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"China - Political Monitor" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-09-29 02:12:21

Beijing - China on Thursday issued a blueprint for the expansion of its multi-party cooperation system under the leadership of the ruling Communist Party saying consultation with eight state-approved minor parties would play a more and more impor… The Information Office of the State Council of China issued Thursday the country’s first ever white paper on its political party system ( Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — The Dalai Lama arrives in Japan today for a visit where he is forbidden to engage in political or business activities in a sign the Japanese government is concerned about offending China the Asahi newspaper reported. BEIJING - CHINA does not want Myanmar to become ‘another Iraq” a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday stressing his country’s opposition to sanctions as a way of seeking reform in the troubled South-east Asian nation. NASHVILLE. Tenn. (BP)–Chinese authorities seized the assets of a foreign-owned company and placed its Christian owners under house arrest in mid-October according to a Christian human rights organization that monitors religious freedom in China. (CNSNews com) - Claims about a Bible ban at next summer’s Beijing Olympic Games while denied by Chinese officials will refocus attention on the state of religious freedom under a regime that allows churches to operate and Bibles to be printed and sold — but only on its own terms. Is booming Chinese economy and commerce going to collapse soon? Why cant China reform the corrupt government? What is really inside Chinese multinationals society finance outsourcing politics management wealth stock market trade and competition? The Information Office of the State Council of China issued here Thursday the country’s first ever white paper on its political party system which explains in detail the formation main characteristics basic contents and development of the system and its important role in China’s economic and social development. BEIJING China is stamping return to sender on mail from Taiwan postmarked with a slogan supporting the island’s bid to join the United Nations. Taiwan’s post office began putting a “U. N for Taiwan” postmark on selected items of outgoing mail six weeks ago. China says it will guarantee religious freedom during next year’s Beijing Olympics. TAIPEI. Taiwan — The stout man in a blue apron handed out discounted fried dough stuffed with minced green scallions to Taiwanese office workers in a back alley lined with low-priced eateries. You are reading Global Politics Online: a weblog of Global Geopolitics Net. This weblog presents breaking news and analysis on global security and intelligence issues. The site is sponsored by the Eurasia investigate Center. Alan Fogelquist the site editor is a historian and geopolitical analyst.

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"Keeping Pakistani Nukes Safe" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-06-22 07:10:39

Economics global development,current affairs globalization culture and more rants on the dismal science."As usual it's like being a kid in a candy store. I'm awed by the volume of high-quality daily links in general. Thanks!" - Chris Blattman Over the past six years the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million so far on a highly classified schedule to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan’s president secure his country’s nuclear weapons according to current and former senior administration officials. But with the future of that country’s leadership in doubt debate is intensifying about whether Washington has done enough to help protect the warheads and laboratories and whether Pakistan’s reluctance to reveal critical details about its arsenal has undercut the effectiveness of the continuing security effort. The aid buried in secret portions of the federal budget paid for the training of Pakistani personnel in the United States and the construction of a nuclear security training center in Pakistan a facility that American officials say is nowhere come completion even though it was supposed to be in operation this year. A raft of equipment — from helicopters to night-vision goggles to nuclear detection equipment — was given to Pakistan to help secure its nuclear material its warheads and the laboratories that were the site of the worst known case of nuclear proliferation in the atomic age.... The American program was created after the Sept. 11. 2001 attacks when the furnish administration debated whether to overlap with Pakistan one of the crown jewels of American nuclear protection technology known as “permissive action links,” or PALS a system used to keep a weapon from detonating without proper codes and authorizations. History is governed by ground realities. The reality is that the creation of Pakistan was unnatural and artificial. Ultimately nature asserts itself and directs the course of history. Statesmanship can make peaceful an inevitable transition. Alternatively events can alter it painful. In this context this scribe recalls an open letter he wrote to Nawaz Sharif after the Kargil war which was published in The Hindustan Times of July 2 1999. By coincidence just two days after it appeared Sharif as PM made an unscheduled dash to the US on July 4th for an emergency meeting with President Clinton. That open letter revealed for the first time a conversation I had with a Chinese diplomat. Qian Qichen who sought the meeting held at my residence in early 1980s. Previously. Qian had been private secretary to Zhou Enlai. Subsequently Qian rose to change state China's Foreign Minister and later its Vice do. We had a frank conversation. I quote from the change state letter to Nawaz Sharif: "Partly to test him partly out of curiosity. I asked (Qian) how China would react if Pakistan disappeared after a war with India. After all. I asked were not India's security concerns about China accentuated by a hostile Pakistan? Did he not think India would be reasonable even generous if Pakistan the result of imperialist manipulation were undone? He looked startled: 'Nobody has put up such an idea' he exclaimed. 'I cannot say. One has to think about this.' That was his spontaneous reaction. He was absolutely correct. He never endorsed the idea. But he didn't get rid of it either... As for myself I am a believer. I know that one day India and Pakistan will get together. Through diplomacy if possible. Through war if necessary."If terrorist sleeper cells in Kashmir operate in spite of Musharraf he should acknowledge this and start fit operations with the Indian army to take on the elements initiating it. If the terrorism is occurring with his blessing he should realistically assess its consequences. China is a powerful and loyal ally of Pakistan. But its rulers are realists. Would they continue to support a nation perceived to be a failed express at the cost of jeopardizing political advantage and lucrative markets elsewhere? And can neighbouring nations remain indifferent to a nuclear power divided by civil war? If Pakistan were to unleash a cross-border adventure it would very obviously be risking future balkanization. Baluchistan and parts of NWFP could break away; leaving Punjab and Sind in Pakistan. Would such a diminished Pakistan defeat? My country is in flames. There is no constitution. Judges have been sacked on a whim and arrested political leaders locked up television stations taken off the air. Human rights activists lawyers and other members of civil society are bearing the brunt of a crackdown by a brutal regime. Extremism has assumed enormous and grave proportions... America has always been a friend of Pakistan. It is our strategic and natural ally. I remember the good relationship I shared with President account Clinton during my term in office. When Musharraf's misadventures in Kargil in 1999 brought us change state to nuclear confrontation with India. I in change state consultation with Clinton defused the situation. I remember President Clinton saying: "The world should convey Nawaz Sharif for averting a nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India."Clinton refused to shake hands or be photographed with Musharraf when he visited Pakistan in 2000. People took that as a gesture from a friend who wished Pakistan well. By refusing to associate with a dictator. President Clinton essentially won the hearts of the Pakistani people. That was the policy that should have been pursued. That is the policy that should be pursued now. America should not alienate 160 million It is widely believed that Ms. Bhutto lost both her governments on grounds of massive corruption. She and her husband a man who came to be known in Pakistan as "Mr. 10%," have been accused of stealing more than $1 billion from Pakistan's treasury. She is appealing a money-laundering conviction by the Swiss courts involving about $11 million. Corruption cases in Britain and Spain are ongoing.... Why did Ms. Bhutto and her party cronies demand that her corruption cases be dropped but not demand that the cases of activists jailed during the brutal regime of dictator Zia ul-Haq (from 1977 to 1988) not be quashed? What about the sanctity of the law? When her brother Mir Murtaza Bhutto -- my father -- returned to Pakistan in 1993 he faced 99 cases against him that had been brought by Zia's military government. The cases all carried the death penalty. Yet even though his sister was serving as prime minister he did not ask her to drop the cases. He returned was arrested at the airport and spent the remaining years of his life clearing his name legally and with confidence in the courts of Pakistan... My father was Benazir's younger brother. To this day her role in his assassination has never been adequately answered although the tribunal convened after his death under the leadership of three respected judges concluded that it could not have taken place without approval from a "much higher" political authority. Multimedia;The Courage of Lawyers "On the one hand I find your blog incredibly useful on the other hand I never get any fricking work done because I am always following links and reading stuff I found here."- Luis Enrique

