China can play a positive role in revitalizing southern Sudan after voters there overwhelmingly decided to establish Africa’s newest country, analysts said. The South Sudan Referendum Commission on Monday announced the final results of a…
Category: Global Issues
By Larry Chin The Obama administration and prominent members of Congress have begun pushing the idea that an intelligence failure prevented the US government from predicting massive civil unrest in Egypt and the Arab world….
By Ellen Brown: “What for a poor man is a crust, for a rich man is a securitized asset class.” -Futures trader Ann Berg, quoted in the UK Guardian Underlying the sudden, volatile uprising in…
The United States, so far, is essentially following the usual playbook. I mean, there have been many times when some favored dictator has lost control or is in danger of losing control. There’s a kind of a standard routine—Marcos, Duvalier, Ceausescu, strongly supported by the United States and Britain, Suharto: keep supporting them as long as possible; then, when it becomes unsustainable—typically, say, if the army shifts sides—switch 180 degrees, claim to have been on the side of the people all along, erase the past, and then make whatever moves are possible to restore the old system under new names. That succeeds or fails depending on the circumstances.
Chinese New Year or the Chinese Lunar New Year is the most important of the “Traditional Chinese holidays”. Despite its winter occurrence, in China it is known as “Spring Festival,” the literal translation of the Chinese name Chūn Jié,…
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general who made global warming his personal mission, is ending his hands-on involvement with international climate change negotiations. In a strategic shift, Ban will redirect his efforts from trying…
Hosni Mubarak has sacked the Egyptian Government and is trying to cling on to his position as president. Is this enough? The Chief of Intelligence, Omar Suleiman is sworn in as Vice President but how…
The governments of France and the U.S. are in collusion to pave the way for former Haitian dictator, Jean Claude Duvalier, to resume the presidency. Analysts ensure this is the situation planned for the Caribbean…
Belgium’s Kim Clijsters came from a set down to beat Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and win her maiden Australian Open title on Saturday, dashing Chinese hopes of a first ever Grand Slam win. After…
At 28, Chou Chou is already an internationally recognized film director. Born of the Dong minority ethnic group in Guizhou province, Southwestern China, Chou grew up in a society that holds high values for culture…