Russia Today featured Martin Hennecke, an associate director at a financial services firm in Hong Kong, commenting on the Russia-China relationship. This was during the backdrop of Vladimir Putin's meeting with Xi Jinping, who is expected to inherit Chinese President Hu Jintao's job in 2012. The Russia Today news anchor said "Russia and China today agreed to help each other … [Read more...] about Russia Today on Russian-China relations and countering the “West”
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National Geographic “Seven Billion” program identifies world’s most typical person, a Han Chinese man
U.S. National Geographics Society has launched a program, "Seven Billion," exposing the current conditions of us humans on this planet. The video below is a segment on what the "typical" person looks like. Based on a certain set of criteria used, a right-handed, cell phone owning, 29 year-old, ethnic Han Chinese man was selected. The image of the Chinese man was created by … [Read more...] about National Geographic “Seven Billion” program identifies world’s most typical person, a Han Chinese man
To all bloggers, a reward for having great thoughts
Nobody can argue the impact Sun Zi's "Art of War" ("孫子兵法") has had. Even Norman Schwarzkopf is a big fan. The U.S. military academy teaches it. On a lighter note . . . I write this post mainly because I want to share this thought with fellow bloggers. If you have great ideas, rest assured your thoughts will be held very closely; even few thousand years later. This … [Read more...] about To all bloggers, a reward for having great thoughts
Chinese banks finance $2.6 billion Baha Mar in the Bahamas
The Bahamas has been hit hard by the financial crisis in developed countries and the resultant dwindling tourism. Back in July of 2010, China Daily reported two agencies approved for financing the Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas, enabling much needed job creation. The resort is the largest of its kind in the Caribbean. In this report, construction officially started few days … [Read more...] about Chinese banks finance $2.6 billion Baha Mar in the Bahamas
A Norwegian’s refusal to be lumped with the “West” in a case of Western censorship
[Updated March 3, 2011: Please refer to comment below. Apparently, this disabling of the link over at Reddit and deletion of the poster comments were done by the poster himself. I will chalk this up as a lesson I need to be more careful in not reading to much into something that isn't. I am sorry, folks and also to Reddit.] An interesting act of moderation yesterday over … [Read more...] about A Norwegian’s refusal to be lumped with the “West” in a case of Western censorship