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Al Gore AWOL as China's Pollution Devastates Planet

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:42:00 +0000

While Al Gore tries to earn his second billion dollars perpetuating the warmal colding grift in the U.S., China's prolific polluters have somehow escaped his scrutiny.Three months ago, a chemical plant in Hunan Liuyang was shut down after a "cadmium pollution" incident began killing off plant ...

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The Pit Bull in the China Shop

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:13:19 +0000

AT last the American right and left have one issue they unequivocally agree on: You don’t actually have to read Sarah Palin’s book to have an opinion about it. Last Sunday Liz Cheney praised “Going Rogue” as “well-written” on Fox News even though, by her own account, she had sampled only “parts” ...

The Atlantic Politics Channel found this 7 hours ago on nytimes.com

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World Out of Balance

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:13:00 +0000

International travel by world leaders is mainly about making symbolic gestures. Nobody expects President Obama to come back from China with major new agreements, on economic policy or anything else. But let’s hope that when the cameras aren’t rolling Mr. Obama and his hosts engage in some frank ...

Calculated Risk found this 6 days ago on nytimes.com

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Drop in the bucket

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:11 +0000

Holy hemophilia - another drop in the hemorrhage of leaks. " Afghan minister accused of taking bribe " screams a dog-bites-man headline. Who's doing the accusing? Why, it's none other than "a U.S. official who is familiar with military intelligence reports." The Afghan minister of mines ...

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Obama’s China Trip Announces a ‘World Without Leadership’: Financial Times Deutschland, Germany

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:51 +0000

Now that we’ve gotton some of the Chinese reaction to president Obama’s trip, it’s time to start sampling the reaction of the rest of the world. This article by the great Thomas Klau of Germany’s Financial Times Deutschland is not encouraging – and points ...

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Dalai Lama says Obama not soft on China (AP)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:11:21 +0000

AP - The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S. leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.

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How the Liberal Media Behaves With Abject Obsequiousness to Barack Obama

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:26:07 +0000

By James Fallows , who lived and worked in China and Japan for many years: “Barack Obama’s recent swing through Asia was a relative success, and certainly nothing like the disaster that most U.S. coverage implied.” And in a more recent post , Fallows says the press corps is ...

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US, China Climate Talks: Getting Warmer

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:18:46 +0000

World leaders may have failed to lay the necessary groundwork to sign a climate treaty in Copenhagen. But some good news did emerge from President's Obama's trip to China this week. Obama's meeting with Chinese president Hu Jintao on Tuesday provided a few hopeful clues that the world's two ...

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Text of Obama's interview with Reuters

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:38:13 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who leaves on Thursday for Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, gave Reuters an interview in the White House Oval Office on Monday. Here is the transcript: QUESTION: You've described China as a partner of opportunity, not necessity. Reuters and ...

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The Associated Press: US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:29 +0000

13 hours ago BEIJING Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues. Although producing no breakthroughs on key issues, Obama's first state ...

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Addiction to Growth is China’s ‘Berlin Wall’: Global Geographic Times, People’s Republic of China

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:48 +0000

T Can President Obama persuade China not to be so dependent on growth, particularly trade-dependent growth? Likening Beijing’s obsession with growth to a Chinese version of the ‘Berlin Wall,’ Feng Mengyun of China’s state-run Global Geographic Times expresses his ...

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The New Arms Race

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:25:09 +0000

Hobbled by opposition from the carbon incumbents and their short-sighted allies on Capitol Hill the Obama administration acknowledged this week that it would not return from Copenhagen with any groundbreaking commitment to control green house gases. Meanwhile, Congress is backsliding on the ...

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U.S. losing its lead in space, experts warn Congress

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:30 +0000

WASHINGTON — America's once clear dominance in space is eroding as other nations, including China, Iran and North Korea, step up their activities, a panel of experts told the House subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Thursday.

Think Progress found this 2 days ago on mcclatchydc.com

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Obama’s China Interview Mystery

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:51:02 +0000

Obama’s China Interview Mystery

Political Punch found this 2 days ago on blogs.wsj.com

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In China, Obama to Press for Tough Stance on Iran

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:46:49 +0000

In China, Obama to Press for Tough Stance on Iran

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U.S. and Beijing Disagree on Obama’s Chinese Name: Global Geographic Times, China

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32:41 +0000

According to this blog entry from the Web site of China’s Global Geographic Times , a U.S. Embassy request to the Beijing authorities that it use a new spelling of Obama’s Chinese name, has met with some suspicion among China’s Netizens. So what’s in a name, one ...

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Obama in Seoul: My Problem with Foreign News

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:49 +0000

I used to be the foreign editor of In These Times in Chicago. I didn’t particularly enjoy the job, because I have never been fascinated with the world outside of the United States. I am not sure whether I could find Honduras or Liberia on a map, and I have never mastered the ...

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Afghanistan's Insurgency Now Stronger Than Ever As Insurgents Use Children As Weapons

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

(CBS News) The war President-elect Barack Obama is inheriting in Afghanistan includes an insurgency that's stronger than ever. And it's creeping ever-closer to the Afghan capital. In a video obtained by CBS News, a U.S. convoy is attacked less than 20 miles from Kabul. "I think in Afghanistan, ...

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Wal-Mart in China

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:54:12 +0000

November 19, 2009 2:00p.m. Walmart Buys Chickens from China -do you Really want to Eat it? Chinese Chicken Tenders Sold at Walmart were traced back to China. Walmart buys 99 percent of its products from China and has become China’s distribution system into the American market. Wal-mart ...

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Who spews nonsense...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:51:00 +0000

"WASHINGTON -- What would the mainstream media's response be if former governor Sarah Palin described China's economic growth to an audience of students in Shanghai as "an accomplishment unparalleled in human history"? That is what the most inexperienced president in modern American history said ...

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