Christians and Shiites (below)
LONDON: There’s no satisfying solution to the 16-month old Syrian bloodshed. To let Syrian President Bashar al...
The Trump administration plans to approve a $1 billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including “around 6,700 anti-tank missiles and $300 million in parts for the Saudis’ helicopters and tanks,” explains the US State Department. The deal is controversial due to the ongoing Saudi role in Yemen’s...
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to William D. Nordhaus of Yale University and Paul M. Romer of New York University’s Stern School of Business for research “addressing some of our time’s most basic and pressing questions about how we create long-term sustained and sustainable...
Huawei emerged on the world stage as a tech-savvy company in 2009 after replacing Norway’s entire mobile phone grid. In the ensuing decade, Huawei solidified its place as a global tech magnate and now stands poised as leader in the 5G network race that could dominate 21st century technologies like...
The morning after US President George W. Bush issued an ultimatum for Saddam Hussein and his family to leave Iraq or face war, this editorial in The New York Times argues that the Bush administration has brought the US to the brink of war with Iraq by its own failings. It says that the US "...
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