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A blessing in disguise I suppose the appropriate answer would be. Just a few days ago the well-aged and decrepit actress Sharon Stone, made the mistake of equating the devastation in China to “Bad Karma” for China’s treatment of Tibet.
This comparison has more or less exactly failed to impress the founder of the largest cineplex [...]

Western Conservatives have been warning that socio-politcal movements such as the leftism, socialism, and leftist-islamism have been increasing their power online, partly by sheer volume.
USA Today reported yesterday, “China Vaults Past USA in Internet Users“:
The number of Chinese on the Internet hit more than 220 million as of February, according to estimates from official Chinese [...]

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China is living in interesting times. So, let’s visit their current problems…
A US-trained former Tibetan guerrilla who waged a long campaign against the Chinese says peaceful protests and international pressure are the only ways to end the deadly unrest in Tibet.
“The Dalai Lama will never change his ‘middle way’ (of more autonomy but not independence) [...]

U.S. officials have accused Iran of many things: Developing nuclear weapons. Sponsoring terrorism. Killing Americans in Iraq. Planning Israel’s destruction.
Does the U.S. have evidence?
In the buildup to the Iraq war, the Bush administration made allegations against Saddam Hussein. Polls showed that Americans believed these allegations, which were later shown to be wrong.
The United States and [...]

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On November 23, 2007 Iran stated Western nations’ efforts to impose seeking harsher U.N. sanctions against it could halt its steps to explain the nature of its nuclear program to U.N. inspectors.
Earlier in the week, U.N. nuclear watchdog stated that it believed that Iran was making good progress towards resolving [...]

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Iran has answered questions about its past nuclear activities posed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but the IAEA does not believe that Iran is being completely truthful.
The IAEA’s report warns that knowledge about Iran’s current nuclear program is decreasing because Iran is currently providing less information than it [...]

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It is widely recognized that China and India have the potential to develop into economic superpowers in the 21st century. A key component of their growth is oil, which both nations are compelled to import.
This compulsion is not without its geopolitical costs, especially with oil prices at record highs. Iran [...]

From the same country that poisons our pets, sells us toothpaste with diethylene glycol (antifreeze), and murders political prisoners to harvest their organs comes the latest in Mainland Chinese product quality and consumer safety excellence: exploding barbeque grills.
We recently helped a neighbor set up a brand-new barbeque grill. The side burner worked fine, but the main burner would [...]

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On November 1, 2007 the United States claimed that both Russia and China had been blocking tough U.N. sanctions against Iran.
Nicholas Burns, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, said China and Russia had been stalling a new United Nations Security Council resolution since late March.
The five permanent powers on [...]