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...group finally broke through for a goal in the final frame. Sarah Wilson fed the puck to McLean in front of the net, and with Krakower on the doorstep distracting Huskies netminder Syd Arbelbide, McLean, with her back turned, flipped a backhand shot into...
...Sunni insurgents in Fallujah, al-Sadr sent them aid.) Americans worried during the Vietnam War that if we left, Hanoi would become a puppet of its wartime patron, Beijing. Instead, four years after the U.S. evacuated Saigon, Vietnam and China were at war. When American troops are on your doorstep, it's easy to make common cause. But when they leave, deep-seated rivalries often re-emerge. Our occupation of Iraq helps Iran pose as the patron of Iraqi nationalism. But once we leave, Iran will become less of a patron and more of a target. That's in Iraq...
...Party boss Deng Xiaoping began opening China to foreign investment, and Hong Kong manufacturers decamped to the mainland to take advantage of the vast supply of cheap workers. The trading firms stayed behind. In fact, as more work moved into China, locating a headquarters in Hong Kong, on the doorstep of southern China's industrial parks, became imperative. The trading firms quickly devised a new, cross-border manufacturing system. With poor technology and training, Chinese workers could complete basic product assembly but not the more complicated parts of a manufacturing process. So traders like the Fungs kept functions such...
...began opening China to foreign investment, and Hong Kong manufacturers decamped to the mainland to take advantage of the country's vast supply of cheap workers. The trading firms stayed behind. In fact, as more and more manufacturing moved into China, locating a headquarters in Hong Kong, on the doorstep of southern China's industrial parks, became imperative. William E. Connor & Associates, for example, was originally founded as a purchasing office for foreign companies in Japan but changed its headquarters to Hong Kong...
...said Iran was playing a "very negative" role in Iraq and thinks the U.S. is "tied down" by its mission in Iraq. Then, with none of the bluster of Rumsfeld but all the punch, Gates delivered an unmistakable message-the U.S. was, by shuffling military assets on Iran's doorstep, signaling that it has a "strong presence" because of its "long-term strategic interests" in the Gulf...