Tag: China (page 2)
Axis of Opposition
rEvolution inAction.
Posted to Politics on Fri Feb 16, 2007 at 08:29:13 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Yeah we heard of the Axis of Evil, well guess what.. it's really here.. if you subscribe to the 'US vs Them' mentality. India, China and Russia have started talks regarding cooperation on a number of different subjects ranging from trade (including oil) to foreign policy to terrorism. They've essentially agreed that they have no real disagreements.
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China in Africa: Path to Development or New Colonial Master?
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Fri Oct 27, 2006 at 06:34:07 AM EST. RSS.
Over the past few years African nations have increasingly been looking to the East for new sources of investment and development strategies. Years of failed IMF structural adjustments and a history of depressingly low growth rates have many Africans looking for a new way - but questions remain both about China's motives and whether its influence will offer more or less stability to Africa's future.
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Heating up the Korean Peninsula?
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Mon Oct 09, 2006 at 04:46:49 AM EST. RSS.
Nuclear non-proliferation suffered a dangerous blow today, as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka DPRK, aka North Korea) now claims to have successfully tested a nuclear weapon (NK's official announcement). First and foremost, this test proves that the North Koreans weren't bluffing about their capability. Perhaps more seriously, it also implies that the DPRK has enough plutonium to make multiple weapons, as a plutonium-poor country would be unlikely to waste material on a test.
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