lefarkins.blogspot.com - 5/24/2009
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Feng at ID highlights two new bits of data on China's aircraft carrier program. The first is that the Chinese have carried out significant work on the ex-Varyag, the Kuznetsov class carrier that they purchased several years ago and that has been the source of constant speculation on Chinese ...
ft.com - 5/18/2009
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ft.com —
Brazil and China will work towards using their
own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US...
dollar, according to Brazil’s central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president. The move follows recent Chinese challenges to ...
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FT.com / Americas - Brazil and China eye plan to axe dollar
guardian.co.uk - 5/19/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
• Negotiations began in final months of Bush
administration • Obama could seal accord on cutting emissions...
by autumn 阅读中文 | Read this in Chinese A high-powered group of senior Republicans and Democrats led two missions to China in the final months ...
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China and US held secret talks on climate change deal
theatlantic.com - 5/27/2009
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theatlantic.com —
The underground bomb North Korea detonated this weekend
was equivalent in strength to those dropped by the...
United States on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. In response, the U.S. and Japan will likely call for strong sanctions. They are, ...
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North Korea, the Next Iraq? - The Atlantic
(May 27, 2009)
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One Giant Leap For Chinese Naval Aviation
Matthew Yglesias —
... Robert Farley brings to my attention the news that the People’s Liberation Army Navy has reached an agreement with the government of Brazil to begin training PLAN pilots on board the Sao Paulo. This is big news. Difficult and expensive as it is to build and aircraft carrier, and the planes to fly on it, and the ships to protect it, it’s probably even more difficult to get personnel who are trained in the art of naval aviation: ...
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Brazil and China will work towards using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazil's central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president.
The move follows recent Chinese challenges to the ...
More on Varyag + news from Brazil
informationdissemination.blogspot.com 5/23/2009 — I've actually had these photos for a few days, but have been too busy to post them. They've been posted in other places already, but I thought I could offer some of my thoughts. Here are the photos (The final one is a rough blueprint of Varyag): ...
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