news.bbc.co.uk - 21 days ago
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Chinese Athlete starts the Olympic Torch relay in Beijing
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com —
Sounds like much of Chinese growth is manufactured,
and not in the good sense. Another interesting report...
is here : First, they point to the enormous Chinese economic stimulus effort — with the government spending $900 billion to prop up a $4.3 trillion economy. “Yet China’s economy, for all ...
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Is China the Next Enron?
dyn.politico.com - 16 days ago
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dyn.politico.com —
The conventional wisdom in Washington and in most
of the rest of the world is that the...
roaring Chinese economy is going to pull the global economy out of recession and back into growth. It s China s turn, the theory goes, as American consumers who ...
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Is China headed toward collapse?
ourfuture.org - 17 days ago
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ourfuture.org —
Taking candy from a baby: A consortium of
Chinese and American companies goes to Washington and announces...
plans to build a $1.5 billion windmill farm in West Texas using $450 million in U.S. stimulus funds, which will create 2,330 jobs - 2,000 of them ...
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Hell No! We Won't Send Our Tax Dollars to China
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China to auction Olympics condoms
The New Editor —
From BBC News: (emphasis added)
When the Olympics hosted by Beijing ended, a collector snapped up the 5,000 condoms left over from the 100,000 distributed free to athletes.
The collection has now been put up for a one-off auction, with a starting price of one yuan ($0.15) each.
Each condom wrapper carries the motto of the Beijing Games - faster, higher, stronger - in English and Chinese.
Iran Arrests More Protesters, Olympic Memories, Muslim Mafia
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man —
... One of the proud Olympic tradition since 1992 has been the distribution of free condoms. A Chinese sports collector: "When the Olympics hosted by Beijing ended, a collector snapped up the 5,000 condoms left over from the 100,000 distributed free to athletes. Each condom wrapper carries the motto of the Beijing Games - faster, higher, stronger - in English and Chinese." I'm not sure if these are listed on ebay, I looked through a lot of collectibles, from Ralph Lauren warmup jackets to gold medals that were ...
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