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...far as Harvard is concerned, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is irrelevant because it is the law of the land and was passed by a Democratic government,” Mawn said...
...India, there is already a widespread wariness in the media and in the public domain of China's designs for the region. Is there a similar nationalist feeling in China, which in many ways is far more developed and capable than India? Yes, you can clearly see that Beijing officials are increasingly worried about India's ambitions. If you look at the writings of Chinese experts, they refer to Indian military posturing in the Indian Ocean and also to military partnerships India is developing with several countries in Southeast Asia and East Africa. In the public realm, Chinese Netizens' views...
...price of doing business - it's what the Chinese government required - and most have been willing to pay it. But Google's rebellion, which includes openly soliciting the U.S. government's support in the fight for Internet freedom in China, has revealed a basic truth that was never far from the surface: big companies in China are welcome as long as they serve the interests of the ruling party. Google, obviously and loudly, has failed that test - and has been lambasted by Beijing for, as the State Council put it, "politicizing" commercial issues. (See pictures of China...
...rides on that being true, and a key test is upcoming. In mid-April, Geithner has to decide whether to formally brand China a currency manipulator, something the U.S. has thus far refrained from doing. If he does, Beijing will be furious. And if he doesn't, the U.S. Congress, already threatening new tariffs against Chinese imports, will be furious. One hopeful sign: a U.S. Treasury team was recently in Beijing, no doubt talking about exactly this subject. Politics is rearing its head on both sides of the Pacific these days. And it may take an optimist on the scale...
...Gertrude Auguste, 31, with a kiss on her cheek. Auguste says they asked her about her living conditions in her impoverished camp at Champ de Mars, where an estimated 60,000 homeless earthquake survivors have settled. "We would like to move out of here, but not to someplace too far away. We want to be close enough to the center of the city," Auguste says...