Last week, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that authorized the Obama administration to raise tariffs against Chinese goods in response to China's alleged manipulation of its currency, purportedly to gain an unfair trade advantage. According to this article , while the Obama administration "has not taken a position on the bill ... [t]he vote 'shows lawmakers have serious … [Read more...] about Fighting for Jobs in a Globalized World
Archives for October 2010
the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
The 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), a bi-annual event (the previous was in Beijing in 2008), just took place on October 4th and 5th in Brussels, Belgium. It was a big deal. Asia and Europe represent 60% of humanity and 60% of global trade. I like how ASEM state their mission. Below is part of it: … [Read more...] about the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao interview by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria ignored by English ‘China’ blogs
Fareed Zakaria of CNN's GPS recently interviewed Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. It's a great interview, and I am glad to learn that CNN agreed to not make commentary on what Premier Wen said. In exchange, CNN was given permission to ask whatever they wanted. Zakaria acknowledged "it was one of the most open and frank discussion he has ever seen with a Chinese leader." Here … [Read more...] about Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao interview by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria ignored by English ‘China’ blogs
the Economist, a case of Western media censorship
I recall during the dot com explosion in early 2000, the typical Western media narrative was that a rising Internet population in China would somehow bring down the Chinese government. Of course, that didn't materialize. At that time, I predicted, instead, a bigger audience would challenge the Western media narrative on everything related to China. As of 2010, the Chinese … [Read more...] about the Economist, a case of Western media censorship
Eric Schmidt of Google discussing China with Charlie Rose
Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, was recently on Charlie Rose talking about the China censorship issue. As you recall, Google threatened to pull out of the Mainland China market insinuating Chinese government backed hacking (no evidence to date) and threatening non-compliance with Chinese censorship laws. When China didn't budge, Google shut down the search service on google.cn. … [Read more...] about Eric Schmidt of Google discussing China with Charlie Rose