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...Charge? The E.U.'s Multiheaded Leadership...
Call it the Ka-Ching dynasty. After decades of relying on exports and investment, China's leadership is targeting domestic consumption as the most enduring driver of economic growth. Not only are there more Chinese with money to spend, the still fragile state of the global economy makes self-reliance an imperative. "As we stand at a new historical juncture, we must change the old way of inefficient growth and transform the current development model," Vice Premier Li Keqiang, the likely successor to Premier Wen Jiabao, declared at Davos in January...
...problem. It is now possible for victims to seek medical treatment without having to report the crime to police or their chain of command. More field hospitals have trained nurse practitioners to treat the victims; more bases have rape kits. "More than ever," Sanchez says, "I believe that our leadership at the very top is beginning to realize that they need to be proactive...
...question, though, is whether Pope Benedict XVI is poised to deal with it for them - perhaps by taking over the Legion and installing new leadership from outside the order. A number of U.S. bishops already bar the Legion from operating in their dioceses. This month Benedict is expected to receive the first report of a five-bishop team he sent out last year to investigate the Legion around the world. Sources familiar with the probe say it's meant in part to determine if others in the order have committed sexual abuse and whether the order's current leadership...
...Improving ties with Taiwan have also lessened some of the military tension along China's periphery. Beijing considers the self-ruled island a breakaway province that should ultimately be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary. A more China-friendly leadership in Taipei has helped eased some of the fear of armed conflict. But the region still has the potential to be a flash point. Taiwan says China has some 1,500 missiles stationed along the Taiwan Strait. And a decision by U.S. President Obama in January to approve the sale of more than $6 billion in military equipment...