Augusto Pinochet, the dictator of Chile from 1973 until 1990, was found by US Senate investigators to have deposited upwards of $8 million in Washington-based Riggs Bank under names of phony firms. According to American law, US banks are supposed to investigate deposits of foreign government...
Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet -- a man charged with widespread human rights abuses but never tied to major corruption scandals -- had up to $8 million in a U.S. bank, according to a U.S. Senate report...
A cold, sweet beverage is refreshing for those who labor on farms, but too many empty calories can contribute to obesity and diabetes. “In the indigenous community of the Mazahuas in San José del Rincón, a wooded village in western Mexico state, there are homes without running water but with a...
Chinese factories that assemble electronics for high-tech firms or their suppliers rely heavily on student interns from vocational schools for labor, reports Eva Dou for the Wall Street Journal. Some students claim they must work 12-hour shifts, six days a week, for three months to a year as a...
CHONGQING, China: On the outskirts of this southwestern Chinese hub lie the student factories.
Schools send thousands of teenagers here to put together electronic devices for some of the world's largest brands. Many students say they are given no...
US policymakers must grapple with radical changes in the structure of international politics, suggests Henry A. Kissinger, US former secretary of the state. The upcoming presidential election has sparked lively debate over US foreign policy, yet this debate focuses on narrow, tactical concerns...
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Huawei, headquartered in China, manufacturers an array of telecommunications equipment and pursues contracts worldwide, including building and equipping the vast undersea cable networks that carry global internet data. “About 380 active submarine cables – bundles of fiber-optic lines that travel...
Complex operations: Undersea cables that carry internet data worldwide include highly technical equipment including terminal equipment, monitors and network systems (Huawei Marine)
The Wall Street Journal: A new front has opened in the battle...
It is well-known that a brain drain benefits the receiving nation. This nation profits through the innovations and improvements made by the best and brightest immigrants. However, what is not always recognizable is the fact that a brain drain benefits the sending nation as well. The fact that...
Societies that take in "brain drained" scientists and others benefit enormously. Innovative and entrepreneurial French Huguenots contributed mightily to the launch of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. American...
An American citizen, Simon Kukes, was named the new chief CEO of the Russian oil company, Yukos, after his predecessor was arrested on charges of tax evasion, embezzlement, and theft. When the Yukos scandal first broke, foreign investors became wary that Russia would begin rolling back...
Simon Kukes, a US citizen and former head of Russian oil company TNK, was on Tuesday named as the new chief executive of Yukos.
Russia's largest oil company moved swiftly to reassure investors after its...
中国的领导层过渡是个不透明的过程。权力极大的政治局常务委员会预计在十月公布新任命，主席胡锦涛不再担任中国共产党的总书记，把控制权交给副主席习近平。野心勃勃的重庆市委书记的解职、加上就一个英国商人之死而展开地对他妻子的调查让中国权力交接成为了聚焦点。本期耶鲁全球系列文章分析了中国的内部分歧及其对外交政策的影响。中国领导人大致分成两派：支持社会正义方案的民粹派和支持经济增长的精英派。布鲁金斯学会约翰•桑顿中国中心研究主任李成在上篇中指出中国领导层的三个趋势：领导者没有派系那么强有力；强大的特殊利益侵蚀了管治；以及虽然国家很强大，但执政党仍然软弱。由于缺乏有组织的异议，...
华盛顿：薄熙来，一个富有魅力但野心勃勃的政治局委员，他的下台吸引了无数眼球，而这不过是中国悠长的权力政治史上最新的一页。尽管如此，海外中国分析家普遍的观点因此事而变化极大。在薄熙来危机之前，许多人相信中国政治的制度化得到了充分的发展，可以让即将到来的领导层交接如之前2002年那样平稳有序。现在随着危机的展开，很多人认为薄熙来的解职不过是另一次政治清洗，是险恶的政治斗争一般模式的重现。
这两种观点都可能是非常误导的，...