Black ministers join critics who say Hoekstra's broken English ad is racially ... - Newser
(Feb 6)
![]() Black ministers join critics who say Hoekstra's broken English ad is racially ...NewserYour economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spenditnow." The scene then shifts to Hoekstra telling viewers near a cozy fire, "I think this race is between Debbie Spenditnow and Pete Spenditnot.and more »
How journalists are giving the public the economic news they want - Poynter.org
(Feb 6)
![]() How journalists are giving the public the economic news they wantPoynter.orgNow, many are wondering how the global economy could affect them. “What has surprised me most in the last year is that our audience has had an increasingly voracious appetite for understanding China's economy,” Peacock said. “Once considered mundane ...
Super Bowl 2012 commercials: Republican-funded 'racist' ad of Asian girl ... - Daily Mail
(Feb 6)
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Daily Mail
![]() Super Bowl 2012 commercials: Republican-funded 'racist' ad of Asian girl ...Daily Mail'Democrats talks about race when they can't defend their records,' he said. 'The US economy is losing jobs to China because of Stabenow's reckless spending policies. China is reaping the reward.' Democrats have pointed out Mr Hoekstra voted for the ...and more »
The future of the world economy - Orlando Sentinel
(Feb 6)
![]() The future of the world economyOrlando SentinelFirst is the rise of "emerging market" countries, led by China, India and Brazil. In 1981, when the Peterson Institute was founded, these nations were laggards. "Now, they're more than half the world economy and are growing three times faster than ...and more »
If The US Wants to Reshore Manufacturing Jobs, It May Want to Start Acting Like it.
(Feb 6)
Research anything related to China and US jobs, and you are bound to come across some heated posts about China… and some celebrities punting “MAde in America”.. i.e. buy American brands, but not necessarily American manufacturing (i.e jobs) One of the more entertaining articles I came across called 47 Signs That China Is Absolutely Destroying [...]
Bangladesh: Asia-Pacific Governments seek ways to accelerate action towards an HIV/AIDS-free region
(Feb 6)
Source:
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Country:
Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines (the), Russian Federation (the), Thailand, Viet Nam
Bangkok (UN ESCAP Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section) – Government leaders, senior officials, civil society representatives and people living with HIV from 34 Asia-Pacific countries began three days of talks at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Headquarters in Bangkok today to find ways to speed up progress towards an AIDS-free region, including by removing legal and policy barriers that hamper access to HIV services.
The 6-8 February UN meeting marks the first time officials from health, justice, law enforcement, social development an...
A Canadian pipe-dream?
(Feb 6)
Canada’s prime minister is on his way to Beijing to stoke interest in the country’s oil sands, but China would be wise to keep a safe distance, writes Angela Merriam.Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister, arrives in Beijing tomorrow with a very specific goal: to secure a market for the further exploitation of Canada’s oil sands, a project that he once likened to the building of the Great Wall of China, “only bigger”.
Following widespread environmental protests, the US government two weeks ago denied a permit to the would-be builders of the US$7 billion (44 billion yuan) Keystone XL pipeline: a plan to pump crude oil from Canada’s oil sands, in the south-western province of Alberta, down the length of the United States to refineries in Texas. Now, with that plan scuppered by Canada’s southern neighbour, Harper has a renewed interest in selling oil to Beijing.
Anxieties about local ecological damage and concern about global climate change have driven opposition to the exploitation o...
China Risks 4-Point Growth-Rate Cut If Europe Worsens: Economy
(Feb 6)
China’s economic expansion would be cut almost in half if Europe’s debt crisis worsens, a scenario that would warrant “significant” fiscal stimulus from the nation’s government, the International Monetary Fund said.
China: China water project to 'begin operating in 2013'
(Feb 6)
Source:
Agence France-Presse
Country:
China
BEIJING — A massive project to divert water from China's south to its drought-prone north -- which has seen hundreds of thousands of people relocated -- will become partly operational next year, state media reported.
The South-North Water Diversion Project is one of the country's largest infrastructure projects since the building of the Three Gorges Dam, which involved the relocation of more than one million people.
Sun Yifu, deputy water resources chief in the eastern province of Shandong -- who is also involved in the programme -- said his province's part of the project would be completed at the end of the year, the Xinhua news agency said.
He added that "the entire project" would become operational in the first half of 2013, and start supplying water to arid parts of the north, the report said late Saturday.
China's South-North Water Diversion project consis...
Bitter exchanges highlight China, Hong Kong divide
(Feb 5)
(HONG KONG) A bitter family feud between Hongkongers and their northern neighbours sparked by mainland China's increasing financial and political clout has led to an awkward debate about the former British colony's identity. 
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