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Chinese States of America?
We all know about the Chinese buying up American Treasury bonds, and investing in a limited number of large companies, such as Morgan Stanley and Blackstone.
Now, the Chinese government investment funds are buying up minor stakes in several companies including Coke, Apple, Visa, Goodyear and others.
How much longer till the Chinese own us outright, eh?
Plague + Swine Flu Scourge the Chinese
In addition to the swine flu that’s still causing concern for health officials in China, we now have another unpleasant addition to the scene - plague:
Thousands of people have been placed in quarantine in north-western China after a man died of pneumonic plague.
Chinese authorities say the man who died was a 32-year-old herdsman from a sparsely populated area mostly inhabited by Tibetans.
Most of the other 11 people infected with the disease are relatives of the dead man.
This is the first case of plague that comes to mind since the ‘94 outbreak in western India.
This episode also points to the terrible health and sanitation conditions in western China, especially in Tibetan and Uyghur areas.
China Admits to Uyghur Killings
4:16 pm, July 18th, 2009 on China
China has finally admitted that its security forces did indeed kill rioters, including Uyghurs, in the recent clashes in western China:
The rioters, the criminals, continued to act in an extremely vicious manner, insisted on having their way, and continued to threaten the lives of others…
It was at this point that our public security forces and military police decisively fired. They shot dead 12 rioters. Of them, three died on site, and nine died as people tried to save them.
An admission of fault by the Chinese authorities calls for a toast!
Still No Free Xinjiang Campaign?
6:50 pm, July 7th, 2009 on China
Free Tibet! Free Tibet! Free Tibet! I am tired of hearing it. Why is Tibet more special than Xinjian?
Rioting’s still going in Urumqi and elsewhere in that Western China region.
Free Xinjiang! Let’s see this bumper sticker on your Subarus.
The Hypocrisy of the Free Tibet Crowd vis-a-vis Xinjiang
6:07 pm, July 6th, 2009 on China, Human Rights
Historically, Sinkiang has been at war with the Eastern Chinese. They have identified more with Central Asia than with its current occupier.
The region first supported the Turks, then the Mongols against the Chinese. During the civil war, a separate independent entity existed that was opposed to both the Communists and Nationalists. China didn’t really bring the region under its control until after 1949. Even then, there was more support for Soviet Union than for China. East Turkestan; not Western China. Read on »
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WSJ- Swiss Data Theft Hits HSBC Clients 5: 17 am, March 11, 2010HSBC's Swiss private bank issued a public apology to its clients for the theft of 15,000 sets of client data, allegedly by a former employee who had access to client names. […]
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- BMW's 2009 Profit Slides 36% 5: 04 am, March 11, 2010BMW reported a 36% slump in 2009 net profit in a year that saw a steep downturn for luxury car makers, but said it is cautiously optimistic for 2010. […]
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- IATA Slashes Airline-Loss Forecast 4: 16 am, March 11, 2010The International Air Transport Association said it expects the airline industry to incur a $2.8 billion loss in 2010, half the $5.6 billion previously expected. […]
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- China Data Show Moderating Stimulus 2: 50 am, March 11, 2010The rapid growth in China's bank lending and investment spending slowed in February, official data show, a sign that the government's gradual withdrawal of stimulus policies is starting to have an effect. […]
- Swiss Data Theft Hits HSBC Clients 5: 17 am, March 11, 2010
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- Live text - England v Germany 5: 11 am, March 11, 2010England's men take on Germany in the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup, having reached the last four for the first time since 1986. […]
- Five fallen soldiers back in UK 5: 09 am, March 11, 2010The bodies of five British serviceman killed in Afghanistan last week are flown back to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. […]
- Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars' 5: 07 am, March 11, 2010Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad. […]
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- Pakistan kidnap boy not released 4: 38 am, March 11, 2010The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released. […]
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