‘China’ Archives
SYTYCD’s Murphy survivor of Rihanna like Beat Down.
CNN - TV dance judge Mary Murphy said singer Chris Brown's attack on his girlfriend, Rihanna, prompted her to talk publicly about spousal abuse that she says she suffered first as a teenage bride three decades ago. Murphy -- the vivacious judge on Fox TV's "So You Think You Can Dance" -- told CNN's Larry King that she wants other victims to [...]
News Alert! Bill Clinton picks up two Asian chicks!
MSNBC - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pardoned two jailed American journalists and ordered their release following an unannounced meeting with former President Bill Clinton, the North's state media said Wednesday. The release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee was a sign of North Korea's "humanitarian and peace-loving policy," the Korean Central [...]
Little Kim and his Dong Rocket might not be so Poo-Owerful as once thought. U.S. can feel less worried this 4th, Little Kim still roney.
The Bulletin - North Korea tested a launch vehicle called the Unha-2 from its Musudan-ri launch site in North Hamgyong province on April 5 local time (April 4, 10:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time). Using information that has become available since the test and information from previous tests, we have conducted a technical analysis that leads to a [...]
Scenes from the recession.
Boston.com - The state of our global economy: foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies, layoffs, abandoned projects, and the people and industries caught in the middle. It can be difficult to capture financial pressures in photographs, but here a few recent glimpses into some of the places and lives affected by what some are calling the "Great [...]
China angry at Britain for “stealing” artifacts 150 years ago; takes number, waits behind Greece, Italy, Egypt
BBC News - The strong statement said China did not recognize the 31m euro (£28m, $39m) sale of the bronze rat and rabbit. It also ordered tighter checks on artifacts that Christie's auction house takes into or out of China. The bronzes were sold as part of the estate of late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Source
“..We hate you guys but there is nothing much we can do.”
FT.com - China will continue to buy US Treasury bonds even though it knows the dollar will depreciate because such investments remain its “only option” in a perilous world, a senior Chinese banking regulator said on Wednesday. China has used the dollars it accumulates selling manufactured goods to US consumers to accumulate the [...]
44th President Inauguration Barack Obama
Approximately 2 million watched Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration on Monday, January 20th. The record crowd crammed into the National Mall composed of the Capitol, White House and Lincoln Memorial. Obama spoke of the resiliency of Americans and the United States of America as it deals with tough economic times, high unemployment rates [...]
China warns that a declining economy may result in lower quality of their food and drugs. Lead covered toys anyone?
Chinese officials warned that Chinese food and drug makers my cut corners and ignore quality standards in a declining economy. China has been rocked by a number of scandals in recent years involving unsafe food and drugs which have sometimes killed people and prompted global recalls of Chinese-made goods. At least six children last year died [...]
