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The third reason for the shift is that China desperately wants the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to go smoothly. That means everyone must come and the hosts must be in control. Threats of boycotts or demonstrations worry China enough to risk a little interference in Sudan. It is all...
It would be wrong to take this to mean that China has fallen into line and adopted Western positions on Africa. China would like to position itself as the mediator between an aggressive, imperialist West and a recalcitrant but misunderstood Sudan government. In the U.N. Security Council, Beijing secured the...
Mr. Feng, meet Senator Schumer. A few days before, when I accosted Schumer outside a Senate committee room after a 20-to-1 vote for the currency bill, he argued that politicizing the issue was the only way to bring change. "I believe the reason the yuan has appreciated 8...
But being the Prius of plastic bags has its pitfalls. After the stampede in Taipei, sales of the Hindmarch bag were canceled in Beijing, Jakarta, Shanghai and Singapore. And to add irony to injury, some of the I'm Not a Plastic Bag totes sold after the near riot in...
On July 23, Beijing made its boldest investment play yet. The China Development Bank (CDB), a huge, state-owned institution that until recently has focused on making large, subsidized loans for infrastructure projects, typically in the country's poorest regions, is plunging into the middle of a takeover fight for...