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...China and the World Stage John Lee's clear reminder of China's vastly different historical perspective versus that of the U.S. is a point not made often enough [March 8]. Where the U.S. sees a four-year electoral cycle, China is still making decisions with generations in mind. Lee misses one key factor, though, regarding China's seemingly silent role on the world stage: rather than seeing it as beneath them, China's leaders have avoided interfering in other countries' affairs for the simple reason that they don't want anyone having reason to interfere with their...
...Europe Europe is hardly shrinking. The European project is far from perfect and the E.U. currently faces many challenges, from bolstering the euro, to creating a stronger presence in the international political arena. But I take issue with the article's premise that Europe is absent from the world stage - rather alarmingly illustrated by your cover page illustration...
...Following on the heels of his purchase of London's Evening Standard last year, the announcement of the Independent deal Thursday, March 25, confirms that Lebedev is indeed building a budding media empire in London. But at this stage, his plans are still something of a mystery to rivals and commentators alike. The Independent's position is so weak that carrying on with its existing strategy - offering an internationalist, liberal alternative to the right-leaning Telegraph and the more centrist Times of London - would be commercial suicide. The already small readership of the Independent is declining faster than that...
...latest program of foreclosure prevention is just another way to delay rather than solve the problem. "My head is spinning," says Barron. "They keep exacerbating the problem. All this government interference is simply prolonging the inevitable." Barron says the housing market needs to correct on its own at this stage - "and the sooner it's allowed to do so, the sooner we can get on to a real recovery...
...much concerned with disrupting family planning - if it were, it might consider astronaut applications from women who are certain they do not want children or broaden the prerequisite to include spacemen - but with the image of the women it recruits to represent it on the galactic stage. In China, being a married mother is, arguably, as much a mark of excellence as sweet-smelling breath or a cavity-free dental X-ray. "Chinese culture defines women by their maternity," says Cai Yiping, executive director of the women's-rights NGO Isis International. "The perfect woman should be married with...