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US Foundations Boost Chinese Government, Not NGOs
Posted on 30 March 2012.
China’s government-controlled groups get lion’s share of US foundation grants, despite rhetoric supporting NGOsAnthony J. SpiresHONG KONG: Since the end of the Cold War, US-based foundations seeking to promote democracy and freedom through their grant-making have increasingly favored nongovernmental organizations and civil society. But perhaps nowhere is the contradiction between ...
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China Goes Linsane
Posted on 22 March 2012.
Jeremy Lin, the Taiwanese-American basketball player whose scoring dominated the news in the US, Taiwan and China, has become a star abroad. Social media outlets, such as Twitter and its Chinese equivalent Weibo, have been flooded with posts about Lin. Lin’s appeal comes from his mix of athletic and academic ...
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Hunger Pains Test North Korea’s Dynastic Succession
Posted on 06 February 2012.
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Hunger Pains Test North Korea’s Dynastic Succession
India trying to find ways to pay for Iran oil: RBI
Posted on 20 January 2012.
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor KC Chakrabarty on Friday said efforts were being made to explore ways to pay for oil imported from Iran, which has been subjected to international sanctions. Chakrabarty termed the issue as one arising purely out of international sanctions on Iran and not ...
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Bye-bye Cheap, Chinese Labor
Posted on 17 January 2012.
With implications both local and global, minimum wages and prices are on the rise in Guandong province, a region that’s been at the center of China’s manufacturing and economic rise. Government goals include moving beyond the low-end manufacturing that has long characterized Chinese industry and dealing with mounting inflation ...
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North Korea After Kim
Posted on 11 January 2012.
With the death of North Korea’s dictator, speculation focuses on transfer of power and the fate of the nation’s nuclear weapons program. Much depends on whether successor Kim Jong-un can earn respect from North Korea’s military leaders. Military expenditures are estimated to represent about 25 percent of the nation’s ...
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Globalization To Be Key for Survival of Small Businesses in S. Korea
Posted on 07 January 2012.
Korea’s government supports the growth of national small businesses through a new policy of ‘ecosystemic development.’ Small businesses account for 99 percent of total businesses in Korea, but their exports only amount to around 35 percent of total value. This policy encourages large businesses to share their growth with ...
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Unreality Check: From Kim to Kim in North Korea
Posted on 27 December 2011.
North Korea is among the poorest nations in the world, enduring government mismanagement that emphasizes military spending, which leads to repeat famines and manipulated relief efforts. With the announcement of Kim Jong Il’s death, North Koreans engaged in a massive display of rote grief, orchestrated, filmed and released to ...
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