Young, educated and jobless in China – latimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Anger, Bun, Central Planners, China, College Jobs, Confusion, Critical Point, Fringes, Graduates, Grievances, Guan, Hunger, Landlord, Large Scale, Latimes, Mass Movement, Money, Neighborhood, Quarters, S Central, Six Months, Social Experiment, Sociologist, Toilet, Trudge

With millions graduating from college each year and few jobs awaiting them, the country’s central planners worry that a mass social experiment that created a class of professionals is backfiring.
“They represent the pain and confusion of a whole generation,” wrote author Lian Si, a sociologist who spent two years living with and researching the graduates. [...]

Report Says Valid Grievances at Root of Tibet Unrest

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

Published in Asia, Chinese Lawyers, Dalai Lama, Government Policies, Grievances, Legal Scholars, Protests, Riots, Tibet, Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Unrest

A group of prominent Chinese lawyers and legal scholars have released a research report arguing that the Tibetan riots and protests of March 2008 were rooted in legitimate grievances brought about by failed government policies — and not through a plot of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
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World Agenda: Putin’s grand gesture cannot hide Russia’s woes

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Russia, Anger, Business Leaders, Denunciation, Discontent, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Flames, Global Financial Crisis, Grand Gesture, Grievances, kremlin, Mr Putin, Pikalyovo, Potent Cocktail, Revolt, Russia, Unrest, Woes, World Agenda

It is a potent cocktail that has the Kremlin fearful that discontent in an anonymous town such as Pikalyovo could spark a wider revolt.
Hence Mr Putin’s furious denunciation of Mr Deripaska — long seen as the Kremlin’s favourite oligarch. The broader message he sent to business leaders was that they would be held responsible if [...]

China fears riots will spread as boom goes sour

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in China, Boom, Capitalism, Chinese New Year, Communist Regime, Dongguan, Global Economic Crisis, Government Fears, Grievances, Industrial Sprawl, Kai, Mixture, New Year, Pearl River, Pearl River Delta, Protests, Resentment, Riot, Riots, Spectacular Results, Unrest

But the riot late last year at the Kai Da factory in Dongguan, amid the grim industrial sprawl of the Pearl River Delta, was not an isolated incident. It was one of tens of thousands of protests, many erupting from the same mixture of economic grievances, resentment of police and swirling rumour.
The numbers have been [...]

The bear barrels back

Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Oil, Russia, Array, Associate Professor, California Los Angeles, Cold War Conflict, Conflict, Desert Regions, Dominant Position, Economy, Grievances, Havoc, Images, Insurgents, Leads, Michael L Ross, Natural Gas, Oil Wealth, Petrostate, Political Science, Rich Countries, Russia, Saudi-Arabia, Sheiks, University Of California, University Of California Los Angeles, Wealthy Lifestyles

The word “petrostate” typically conjures up images of Middle Eastern sheiks with fantastically wealthy lifestyles ruling politically repressive, oil-rich desert regions. Few realize that Russia actually leads the world in the production and export of natural gas and trails only Saudi Arabia in the production and export of oil. Even fewer know that Russia has [...]

What Do We Know about Natural Resources and Civil War?

Posted by Matt in May 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Oil, 1990s, Agricultural Commodities, Agricultural Goods, Civil War, Civil Wars, Conflicts, Drugs, Econometric Studies, Flood, Gemstones, Grievances, Havoc, Inconsistencies, Insurgents, Likelihood, Missing Data, Natural Resources, Oil Wealth, Qualitative Studies, Relationship, Rich Countries, Separatist Conflict, Theoretical Arguments

Since the late 1990s, there has been a flood of research on natural resources and civil war. This article reviews 14 recent cross-national econometric studies, and many qualitative studies, that cast light on the relationship between natural resources and civil war. It suggests that collectively they imply four underlying regularities: first, oil increases the likelihood [...]

Why Oil Wealth Fuels Conflict

Posted by Matt in May 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Oil, Bush Administration, Caspian Basin, Countries In Africa, Crude Oil, Developing World, Dozen Countries, East Timor, Emergence, Energy Imports, Energy Task Force, Grievances, Internal Strife, Michael L Ross, Oil And Gas, Oil Producer, Oil Wealth, Persian Gulf, Record Oil Prices, Rich Countries, Southeast Asia, Stratospheric Prices, Unrest, War, Windfalls

The number of oil-producer-based conflicts is likely to grow in the future as stratospheric prices of crude oil push more countries in the developing world to produce oil and gas. In 2001, the Bush administration’s energy task force hailed the emergence of new producers as a chance for the United States to diversify the sources [...]