There was yet another mass demonstration against globalization in June, this time in Barcelona. Although the World Bank had decided weeks ago to turn its planned meeting into a virtual conference, this didn't stop the protesters. Again, there...
Russia’s foreign intelligence service denies installing nuclear detection equipment inside Russia's Pyongyang embassy.
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As the international community condemned the bombing, UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, said that his staff would remain in Iraq and continue their humanitarian mission. Countries around the world echoed Mr Annan's resolve, though responses varied from country to country. While Thailand...
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Terrorist attacks and activity in Southeast Asia have not deterred American businesses from venturing into Singapore, according to the US ambassador to that city-state. In the past year, US small- and medium-sized businesses have been setting up shop in the country at a quick pace, Ambassador...
SINGAPORE - The number of new US firms doing business in Singapore has tripled over the past year despite security and political con cerns in Southeast Asia, the US ambassador to Singapore, Frank Lavin, said on...
China again succeeded in mobilizing its allies to block Taiwan's bid for observership at the World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest decision body of the World Health Organization (WHO). Taiwan's bid was rejected for the seventh time in a row. This year, however, because of the Sars...
Although Taiwan was rejected yesterday for the seventh time in its bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly (WHA), Taiwanese officials saw remarkable progress in other countries' support for Taiwan's bid...
The revelation of a nuclear weapons program in North Korea will test the Bush administration's ability to manage foreign policy and a multi-front war on terrorism. Former ambassador to Korea Stephen Bosworth says he's concerned "about the overload on the intelligence side, human and...
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六月初开始，中国民众想在微软入口网站张贴部落格(网络日志)时，用「民主」及「人权」等字眼作为标题，会收到一个粗鲁的的警语：「标题不能含有禁制用语，例如亵渎的语言，请使用别的标题。」在西文软件大厂公开支持中国政府的网络审查下，这种把民主自由等同于亵渎的警告，标志着中国持续努力争取言论自由的一个新的里程碑，而这只是冰山一角而已。
比起公开限制个人网站还更阴险的是，中国已经布下了隐形的监视罗网，这得感谢西方大厂的协助。...
国际贸易和金融学教授杰里弗•加藤指出，中国和谷歌的纷争其实与两种未来的前景有关。这是开放、国际化与稳定、民族主义之争。对中国而言，目标是继续把数百万人从贫困中拯救出来；如果这一目标需要国家稳定，要求网络控制，那就照办。对西方人而言，他们重视法治和表达自由，中国的做法在他们看来可能是落后的。但是，糟糕的企业管治、信用危机、以及无法在哥本哈根就扭转气候变化采取行动，都说明了西方模式的缺陷，在这种情况下，西方人近来实在没有什么道德高地。目前，好牌似乎都在中国手里：伊朗和朝鲜问题需要中国帮忙，中国掌握着巨额美国债券，而其它企业也不愿意因为支持谷歌而伤害他们在这世界最大市场上的前景。结果，...
纽黑文：因为成为网络攻击和审查的对象，谷歌威胁着退出中国。这不是过去与将来开战的号角，而是关于将来的两种可能性相当的前景之间的战争，其间中国占有起初优势。
当然，这不是大部分西方人所看到的。毕竟，这庞大的互联网搜索引擎公司是技术创新和跨越边界通讯的代表，让世界上许多人受益。而另一面，则是谷歌受攻击，在美国人和欧洲人眼里，中国就是要阻止前进的车轮。
但从北京的角度，事情并不一样。对中国官员而言，将来可能是继续把数百万人从贫困中拯救出来，促进迅速发展的中产阶层的崛起，...