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...kidnap for ransom and even, astonishingly, petrol. The bulk of the bribes received by convicted customs chief Zhao came from smuggling gasoline. The racket worked like this: a tanker anchors in international waters and waits for motor launches to gather round. An auction follows, and the buyers smuggle the fuel to shore in barrels to sell to the nearest state-run station, no import duty paid. "The whole of southern China is running on smuggled gas," says Zheng. "And half the time, the government is controlling...
...Beijing will soon release a film, two TV mini-series, a full-length opera and countless books and articles about the historical conquest of Taiwan, all to fuel a sense of nationalistic indignation in its citizens. They focus mostly on events that occurred three centuries ago, when China dispatched a flotilla to grab Taiwan back from foreign (Dutch) hands. The Chinese have a term for such use of history: "shooting from shadows...
Even if the U.S. were to decide to go all-out in the war on drugs, it is unlikely that it would be able to get much traction: the countryside is rough, stuffed with guerrilla fighters and lacking the fuel depots, airfields and roads that a modern army needs. Giving Colombia five times the resources would not make the cleanup go five times as fast. It would be like giving your five-year-old a Sun workstation to do her math homework. And no one in Washington wants U.S. soldiers drawn into a long jungle battle. A State Department website...
Leahy counters that "unless Boeing has discovered some new law of physics, this plane will consume more fuel, be heavier and have higher operating costs." But Boeing has a head start. It plans to use the powerful engines it developed for the popular 777. "Boeing already has a track record on the propulsion plan," says analyst Pietro. "The tough part will be the aerodynamics. If Boeing gets that right, it will probably be able to hold the trip costs constant...
...told TIME. His group meets in secret - much to the chagrin of Democrats, who were attacked by the opposition when Hillary Clinton's infamous health-care task force operated behind closed doors. Hillary tried in vain to sort the winners from the losers in health care. In the Fossil Fuel Club, everyone's a winner...