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...during her tour of Asia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted the difficulty of pressing China on human rights violations in Tibet in the face of an economic crisis. In any case, it’s likely that China will do nothing at all for the Tibetans. Neither is Russia likely to curb its abuses in Chechnya...
...Recent deals with Brazil and China highlight Beijing's ability to use loans a means of securing energy supplies. In mid-February, Beijing negotiated a $10-billion loan to Brazil's state-owned oil company Perobras, as well as a $25-billion loan to Russia's state-run oil company Rosneft. Both companies' revenues have plummeted in recent months as crude oil prices fell by more than two-thirds. China offered large cash amounts in a tight credit market, but rather than require that the loans be serviced and repaid in cash, Brazil and Russia will repay the loans...
...first layer of diversification must come in the makeup of the tigers' export markets by strengthening and extending trade links beyond the U.S. and Europe. Policymakers in Taiwan aim to do this by stimulating trade with other emerging markets, such as Russia, Brazil, India and the Middle East. Commerce within the region also needs a boost. The tigers need to "open up trade among the markets here, and to develop local goods that are attractive to local markets," says Joe Zveglich, assistant chief economist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila...
...also be a contributing factor, with jobless locals taking out their frustrations on migrants. But Galina Kozhevnikova, deputy director of the Sova Center, which monitors racially motivated crimes, argues that the rise in unemployment has nothing to do with the death of 14 Central Asian migrant workers in Russia in January. "The number of deaths is lower than the same time last year," she points out. Instead, she says, the financial crisis "is just an excuse for neo-Nazi groups to kill immigrants." She points out that another wave of killings of Central Asian workers began well before the financial...
...What happens in the economy and what's happening as a result of that is affecting the stability of the world," Panetta said. "As an intelligence agency, we've got to pay attention to that because we have to know whether or not the economic impacts in China or Russia or any place else are influencing the policies of those countries when it comes to foreign affairs and when it comes to the issues that we care about...