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6 Shocking Ways Capitalism Is Failing Working America

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Les Leopold - Feb. 01 (News Analysis) - Capitalism is coming apart at the seams and the middle-class is paying the price.

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300 Chinese Foxconn Workers 'Threaten Mass Suicide' At XBox Plant, Reports Claim

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

huffingtonpost.co.uk - By Michael Rundle - Jan. 11 (News Report) - Around 300 Chinese workers who manufacture XBox consoles took to a factory roof and threatened bosses with mass suicide over a dispute about pay, unconfirmed reports have claimed. The workers were employed at the Foxconn Technology Park in Wuhan in Hubei province. Foxconn is an independent, global manufacturing partner to companies including Apple, Microsoft and Sony.

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Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

thisamericanlife.org - By Ira Glass - Jan. 10 (Special Report) - Mike Daisey performs an excerpt that was adapted for radio from his one-man show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." A lifelong Apple superfan, Daisey sees some photos online from the inside of a factory that makes iPhones, starts to wonder about the people working there, and flies to China to meet them.

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Russia and China veto proposed UN resolution on Syria

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

OpenGlobe - By C628, OpenGlobe contributors - Oct. 05 (News Report) - Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's crackdown on protestors late on Tuesday, leading Western supporters of the bill to voice their anger at the decision. The proposed resolution would have condemned the Syrian government over its crackdown on protesters, as well as referring to the possibility of "targeted measures" against Syria. The text had been rewritted three times by drafters France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Portugal in response to Russian and Chinese objections over teh use of the word "sanctions" in earlier versions, leading to the introduction of the "targeted measures" language.

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American Superconductor: Ex-employee sold IP to China firm

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bizjournals.com - Sep. 15 (News Report) - the company said a former employee of its Windtec subsidiary was arrested in Austria in July on charges of economic espionage and fraudulent manipulation of data. The employee was not named in the filing. The company said it now has evidence that the employee had been contracted by Sinovel to obtain parts of the company's wind turbine control software source code, and to transfer it to Sinovel.

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As Biden Visits China, Author David Wise on "Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China"

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Juan Gonzalez, Amy Goodman - Aug. 18 (News Report) - Vice President Joe Biden arrived in China yesterday to begin a five-day trip aimed at reassuring leaders there of the stability of the U.S. economy and to begin building a relationship with that country’s most likely next president, Xi Jinping. The visit to the largest foreign creditor to the United States falls right after the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating by Standard & Poor’s, and just days after the Financial Times reported that Pakistan gave Chinese officials access to the wreckage of the top-secret U.S. stealth helicopter that crashed in the compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad during the U.S. raid in May.

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Woman Catches Toddler After 10 Story Fall Reports Claim

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Jul. 03 (News Report) - BEIJING -- State media report a toddler is in critical condition in east China after surviving a 10-story fall by being caught by a passing woman. Media reports say the 2-year-old girl Niu Niu was left unattended Saturday in the family's 10th floor apart

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Ngaba students protest crackdown, authorities respond; new information on deaths of Tibetans who tried to protect monks

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

savetibet.org - May. 19 (News Report) - New information has emerged about the current crackdown in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province (the Tibetan area of Amdo), following the self-immolation of 20-year old monk Phuntsog on March 16 and the removal of several hundred monks from Kirti monastery on April 21-22. This report details the following:

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Huntsman's 2012 Buzz Caused Friction With Obama Team

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Beast - By McKay Coppins - May. 11 (News Analysis) - With Jon Huntsman gearing up for a 2012 campaign, sources in Beijing tell McKay Coppins exclusively that the ambassador’s presidential buzz led to clashes with the White House—and the Chinese government.

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FactChecking Obama’s Address

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

FactCheck - By Brooks Jackson, Viveca Novak, Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore - Jan. 26 (News Analysis) - We found no outright false factual claims in Obama’s State of the Union address, but we did note some that were arguable, and some promises that may prove unrealistic. He called his Race to the Top initiative “the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation.” That’s debatable. Some independent experts say Bush’s No Child Left Behind program had a greater impact. The president set a goal of generating 80 percent of the nation’s electricity from “clean” sources by 2035. That’s ambitious. The first large-scale “clean coal” plant has yet to begin operation. And Obama counts nuclear energy as a “clean” source, despite the unresolved waste issue. He set a goal of giving 80 percent of the U.S. population access to high-speed rail in the next 25 years. But the U.S. only has one high-speed rail line in operation now. He said his new health care law will slow rising health care costs. But the office of Medicare’s chief actuary estimates the law won’t have much impact on costs, and there will be a slight rise in total spending as more people gain coverage under the law. He said “exports are up” since he set a goal of doubling them in five years, which is true. But the rise so far falls short of the pace required to meet his goal. On other factual matters we found the president’s statements to be accurate, or reasonably so. He said the U.S. subjects businesses to “one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world,” which is borne out by the Word Bank and other studies. He said U.S. engineers gave the nation’s infrastructure a grade of “D,” which is true. That rating was issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers. And he said U.S. workers are unexcelled in productivity, which is true according to one ranking and nearly true by other measures.

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China Faces International Criticism at Nobel Ceremony in Oslo and Climate Talks in Cancún

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Dec. 10 (News Report) - The Nobel Committee’s decision to award Liu Xiaobo has enraged the Chinese government. In Cancún, Chinese climate negotiators reportedly refused to talk with their Norwegian counterparts. We discuss China’s reaction to Xiaobo’s award and its role at the climate talks with Lucia Green-Weiskel of the Beijing-based Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation.

