Blood on the Trackpads
Monologist Mike Daisey takes on Apple and challenges audiences to exercise their consumer power to effect change.
After Osama: China?
In the war between the United States and al-Qaeda, the big winner is: China.
Chinese Take-Over of South America?
China and the United States are going head to head in Latin America, but the United States still has the edge.
For $700 Million Mugabe Lets China Write Its Own Rules
For $700 million, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is making China to be the exception to his new edict.
Imagine Disarmament and Nonproliferation Talks That Reward the State With More Nukes
Imagine disarmament and nonproliferation talks in which states with more nuclear weapons make other states pay a price for having fewer.
Is the Libya Intervention Directed at China?
It may be a symptom of a perceived need on the part of the U.S. to keep control of energy from China.
Libya: Where Are the BRICs?
Brazil, Russia, India, and China did not support the UN resolution on the use of force against the Libyan government. What does this mean for the new world order?
China’s Wise Wheat Reserves
The idea of storing surplus grain in good times to guard against famine dates back at least as far as the Old Testament.
Joe Sixpackus
The middle-class became extinct after that merger between corporate America and Communist China.
True Reason for China’s Appeal to American Industry Even More Shameful Than Low Wages
The corporate media is only too happy to perpetuate myths about U.S.-China relations.
Food Security and National Security
The rest of the world should learn from China’s approach to managing its wheat supplies.
Beijing and Washington: Things That Go Bang
The United States and China should not let their generals dictate the terms of the relationship.
As Egypt Protesters Look to U.S. in Vain, Remembering Another Lost Opportunity
U.S. support for dictators is nothing new, of course.
WikiLeaks XXXIV: Hu a “Cautious, Vacillating Leader” (Who Does That Sound Like?)
Chinese premier Hu Jintao may not be as powerful as the world thinks.
Secret SOTU
Here’s a glimpse into what the president is thinking while he’s delivering the State of the Union address.