Epoch Times – Exiled Chinese Scholar Warns of Taiwan’s Fate

Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Taiwan, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Scholar, Democratic System, Disaster, Economy Culture, Epoch Times, Fate, Taiwan Culture, Taiwan Economy, Taiwan Politics, Yuan

“The Chinese Communist Party seeks to control and further eliminate Taiwan’s democratic system by thoroughly infiltrating Taiwan’s politics, economy, culture, and social activities by 2012,” said Yuan Hongbing, author of Taiwan Disaster, quoting from a key document disclosed in his book.
Epoch Times – Exiled Chinese Scholar Warns of Taiwan’s Fate

Why America and China will clash | FT.com

Posted by Matt in January 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, American Policymakers, Assumptions, Censorship, China Government, Economic Power, Emergence, Fate, Gideon, Google, Harbinger, Political Liberalisation, Rachman, Reason, Tiananmen Massacre

Google’s clash with China is about much more than the fate of a single, powerful firm. The company’s decision to pull out of China, unless the government there changes its policies on censorship, is a harbinger of increasingly stormy relations between the US and China.
The reason that the Google case is so significant is because [...]

How Poland and Hungary Led the Way in 1989 – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in October 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in History, Berlin Wall, Budapest, Europe, Fate, Germany, Groundwork, Hungary, Iconic Images, Led, moscow, News International, Online News, Poland, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Warsaw, Winds Of Change

Everyone remembers the iconic images from the dramatic breaching of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989. But the groundwork was laid elsewhere. The fate of Germany and the rest of Europe was decided in Warsaw, Budapest and Moscow.
Winds of Change from the East: How Poland and Hungary Led the Way in 1989 – SPIEGEL [...]

Top defector to Seoul: ‘Call China to account’ for its alliance with North Korea

Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, beijing, Defector, Dynasty, Fate, Free Trade Deal, Hwang, Jang, North-Korea, pyongyang, Regime, seoul, South China, South-Korea, world-war-II

Hwang Jang-Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean official ever to defect to the South, said China holds the key to the fate of ruling regime in Pyongyang.
Hwang called for South Korea to forge a free-trade deal with Beijing as a way to fully isolate the North’s economically and topple the Kim dynasty that has controlled North [...]

Doubt, Worry and Fear: New York Faces Dramatic Consequences of Crisis – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in September 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Doubt, Dramatic Consequences, Fate, Fear, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Harbinger, Jobs, Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, New Faces, New York Today, News International, Online News, Rest Of The World, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Worry

The global financial crisis began in Manhattan, and its effects are being felt far more strongly there than elsewhere. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the situation is critical. Millions are fighting to keep their jobs. Is what is happening in New York today a harbinger of the fate of the rest of the world?
Doubt, Worry and [...]

The Last Straw | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in July 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Climate, Conflict, Pakistan, Water, Agricultural Irrigation, Agricultural Season, Blogged, Climate, climatechange, Current Rate, Fate, Flock Browser, Foreign Policy, global warming, Himalayan Glaciers, Himalayas, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, Kashmir, Militancy, Nukes, Precipitation, Rivers, Status Quo, Taliban, Volatile Regions, Water, Winter Floods

Hopelessly overcrowded, crippled by poverty, teeming with Islamist militancy, careless with its nukes—it sometimes seems as if Pakistan can’t get any more terrifying. But forget about the Taliban: The country’s troubles today pale compared with what it might face 25 years from now. When it comes to the stability of one of the world’s most [...]

Did you know that Israel is a technology powerhouse?

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Israel, Ahead, Canada, China, Economic Powerhouses, Economy, England, Fate, Fox, Germany, Goliath, Impasse, Israel, Medicine, Nasdaq, Palestinians, Scandal, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Of The Mediterranian, Technology Powerhouse, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza

Israel has been described as the Silicon Valley of the Mediterranian.
Check out this 2008 article about Israel from Fox Business.
Israel’s Technology Creates an Investment Goliath
Israel, with fewer than 7 million people, has become a Goliath in the world of technology and medicine.
It is third only to America and Canada in the number of companies [...]

The Coming Storm Over Germany

Posted by Matt in March 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, Afghanistan, American Job, Berlin, Borders, Coming Storm, Counterparts, Crisis Report, Currency Support, Downward Spiral, Economic Engine, Europe, European Union, Fate, Financial Crisis, Financial Oversight, Fragment, Germany, Global Financial Crisis, Gm, Hock, Hurricane, Jack Ewing, Layoffs, Middle East, Opel, Oversight Bodies, Recession, Six Months, United States

The global financial crisis threatens to strike Germany – and the rest of the European Union – with hurricane-like force in the next three to six months.
As the world’s leading exporter and Europe’s primary economic engine, Germany is already enduring its worst recession since 1990. And as world trade shrinks and layoffs mount, Germany’s downward [...]

Young and Arab in Land of Mosques and Bars

Posted by Matt in September 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Dubai, Middle East, Cairo, Choices, Drinks, Dubai, Egypt, Fate, Freedom, Galal, Girlfriend, Maintenance Man, Mosque, Mosques, Prostitute, Rami, Uae, United Arab Emirates, United Emirates

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In his old life in Cairo, Rami Galal knew his place and his fate: to become a maintenance man in a hotel, just like his father. But here, in glittering, manic Dubai, he is confronting the unsettling freedom to make his own choices.
Here Mr. Galal, 24, drinks beer almost every [...]

A Dangerous Passage

Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, arsenal, Atomic Bombs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Dangerous Passage, Fate, Former Israeli Prime Minister, Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Global Program, hitler, Iran, Israeli Prime Minister, Israelis, jews, Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Program, Prime Minister Benjamin, Satan, Situation In The Middle East, United Jewish Communities

The Israelis are also worried, and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made repeated statements about an “Iranian threat” that must be dealt with decisively. He does not mince words. According to Netanyahu, we are obliged to believe those who promise to wipe us out. He points to the example of Hitler, who publicly [...]