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...sees it differently. In leading one-fifth of the world's population toward greater prosperity, China is creating its own paradigm that borrows freely, but stands apart, from the East Asian model of development, let alone Western approaches. Therefore, foreign criticisms about poor progress in economic and political reforms do not apply. Moreover, Pax Americana in Asia has been an aberration in existence for only six decades. In contrast, in Beijing's view, the return of the Chinese civilization-state simply restores Asia's natural order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perception Gap | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

This sleuthing is no small feat in a country where an estimated 1.5 million survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake no longer have homes, let alone official records like birth certificates. But St. Louis is volunteering for the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF), which, along with other aid groups, is working to register as many kids as possible who were orphaned or separated from their parents during the disaster, and then trying to reconnect them with their families. So far, UNICEF says, it has registered close to 200 children, and it expects to have thousands logged by year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Haiti, Aid Workers Help Orphans Find Relatives | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

This community backing may have factored into the offer Yvolene's temporary caregiver made in late February to let the girl live with her on a permanent basis if UNICEF can't locate a legal relative. That would be good news to any aid worker. But to St. Louis, who herself became homeless after the quake, the relief is all the sweeter, she says, knowing that "I've saved a child from a life on the streets." -With reporting by Jason Tedjasukmana / Jakarta, Indonesia

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Haiti, Aid Workers Help Orphans Find Relatives | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...It’s] a mistake to come out and wait for the council to take action,” Morr-Wineman said. “We need a public ground swell to make something happen. On the other hand we can’t let the city off the hook...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock and Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Climate Congress Has Three New Proposals | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...Casey switched onto Rosen immediately and forced the lefty sniper to give the ball up to center Mike Howlett on the perimeter with three seconds left. Howlett took two dribbles toward the basket, then let fly a fadeaway jumper from the left elbow that clanged off the back iron...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Survives For Season Sweep of Penn | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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