China and the US are planning their first combined Strategic and Economic Dialogue against the backdrop of a severe financial crisis and a growing concern over global warming. Such engagements thus provide ample opportunities for collaboration as well as the managing of conflict, according to Shen...
Getting to know you: China's President Hu Jintao meets President Barack Obama in London; the beginning of a new relationship
SHANGHAI: Seven months after the election of a new US President, China and the US are set to launch their first Strategic...
Over the past century, individuals seeking to better their lives have seen the US as the land of opportunity. But the recent economic recession has apparently changed this view, as some immigrants are deciding to return home, for good. But it is not just the US that faces this new trend. This year...
Brígido de Jesús González lived in Queens, N.Y., for the past 20 years, working as a landscaper to support his wife and kids back in
El Salvador. But with the recession clobbering his business, the illegal immigrant decided to pack up and return to...
A global economic downturn prompted consumers in the West to slow spending, disrupting hiring and payroll in China and sparking sporadic protests, reports Barbara Demick for the Los Angles Times. China’s growth and employment rates still surpass those in the US, yet any economic slowdown “could...
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After a turbulent year in Pakistan, a civilian parliament has taken over the reins of government from General Pervez Musharraf and confronts a range of domestic and foreign issues. “Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gillani therefore faces not only the problems created by Musharraf’s national security...
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China is a world power on the rise, with a growing economy, a proud citizen base that cherishes education, and leadership that promises peaceful transitions to democracy. All will be on display with the Beijing Olympics in August. But national aspirations can collide with the expectations generated...
Left out of the dream: China's rising power should be accompanied by an openness to the world, including the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama Enlarge image
EDMONTON: China’s reemergence as a great power has come a...
Both John McCain and Barack Obama have focused their climate-change policies on efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The controversial Bjorn Lomborg, however, argues that reducing carbon emissions will cause great harm to the world economy while doing little to stop global warming. Instead,...
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Politics can be messy when a group of voters depend on outside aid. Palestinians elected members of Hamas during summer of 2006, causing alarm among Western nations that provided much aid to the struggling government. Western governments cut aid since the election and civil strife has increased. So...
Hamas' victory-like language cannot hide the fact that the final outcome of its government is very negative, both at the political level and with regard to the living conditions of the Palestinian people. For his part...
Economists debate whether the financial interdependence of the modern world provides insulation against shocks or sets the stage for a chain reaction of woes. Every major power has its financial weak point – immense debt for the US; regional conflicts and poverty for India; and a lack of...
Export bounty: China's farsighted planning in building roads and ports has yielded a bonanza in trade. Enlarge image
SINGAPORE: Recent ructions in Asian financial markets and deepening US anxiety over its...