Posts Tagged ‘China’
David Cameron taking a more stand-offish approach to the U.S.
China Daily | Xinhua | 21 July 2010 British 'more cautious in special relationship' with US LONDON - With new British Prime Minister David Cameron making his first trip to Washington for bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama, the director of one of Britain's leading think-tanks has highlighted the more cautious nature of the [...]
Pakistani JF-17 Thunder fighters to be on sale at Farnborough
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 Pakistan to offer JF-17 Thunder fighters at Farnborough Air Show NEW DELHI -- Islamabad will put its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft on sale at the Farnborough Air Show near London, a Pakistani TV channel said on Monday. According to a senior source, Turkey and a range of Middle East and African states are [...]
Unmanned Drones: Targeted Killing or Collateral Murder?
Antiwar | By by Thalif Deen | 30 June 2010 When a Pakistani-U.S. national pleaded guilty last week to a failed attempt to detonate explosives packed in a vehicle in the heart of New York City, he admitted that one of the reasons he targeted the busy Times Square neighborhood was to “injure and kill” as many people as [...]
Dire need to counter RAW’s terrorism
By Asif Haroon Raja It is now an established fact that no South Asian state has ever indulged in covert operations or cross border terrorism against its neighbors. The only culprit is India which resorts to this evil practice against all its neighbors, be it Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Nepal , Maldives , Bhutan , China and Myanmar. [...]
Kyrgyzstan unrest timed to coincide with SCO summit
RIA Novosti | By Sanobar Shermatova | 15 June 2010 In Kyrgyzstan, there are two versions of what caused the tragic events of June 10 and 11 in the city of Osh. According to the first version, spontaneous fighting between young Kyrgyz and Uzbeks evolved into a larger conflict in which stores and cars have been set on fire and a large [...]
The Obama Doctrine, Revisited
The American Prospect | By Spencer Ackerman | 7 April 2010 The administration's effort to transform American foreign policy has been much more successful abroad than it has been at home. Several weeks before President Barack Obama announced an escalation of the Afghanistan War at West Point, a group of journalists and think-tankers met [...]
China Shifting from U.S. Treasuries to Gold
Pravda.ru | 25 February 2010 China To Purchase Half of IMF's Gold China has confirmed the intention to purchase 191.3 tons of gold from the International Monetary Fund at an open auction, Finmarket news agency said. World central banks started to increase their gold reserves after prices on gold began to climb in 2001. The IMF sells gold [...]
A Serbian View of Kosovo
Antiwar | By Nebojsa Malic | 20 February 2010 The State That’s Still A Lie: 'Independent' Kosovo Turns 2 Two years have passed since the Albanian provisional government in the occupied Serbian province of Kosovo declared independence, and was quickly recognized by the Empire and its clients. The powers that have invoked the specter of [...]
Japan Overtakes China as Top Foreign Financier of U.S. Wars
China Daily | By Li Jing | 18 February 2010 China's holdings of US Treasury debt slashed China sold $34b in bonds in Dec; Japan becomes biggest foreign holder China drastically slashed its holdings of United States government debt last December, allowing Japan to retake its place as the largest foreign holder of US Treasury bonds. China [...]
Russia and Germany Ambush Iran for Lack of Confidence in Nuclear Program
Pravda.ru | 7 February 2010 The mysterious and controversial nuclear program of Iran, with ups and downs, agreements and disagreements, followed by confirming statements and denying others, has put the issue under the cloak of suspicion. The West believes that the purpose of Iran's nuclear program is not civil or peaceful, as they say, but by [...]
