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...Avatar's now the No. 1 movie in Brazil, and Brazil has a lot of issues with the displacement of indigenous populations and deforestation. There's a tribe in India that is getting pushed off its sacred mountain for a bauxite mine. The film is hugely popular in China, and people there are getting displaced by the government to build dams. So people are relating to it from all these different perspectives. (See pictures of James Cameron's best special effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for James Cameron | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...Because of the hydropower projects on its side of the border, China frequently gets the blame for water shortages downstream. Indeed, Vietnam's neighbor has been on an aggressive campaign to damn the Mekong River, which begins on the Tibetan plateau and travels through five other countries before it empties into the South China Sea. According to the Mekong River Commission, a regional advisory agency, China has built or is planning to build eight dams along the Mekong. But while dams raise huge concerns about interfering with sediment flow and fish migration, they can also have a positive impact, says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vietnam Feels the Heat of a 100-Year Drought | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...said the company’s headquarters did not like some aspects of the way Google China operated. For example, Google China often selected business partners based on personal relationships, she said...

Author: By Sirui Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Expert Panel Discusses Censorship in China | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

When Google first announced that they might pull out of the country, the initial reaction of its employees was a skeptical one, Soo said, as the company was pouring a substantial amount of money into China and receiving noticeably smaller returns...

Author: By Sirui Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Expert Panel Discusses Censorship in China | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

...dangerous perspective, Romney argues, at a time when China's clout is growing, Russia is resurgent and the U.S. remains mired in a grinding war with Islamic extremists. "The truth is that we are at war with a formidable enemy and that nations like Russia and China are intent on neutralizing our military lead," Romney writes in support of maintaining healthy defense budgets. "We must pay a large price to maintain our freedoms, and if we do not pay enough in dollars, we may be forced to pay the price in blood." He also charges - somewhat incongruously - that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mitt Romney's No Apology | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

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