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...Paris was only natural. France's stance toward China in recent weeks has been a combination of high visibility, high vulnerability and low clarity. Under Sarkozy, France has returned to being a high-profile international actor, a country which, as it happens, will hold the presidency of the European Union at the time of the Olympic Games. But with a large trade deficit with China, and with big projects hanging in the balance, can France in 2008 really take the risk of offending China? Beijing is convinced that Paris would rather lose face than lose contracts...
...pointed to the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union as an example of how the components of the sunshine policy have been implemented in other parts of the world...
...While this may seem beneficial for the European Union (EU), such a strong euro is not in the region’s best interest. Just as high prices may lead a backpacker to choose to venture elsewhere this summer, airlines considering Airbus planes and bankers wondering about BMW coupes and Château Lafite Rothschild wines may think twice before purchasing. In fact, Airbus’s parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company announced this week its flagship plane, the A380, will cost five million dollars more starting next month, for it has always been quoted in American...
...Warner's wife prodded him to read Obama's book The Audacity of Hope. Soon he was logging onto www.barackobama.com and creating a Facebook-like page, hoping to connect with nearby Obamanistas. There were few, so he set up a site on the campaign's homepage for local union workers, and another one for any South Bend resident...
...policy of "quiet diplomacy," refusing to apply visible pressure on Mugabe. Still, Mbeki's political marginalization within his own party, which made him a lame duck when it chose his arch-rival Jacob Zuma as ANC president last December, has emboldened critics of his Zimbabwe policy. Trade union members in the South African port of Durban refused to offload a Chinese ship carrying armaments for the Zimbabwean government. The vessel, having also been denied entry to Mozambique and Tanzania, had to leave the port and may be recalled to China, according to news agencies. And Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa...