Saturday, November 14, 2009

US and China, locked in equal embrace

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/nov/14/obama-china-us

Obama's trip comes at a time when the US needs China as much as China needs it – and neither nation can afford to let go.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Chinese Trial Reveals Vast Web of Corruption

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/asia/04crimewave.html?hp

Unlike past sweeps that brought down crime bosses and their henchmen, the crackdown in Chongqing has yielded a number of wealthy businessmen and Communist Party officials, exposing the depth of corruption that has resulted from the mixing of state control and free-market economics in China.