French Rivals Clash Over Beijing Olympic Boycott

Interesting, so Darfur is becoming a campaign issue now:

April 27, 2007 (PARIS) — French right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday attacked as “absurd” a call by his Socialist rival Segolene Royal for a boycott of the 2008 Olympics to force China to back international action in Darfur.
“It is absurd. What do we want, for China to […]

Darfur: Something Effective Is Being Cooked Up

I guess Sudan accepting UN troops is old news by now. Don’t get too excited though. I am still skeptical but not as much as I used to be when similar news were announced in the past. I’m only slightly skeptical this time. Maybe this slight skepticism exists in me due to fear… the fear […]

Sudan, China, America & the CIA: What the Hell Is Going On?

My head really hurts! Something is fishy here and I’m trying hard to make sense of what’s happening with:
1) China’s move which contradicts Hu Jintao’s visit to Sudan.
2) America’s plan B (and its latest coercive efforts against Sudan) which contradict the news of the CIA building its largest center for east Africa in Sudan and […]

Finnpundit On American-Chinese Economics

Finnpundit made a great replying comment on this post, that I think deserves to be given more attention. I found it very interesting and different in terms of the everyday perspective I’m exposed to. Here it is:
Regarding China and economy. It isn’t outsourcing that’s the risk, but rather Chinese toys. If the firm is Chinese, […]

Is America In Trouble?

I do believe so. The Iraq war isn’t going well. In fact the War or Terror as a whole isn’t going well if you judge by news reports on Afghanistan, Iraq and al-Qaeda regrouping. Yes, America has certainly won the war against Iraq but it hasn’t won the peace (yet). Furthermore we all already know […]

China Changing Stance?

This could be an indication:

March 2, 2007 (Beijing) — China has left Iran, Sudan, and Nigeria off its latest list of resource-rich countries for which it will provide financial incentives to Chinese companies to invest in, the Financial Times reported.
The Chinese National Development and Reform Commission, the chief economic planning agency that also oversees energy […]

China the Rising Super Power: “Star Wars” Has Begun

The following is Via Freedom’s Zone:
Scary!
China has shown it can destroy a satellite in orbit. What could the U.S. do to stop Beijing, if it decided to attack an American orbiter next? Short answer: nothing. - Defense Tech
China has just fired the opening salvo of what is certainly to become a “Starwars” race that will […]

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