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NASA’s Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet

August 5, 2006
A recent change in NASA’s mission statement has consequences, because many staff refer to that statement when crafting research proposals and agendas. The mission statement used to read: “To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next...

Brazil Gives China Early X-Mas Present...

November 23, 2004
Chinese president Hu Jintao’s visit to Brazil in this past week was highly successful: Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva formally recognized China as a “market economy,” foregoing the power to block “dumped” Chinese imports. The Chinese government is notorious for subsidizing national...

Times of India: Soothing Balm

February 11, 2017
The Trump administration has shown a pattern on foreign policy – blunt statements that upend long-held policies followed by members of his cabinet and other representatives hurrying to backtrack and reassure global partners. Before entering office, Donald Trump mentioned that the One-China policy...

Microsoft Described as “Biggest Hacker in China”

October 23, 2008
In demonstrating a prowess in combating online piracy, Microsoft has infuriated Chinese internet users. “The new version of its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy programme turns the on-screen background black every hour if the installed software fails a validation test,” reports Tania Branigan...

Calling India

May 10, 2007
The word “outsourcing” may carry plenty of negative connotations in the US – but not when consumers are hunting for a good deal. Parents in the US, desperate to help their children achieve in an increasingly competitive global environment, seek tutoring services but don’t want to spend a lot of...

德国带头，目标是要百分百使用可再生能源

September 7, 2010
通过转向使用可再生能源，德国让世人看到它在一步步地为自己解开化石燃料依赖这一枷锁。民意调查显示，超过80%的国民支持开发本国的风能、太阳能和地热等替代性能源，赞同避免进口大量石油、天然气和铀。就经济方面而言，德国是接受可再生能源的先行者。这个仅次于中国的世界第二大工业国为一项未经测试的技术冒着风险，负着代价。但它也造就了世界市场，成为能源安全方面的标准制定者和全球榜样——更不用说它在清洁能源领域创造了大量工作岗位，通过减少污染和围绕化石燃料的争端拯救了无数生命。与石油和天然气一样，铀的供应也是有限的，尽管目前价格低廉。德国政府推迟逐步淘汰高效益的大型核电站这一计划，...

Sensible Ideas on Why to Engage Tehran

October 17, 2006
Since the end of the Cold War, the US has led the international effort to encourage global security and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. The US unabashedly has used regime change and an array of diplomacy to promote arms control and democracy. But the tools have failed when it comes to Iran...

Videos Rouse Russian Anger Toward Police

August 4, 2010
Corruption is common, inescapable and an unpleasant fact of life in many countries. In 2009, a Novorossiysk police officer posted a video on YouTube challenging Vladimir Putin to take action and questioning where Russian society is headed. “International research organizations rank Russia as having...
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