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Revisiting the Axis of Evil - Part III

Shen Dingli
August 5, 2008

WTO ministers still worlds apart

February 17, 2003
The prospect of freeing up world trade darkened at the first meeting devoted to agricultural liberalization held in Tokyo. A draft proposal submitted by Stuart Harbinson, the chair of WTO's agricultural negotiations, calling for deeper cuts in tariffs and subsidies on farming products was...

Let's Face the New “Core Facts”

November 15, 2007
The United States attempts to exercise global leadership in a world that has changed dramatically in recent years. With the spread of new technologies to developing nations has come an explosion of information from sources other than Voice of America. With such a wide range of options and rapidly...

N Korea Offers US Pledge on Weapons

May 3, 2004
North Korean officials condemn terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda, and promise not to sell nuclear materials to them in interviews with The Financial Times’ Selig Harrison on Tuesday. Taken togethers, their comments constitute an unexpectedly friendly gesture to the US, especially coming...

Coming Clean or Playing for Time?

October 23, 2003
Iran will allow a tougher UN nuclear inspection regime to confirm that it is not attempting to build nuclear weapons. Issuing a declaration that Iran says outlines all of its nuclear activities, the country aims to fend off economic sanctions promoted by the United States. Skeptics argue, however,...

为什么今天的社会充满不信任感

October 17, 2011
最近在中国流传一则揶揄的短信，大意是说现在做好人难，如果有老人摔倒，那么，旁边的救助者在准备献爱心去救助老人的时候，应当事先准备好一份协议书，让老人签署，说明是自己摔到的、与他人无干。这则揶揄的短信反映的是中国当下社会当中不信任感的蔓延和信任的缺失。孟子看到人与动物之间的区别在于我们有广泛的同情心，而平常如果在马路上，当我们看到老年人不小心摔倒，自然而然的同情心都会驱使我们去帮助摔倒的老年人，但是，近年来发生的一些案件，却是受救助者“反咬一口”，出于私利的考虑，硬说是救助者“惹的祸”，要求救助者赔偿医疗费。本来是献爱心，结果却卷入纠纷，这对于许多人而言，无异于“农夫与蛇”的悖论。因此，“...

Look Who's Fair and Balanced

August 28, 2006
If modern journalists went back in time to cover the American Revolution during the late 1770s, many would call the fighters “terrorists” or “martyrs,” depending on which side they supported. That’s because many journalists simply accept the language provided by their government sources. Unlike the...

Sources: New Law to Jolt Outsourcing

May 4, 2007
China is drafting policy to bestow preferential tax treatment for its firms that focus on information-technology (IT) or business-process outsourcing. “Industry insiders regard this as an effort to overtake India in the outsourcing industry,” writes Shen Jianyuan for “The Economic Observer Online...
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