China invades Perth, Australia

Posted by Matt in February 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Australia, China, 1 Billion, Average Income, Boom, China, Cranes, Highways, Indoor Entertainment, Iron Ore, Median Price, Mineral Wealth, Natural Gas, New Construction, Perth Australia, Skyline, Skyscrapers, Sports, Unemployment Rate, Western Australia

No city better illustrates the China boom than Perth, the capital of Western Australia, a state five times as big as Texas that holds the bulk of Australia’s mineral wealth. The state’s average income has jumped $10,000 in five years to more than $70,000, thanks to China’s purchases of iron ore, natural gas and other [...]

Goli Ameri: Europe’s Trade with Iran’s Butchers – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in January 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Iran, 1 Billion, Ameri Trade, Business Partner, Butchers, China Japan, Dual Use, Economic Ties, European Imports, Germany France, Goli Ameri, Imports And Exports, Islamic Republic, Nuclear Negotiations, Protesters, South-Korea, tehran, Telecommunications Equipment, Trade Partner, Transport Equipment, Wsj

The European Union could be the key to unlocking democracy in Tehran by cutting its significant economic ties with the Islamic Republic.
Who is Iran’s main business partner? In 2008 the EU was—in its own words—the “first trade partner of Iran,” with imports and exports totalling €25.4 billion ($36.4 billion) followed by China, Japan, and South [...]

Avian flu in southern China

Posted by Matt in July 3rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Disease, 1 Billion, Avian Flu, Avian Influenza, Booths, Caution, Chickens, Flu, Hk, Hong Kong, Influenza, Locals, Misery, Southern China, Suspicions

The government’s caution arouses suspicions about what it knows
ALMOST as long as it has had people, Hong Kong has had booths selling squawking live chickens. They are treasured by locals who spurn frozen meat, finding it tasteless. But after the latest in a series of outbreaks of avian influenza, the government has offered HK$1 billion [...]

India and China: Inequalities in Asia’s Giants

Posted by Matt in November 7th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, India, 1 Billion, 100 Million, Annual Growth Rate, Asia, China, Citizens, Contributor, Giants, Global Poverty, India, Inequalities, Last Fifteen Years, Most Populous Nations, Poverty Levels, Twenty Years, Widows

The growth of the world’s two most populous nations, India and China, is often cited as the largest contributor to the reduction in global poverty levels in the last fifteen years. With an average annual growth rate of 9.5 percent, China has lifted over 400 million of its 1.3 billion citizens out of poverty in [...]

The strange story of MiG-31s for Syria

Posted by Matt in June 25th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Syria, 1 Billion, Aviation, Bashar Al Assad, Business Daily, Defense Missile, Fighter Bombers, Georgia Russia, Israel News, Jet Fighters, jets, Kommersant, M2, Medium Range Missile, Mig, Military, Military Engineers, Military Ties, Missile System, Missile Systems, Monopoly, moscow, Novgorod, Planes, Rosoboronexport, Russia, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Embassy Officials, Sokol, Stockpile, Strange Story, Syria, Syrian President Bashar Al, Tartous, Timesonline, Ynetnews

Moscow’s respected business daily Kommersant reported that Russia’s arms-trading monopoly Rosoboronexport has begun to fulfill an arms deal it secretly signed with Syria this year to sell five MiG-31E jet fighters, considered among the best in the world, and an additional unspecified number of the newest MiG-29M/M2 fighter-bombers.
The paper reported the total price to be [...]