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German Chancellor Merkel Skipping Olympics

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Germany, Olympics, Sports, The World

Germany itself isn’t going to boycott the entire thing, but she won’t be showing up. And she’s not the only one… The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games’ opening ceremonies in August could encourage President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate Gordon Brown’s determination [...]

March 29th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Olympic Protest

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in China, Sports

The lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece was disrupted today by human rights protestors. We can only hope to see more peaceful demonstrations against China as the torch travels to Beijing. If the Chinese are going to use the games as an opportunity to present themselves as a global power, the rest of us [...]

March 24th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

2008Central.net’s Live Blog Of NPR Democratic Debate (December 4, 2007)

By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, China, Debates, Dodd, Economy, Edwards, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Iowa, Iran

[Re-published from 2008Central.net. We will update this post on Donklephant periodically, but for the latest check out the live blog at 2008Central.net] We’ll be live blogging the event. 2:07: Only 3 topics will be discussed during the debate: (1) Iran and the lessons of Iraq, (2) relations with China and how they affect us here [...]

December 4th, 2007 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

China Coal Industry Poster Boy

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Environment

This is after one day’s work in the mines. The guy is taking a bath to get all the soot off of his body. That’s just insane. And as Speigel Online reports: hina’s coal industry is the world’s most dangerous, as measured by the number of miners who are killed per year. In the first [...]

November 14th, 2007 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Would You Pay More?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 1000 Words, China, Economy, Money

Even though I believe in global markets, I would.

September 4th, 2007 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

More Problems With Chinese Goods

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Consumer Safety, Economy, The World, Video

This time its maggots in chocolate? Listen, it’s not like American made goods haven’t had problems, but China is really taking it on the chin lately and for good reason. Consumers are becoming increasingly more uncomfortable trusting their health to a country with seemingly such lax standards on what they export. From Reuters: Courtesy of [...]

September 3rd, 2007 | Permalink| No Comments »

500 Million Chinese Need Drinkable Water?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Environment

Have we made a deal with the devil? From NY Times: Environmental degradation is now so severe, with such stark domestic and international repercussions, that pollution poses not only a major long-term burden on the Chinese public but also an acute political challenge to the ruling Communist Party. And it is not clear that China [...]

August 26th, 2007 | Permalink| 24 Comments »
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