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...These mass withdrawals pose a direct, albeit somewhat nebulous, threat to China's legitimate (but often poorly managed) lenders, which are burdened by bad loans to state enterprises and depend heavily on the deposits of ordinary Chinese to remain solvent. If the rest of the country follows Zhejiang's example, the deposit exodus could shake confidence in the entire system, sparking bank runs and a financial crisis. Arthur Kroeber, managing editor of the Beijing-based China Economic Quarterly, says the main reason the government increased interest rates last month by 0.27% for one-year loans and deposits?China's first...
...though the struggle for Tibetan independence from China will further diminish after the Dalai Lama's death. Exile and inaction never yield positive results. While it is true that peaceful methods of promoting the cause of Tibetan freedom should be adopted, what has the Dalai Lama done to direct those efforts? In today's world, substituting philosophy for action does not yield results. Zubair Khan Frankfurt
...forgive charismatic liars; and insincerity has long been a staple of every political process. The hatred towards Arafat can only be understood in the context of why he has “broken many hearts;” in this case a broken heart is not metaphorical, but the direct result of the armaments Arafat used to slaughter woman, children, and other innocents. Arafat deserves to be judged by the world on his record, not the mythical status he gained in the eyes of anti-imperialists worldwide and his own Palestinian people who choose to ignore the estimated $1 billion...
Three minutes before the half Wake Forest got another score, this time when junior Ariel Meyers laid out to direct Lauren Crandall’s shot off a penalty corner into the cage with the edge of her stick...
...lone goal of the game came during the ninth minute of play off of a direct kick, and was scored by the Quakers’ Charles Howard off an assist from Joshua Duyan. The Harvard loss also snapped a six-game losing streak for Penn...