Lebanon’s peaceful protests that began in October have turned violent in the face of further economic collapse in early 2020. For instance, a protest in late January saw “heavily armed troops joined riot police at the scene, some carrying shoulder-launched rockets.” Protestors and security forces...
The US Naval Medical Research Center once had more than 12 labs around the world, developing foreign partnerships to identify emerging disease. A research team identified the avian flu in Indonesia in 2005, though the partnerships had been deteriorating in 1998 over concerns about vaccine sales,...
The old rivalry between Germany and France has long kept Europe from being able to move forward together as a region. Unfortunately, these two nations are now coming into line, but at the expense of the European Union and smaller states. Both countries are demanding power over EU institutions and...
Europe will not progress if Germany and France do not join forces. This is an old piece of wisdom, but we now have evidence that Europe not only fails to progress, but actually goes backward when Germany and...
China’s President, Jiang Zemin, declared that private business owners should be allowed to join the Communist Party of China. “China's leaders have recognized the importance of private businesses in absorbing the state sector's excess workers and in improving the economy's global...
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Vietnam, declared Sars-free by the World Health Organization just last week, is being heralded as an example of efficiency for other countries trying to contain and eliminate the Sars virus. The country was lucky in some regards, but its early containment and prevention efforts should not be...
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In a surprise turnaround for Disney, Shanghai has decided to favor Universal Parks and Resorts, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal, with plans to open a theme park outside the city. Disney had originally negotiated with Shanghai to open its own theme park outside of the city. However, the slow...
Shanghai has embraced a plan for a theme park to be built in the city by Universal Parks & Resorts, a subsidiary of France's Vivendi Universal, seemingly shunting aside an earlier agreement to negotiate with the Walt...
Economics may trump politics in the 21st century, if recent Taiwan-China cooperation is any indication. Despite bitter relations for the past half-century, Taiwan and China are putting aside their political differences in the name of economic efficiency – at least for the moment. They have chosen...
BEIJING: The governments of China and Taiwan, political foes for half a century, agreed to allow their oil companies to jointly search for oil in the waters that separate them in an effort to curb mounting oil import...
The world's cargo ships are heavily laden and busily transporting goods around the globe, but largely to or from China. Two years ago, many of these ships could be found lying idle in their home ports. Now, thanks to China's rapidly expanding economy, shipping lines are enjoying one of...
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