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Beijing has ordered the country's banks to lend less to overheated sectors, including steel, cement and aluminum, and earlier this month dispatched inspection teams to seven provinces to ensure its dictates are heeded. Will it work? In Anhui, Hangxiao Steel recently increased its savings in case loans dry up...
Consider the story of Don Pacifico, with which every student of nineteenth-century Britain is undoubtedly familiar. Pacifico was a British citizen living in Greece. In 1847 a horde of Athenians burned down his home during an anti-Semitic riot. British foreign secretary Lord Palmerston eventutally responded with a naval...
Now, America today is obviously not the British Empire. But perhaps Foggy Bottom could begin acting in a slightly more Palmerstonian manner vis-à-vis those Americans unjustly detained abroad. Indeed, if Dr. Yang Jianli is still locked up when Chinese premier Wen Jiabao visits Washington next month, it...
Then earlier this year, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) learned that Iran was cheating on nukes. Since it signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1970, Iran is allowed to pursue peaceful nuclear development under the watchful eyes of the IAEA. But in August 2002 exiled dissidents revealed...
Once again, he gets the chance to perform for watchful eyes. He will lead an undefeated Harvard team this weekend that has outscored its opponents by an average of 23 points. And he couldn’t be happier about the opportunity.