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Nobel Awarded to Jailed Chinese Human Rights Activist Liu Xiaobo

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Dec. 10 (News Report) - The jailed Chinese human rights activist and writer Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison last year after spearheading a petition calling for freedom of assembly, expression and religion in China. For the first time since the 1930s, a representative of the winner is not on hand to collect the award.

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Nobel Peace Prize: Rally for Liu Xiaobo

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Heritage Foundation - By Conn Carroll - Dec. 09 (News Analysis) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee is set to award the Nobel Peace Prize this Friday to author and 1989 Tiananmen protest participant Liu Xiaobo. But Liu will not attend. He is currently serving an 11-year sentence for co-authoring the Charter 08 manifesto calling for protection of human rights, comprehensive political reforms, and a democratic government in China. In the past, the Nobel Committee has presented the prize to family members of the award winner. But that is not possible this year. Liu’s wife and dozens of friends and colleagues have all been placed under house arrest by Chinese security forces to prevent them from attending the ceremony. That means this will be the first time that the prize ceremony will lack a presentation since 1935, when Nazi Germany barred pacifist Carl von Ossietzky from attending.

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(LEAD) South Korea, U.S. to start joint naval drill in Yellow Sea on Sunday

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Yonhap News Agency - Nov. 24 (News) - South Korea and the United States will launch a joint naval drill in the Yellow Sea from Sunday with a nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier participating amid heightened tensions over North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island, officials said Wednesday.

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Korea Attack: Yeonpyeong Island Shelled By North Korea

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kwang-Tae Kim - Nov. 23 (News Report) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter.

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The Financial Puzzle Behind 9/11

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By David DeGraw - Oct. 22 (Special Report) - During the 1980s and early ’90s, the CIA worked in partnership with BCCI in what was, at the time, the agency’s largest covert operation ever, pumping an estimated $10 billion into funding the Afghan mujahedeen. Through this operation, Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network was formed. Bin Laden had accounts in BCCI and ran CIA/BCCI-funded camps.

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Jailed Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez - Oct. 08 (News Report) - The jailed Chinese human rights activist and writer Liu Xiaobo has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights." Liu was sentenced to eleven years in prison last year after spearheading a petition calling for freedom of assembly, expression and religion in China.

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Lifesaving Drug Praziquantel Too Expensive for Africa

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By Melinda Burns - Oct. 03 (Special Report) - "Schistosomiasis is a far more important disease than we ever realized,” said Peter Hotez, one author of the commentary and the chairman of the department of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at The George Washington University. “The failure of the global community to provide access to this essential medicine is impeding sustainable development in Africa"

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Taking High-Speed Trains into the Future

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By Bruce Selcraig - Aug. 16 (Special Report) - For the U.S. to have world-class high-speed trains, the government will have to subsidize them. The investment would be small compared to the billions lavished on highways and airports.

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Carly Fiorina 'Regrets' Mocking Barbara Boxer's Hair, But No Apology

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Sam Stein - Jun. 13 (News Report) - The notion that China "fights harder for our jobs" may seem like a political risky statement to make. But Fiorina seemed to be referring to government policies that encouraged tax breaks for manufacturing, agricultural development, and so on. "I know how to create jobs," Fiorina said with an understated caveat: "and I know why they leave."

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Call for ban on whale shark trade

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

heraldsun.com.au - By Trevor Paddenburg - Jun. 07 (News) - WHALE sharks are being slaughtered and sold in a back-street Hong Kong shark fin market.

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China and Hong Kong: Responses to Cheonan sinking incident

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Oiwan Lam - May. 27 (News Analysis) - The release of the international investigation report on sinking of Cheonan in May 20, 2010, concluding that the South Korean warship had been bombed by a North Korean torpedo has alleviating [sic] the tension in Northeast Asia region. South Korea suspended all trade and investment with North Korea while Pyongyang denied its responsibility for the March 26 incident and called the investigation a “fabrication”.

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Police open fire at Tibetans protesting cement factory pollution

Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

savetibet.org - May. 17 (News Report) - Police opened fire on Tibetans at a cement factory in the Tibetan area of Amdo (Labrang in Gansu) on Saturday (May 15) after local villagers, worried about pollution from the factory, started to rebuild a road that had been closed by the expansion of the factory. Fifteen people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds or injuries from beatings by police, although no one was killed, according to an exile Tibetan source in contact with Tibetans in the area.

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Washington studying China-Pakistan nuclear deal

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Manila Times - May. 11 (News Report) - The United States said Monday (Tuesday in Manila) it was carefully reviewing China’s plans to build two civilian nuclear reactors in Pakistan, urging all nations to respect non-proliferation commitments. The China National Nuclear Corporation has agreed to finance two more civilian reactors at the Chashma site in Pakistan, despite fears abroad about the safety of nuclear material in the Islamic nation.

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Addicts and Enablers

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Sierra Club - By Adam Minter, Guy Pearse - Apr. 27 (News Report) - China remains wedded to dirty coal, despite huge investments in clean energy. When its own supplies lag, other nations are happy to feed its need. Australia has suffered hellish wildfires and withering drought—and is asking for more through its massive coal exports.

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