1 Points

Obama Needs To Rebuild Relationship with China (news.newamericamedia.org)

The Obama Administration will no doubt confront many daunting and pressing challenges but by immediately rebuilding the bi-lateral relations with China based on mutual respect and shared interests,... More

Tags: obama administration,china,challenges,relations,policy changes

Submitted 1 day ago by Rupa | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Is the Latest Eco-Term Just Corporate Hype? (www.alternet.org)

In early 2008, the Coca-Cola Company began making public claims that it would become "the most efficient company in the world in terms of water use in the beverage industry." Central to the company's... More

Tags: tmc,alternet,cocacola,corporations,economics,china,water,businesses,water use,water neutral,environment,sustainability

Submitted 1 day ago by robertharding on Economy | 0 Comments |

2 Points

The Fall of Triumphalism (www.thenation.com)

In a remarkable evocation of the strategic environment of 2025, the National Intelligence Council (NIC), a government intelligence service, portrays a world in which the United States wields... More

Tags: tmc,the nation,foreign policy,iraq,iraq war,united states,china,presidentelect barack obama,middle east

Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on Iraq | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Myanmar Monk Congratulates Cuba Blogger Yoani Sánchez (www.ashinmettacara.org)

Tags: burma,myanmar,cuba,china,bloggers

Submitted 4 days ago by achitkyithu on Burma | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Almost Jules Verne: U.S. study envisions the future (www.mcclatchydc.com)

The risks of a nuclear weapon being used and wars being fought over dwindling resources will grow during the next 20 years as diminishing U.S. power, a shift of wealth from West to East, the rise of... More

Tags: united states,india,china,climate change,nuclear weapons,us intelligence,wealth,economics,western hemisphere,eastern hemisphere,international system

Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Erasing Taiwan, My Birth Country (news.newamericamedia.org)

When Beijing's chief cross-strait negotiator Chen Yunlin met with Taiwan President Ma Ying-Jeou, the news portrayed their brief exchange as a great symbol of change. They opened talks about direct... More

Tags: taiwan,immigration,tmc,china

Submitted 14 days ago by cdoherty on Immigration | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Anticlimax (www.hcn.org)

Over the past couple years, it’s looked like the region would see a resurgence in hardrock mining, thanks in large part to China’s booming economy. As recently as late summer, copper prices were... More

Tags: copper,tmc,china,hardrock mining,metals,economy

Submitted 21 days ago by cdoherty on Green | 0 Comments |

1 Points

More candidates for Obama's cabinet speculated_English_Xinhua (news.xinhuanet.com)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elected Barack Obama is contemplating on more candidates for his cabinet as he started transitional preparation for inauguration on Friday. Citing... More

Tags: china,obama,cabinet,dodd

Submitted 26 days ago by SpencerKent on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Chinese advice for the next U.S. president (www.salon.com)

Hu Shuli, the editor of Caijing, China's premier business and finance magazine, has some advice for "the next U.S. president." Hu, who has been variously described as "feisty," "crusading" and "the... More

Tags: tmc,salon,how the world works,china,economy,us,global economy

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on Economy | 0 Comments |

4 Points

China Emissions Forecast To Double (www.motherjones.com)

China's greenhouse gas pollution could double or more in two decades. This according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in a report breaking with official reticence on the subject, reports Reuters.... More

Tags: tmc,mother jones,china,greenhouse gases,emissions

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on Sustain | 0 Comments |