China Censors Parts Of Obama's Speech
huffingtonpost.com 1/22/2009 — BEIJING — The official Chinese translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech omitted his references to communism and dissent, and a live broadcast on state television Wednesday quickly cut away to the anchor when sensitive topics ...

China - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 2/6/2009 — 2008 Summer Olympics The Asia Society Caijing Magazine Business news China.org News search engine China Daily Official English-language newspaper China Development Brief Non-governmental organizations China Digital Times University of California at ...

Rebecca MacKinnon: Dear President Obama: in Talking to China, Remember its People
huffingtonpost.com 1/28/2009 — Dear President Obama, Welcome to U.S.-China relations! You didn't even mention China in your inaugural address, but the Chinese censors still took it personally. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's remarks in his confirmation hearing about currency ...

When you owe the bank $30,000...
scsuscholars.com 2/15/2009 — I was talking with Ed Morrissey before his show today -- which, by the way, was screamingly funny and good so go listen -- and he was telling me about a post he did about a Chinese official who said that China is pwn3d by the U.S. treasury . Luo Ping, ...

Journalism with "Newsweek" Characteristics
weeklystandard.com 1/12/2009 — Does the PRC advertise in Newsweek ? Because this piece by Rana Foroohar sure reads like a retread from the Xinhua news service. The article is titled "China's Economy Stays out of the Red," and it includes phrases like "China is governed by a ...

China's Dubious "Miracle"
city-journal.org 3/15/2009 — Behind the statistics of economic prosperity, a nation divided and tormented.

China Tests Obama
pajamasmedia.com 3/17/2009 — The problem is not that we don’t talk to the Chinese enough or that we misunderstand them. It is that they are hostile.

Your Doing it Wrong...
mudvillegazette.com 2/18/2009 — ... When even Russia tells you so "We must not revert to isolationism and unrestrained economic egotism... Excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state's omnipotence is another possible mistake. True, the state's increased role in times of crisis is a natural ...

More on the Incident in the South China Sea
outsidethebeltway.com 3/10/2009 — There have been further developments in the incident that took place in the South China Sea I posted on yesterday. China and the U. S. have filed conflicting complaints over the matter: BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that a U.S. Navy ship ...

ECONOMY: China Warns Against Protectionism
ipsnews.net 2/18/2009 — China Warns Against Protectionism By Antoaneta Bezlova BEIJING, Feb 2 (IPS) - China is worried that the lingering financial crisis could unleash a spiral of protectionist policies across the globe, which could further dent its trade-dependent ...

Geithner: China Manipulates Yuan — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/22/2009
Geithner told members of Congress that he backs Treasury's longstanding commitment to a strong U.S. dollar, and said the Obama administration believes China manipulates the value of its currency. (Q&A;)

Obama names envoys for Mideast, Afghanistan — Reuters: Politics 1/22/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a flurry of diplomatic activity in his first week in office, President Barack Obama named special envoys for two of the world's hot spots: the Middle East and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Obama issues appeal to Israel, Hamas (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/22/2009
AP - President Barack Obama is calling on Israel and Hamas to take steps aimed at ensuring that the cease-fire that's in place in Gaza will endure.

U.S. Stance On the Yuan Gets Tougher — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/23/2009
Geithner accused China of "manipulating" its currency, a sharp rhetorical break from the Bush administration's approach to Beijing's controversial exchange-rate policy.

Analysis: For Cuba and US, making up is hard to do (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/22/2009
AP - Raul Castro says Barack Obama seems like a good guy, and his brother Fidel says he's certain of Obama's honesty. The new U.S. president wants to sit down and negotiate, and is in a better position to do so than any other since Eisenhower.