China accuses US of using cyberwarfare | FT.Com

Posted by Matt in January 24th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Amp, China Politics, Foreign Policy, Mouthpiece, Ruling Communist Party, War Of Words

China raised the ante at the weekend in an escalating war of words with the US as the ruling Communist party’s mouthpiece accused Washington of employing cyberwarfare.
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Bad Economy Could Cause China Crackup

Posted by Matt in December 1st, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Challenges, Currency, Dollar, Economic Development, Economy China, Extent, Financial Crisis, Global Economic Growth, Global Financial Crisis, International Financial Crisis, Jintao Hu, Journalist, Momentum, Partner, Ruling Communist Party, Will Hutton, Writing On The Wall, Yuan

Don’t believe me? Here is what President Jintao Hu said over the weekend at a party meeting:
“In this coming period, we will starkly confront the effects of the sustained deepening of the international financial crisis and pressure as global economic growth clearly slows. … Whether we can turn this pressure into momentum, turn challenges into [...]

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, Water, pollution, Chinese Public, Current Rate, Economic Expansion, Economic Juggernaut, Economic Power, Environmental Degradation, Groundwater, Hydrologist, International Repercussions, North China, Political Challenge, Pollution Problem, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes, Richard Evans, Ruling Communist Party, Three Decades, Water Crisis, Water Pollution, Water Resources, Water Scarcity

For three decades, water has been indispensable in sustaining the rollicking economic expansion that has made China a world power. Now, Chinaâ€™s galloping, often wasteful style of economic growth is pushing the country toward a water crisis. Water pollution is rampant nationwide, while water scarcity has worsened severely in north China â€” even as demand [...]