Time May. 24, 2010 By Nicole Itano / Athens By 2 a.m., the party at Thalassa, a waterfront bouzouki club in the exclusive Athens suburb of Glyfada, is finally getting going. All evening, Porsches, Mercedes and BMWs have been rolling up to the door, disgorging men in coats and women teetering on stiletto heels....
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Asia Times By Peter Lee China and the United States have recently engaged in an exchange of concessions and amicable statements designed to ratchet down the tensions of the past few months. On the surface, China seems to have received little out of the bargain. However, as it deals with the potential for havoc...
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The Obama administration should support U.S. businesses that do the same. The Wall Street Journal March 24, 2010 By JOHN BOLTON Google’s decision to stop censoring searches on its China-based servers, rerouting search requests instead to its uncensored Hong Kong facilities, is historic. Google has shown itself unwilling simply to be on the receiving...
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Reuters Ben Blanchard – Analysis BEIJING (Reuters) – Big on spit and polish and parades but short on experience, new technology and force coordination, China’s military has far to go before its bite begins to approach its increasingly loud, and for some fearsome, bark. China has invested billions of dollars in its armed forces...
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Asia Times By Chan Akya For the frequent traveler, there is a stark dichotomy across the world. Almost without exception, traveling with an Asian carrier to any Asian airport is a pleasure. In contrast, using any airline domiciled in Europe or North America with passage through airports in that part of the world is...
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World Politics Review By: David Axe Feb 17, 2010 The last two weeks have seen a mixed message from Beijing regarding U.S.-Chinese military ties. The ambiguous signals are indicative of China’s continuing fixation on Taiwan and its uncertainty regarding its place among world powers. In January, the U.S. moved forward on a long-delayed, $6.4...
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The New York Times By MARTIN JACQUES Published: February 16, 2010 LONDON — The spats between the United States and China appear to be getting more numerous and more serious. The Chinese strongly objected to Washington’s latest arms deal with Taiwan. President Obama accused the Chinese of currency manipulation, while at Davos, Larry Summers,...
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Reuters Chris Buckley BEIJING Credit: Reuters/Joe Chan Members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Aviation stand at attention during a training session at the 60th National Day Parade Village in the outskirts of Beijing, September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Joe Chan BEIJING (Reuters) – Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country...
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The Christian Science Monitor Michaela Rehle/REUTERS By Robert Marquand Staff writer / February 5, 2010 Munich, Germany Today Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi, speaking with unusual bluntness in front of 300 leading diplomats – including senior US officials – here in Munich publicly stated that China is getting stronger on the international stage. He...
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amtrak.com Feb 3, 2010 By Chris Buckley and Doug Palmer BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama still plans to meet the Dalai Lama, the White House said on Tuesday, despite China’s warning that such a meeting would hurt ties already strained by U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan. Digging in on two points of...
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