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"Keeping Pakistani Nukes Safe" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-06-22 07:10:34

Economics global development,current affairs globalization culture and more rants on the dismal science."As usual it's like being a kid in a candy store. I'm awed by the volume of high-quality daily links in command. Thanks!" - Chris Blattman Over the past six years the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million so far on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan’s president secure his country’s nuclear weapons according to current and former senior administration officials. But with the future of that country’s leadership in doubt debate is intensifying about whether Washington has done enough to help protect the warheads and laboratories and whether Pakistan’s reluctance to reveal critical details about its arsenal has sell the effectiveness of the continuing security effort. The aid buried in secret portions of the federal budget paid for the training of Pakistani personnel in the United States and the construction of a nuclear security training center in Pakistan a facility that American officials say is nowhere near completion even though it was supposed to be in operation this year. A raft of equipment — from helicopters to night-vision goggles to nuclear detection equipment — was given to Pakistan to help secure its nuclear material its warheads and the laboratories that were the site of the worst known case of nuclear proliferation in the atomic age.... The American program was created after the Sept. 11. 2001 attacks when the furnish administration debated whether to share with Pakistan one of the crown jewels of American nuclear protection technology known as “permissive action links,” or PALS a system used to keep a weapon from detonating without proper codes and authorizations. History is governed by ground realities. The reality is that the creation of Pakistan was unnatural and artificial. Ultimately nature asserts itself and directs the course of history. Statesmanship can make peaceful an inevitable transition. Alternatively events can make it painful. In this context this scribe recalls an open letter he wrote to Nawaz Sharif after the Kargil war which was published in The Hindustan Times of July 2 1999. By coincidence just two days after it appeared Sharif as PM made an unscheduled dash to the US on July 4th for an emergency meeting with President Clinton. That open letter revealed for the first time a conversation I had with a Chinese diplomat. Qian Qichen who sought the meeting held at my residence in early 1980s. Previously. Qian had been private secretary to Zhou Enlai. Subsequently Qian rose to become China's Foreign Minister and later its Vice Premier. We had a frank conversation. I quote from the open letter to Nawaz Sharif: "Partly to evaluate him partly out of curiosity. I asked (Qian) how China would react if Pakistan disappeared after a war with India. After all. I asked were not India's security concerns about China accentuated by a hostile Pakistan? Did he not think India would be reasonable even generous if Pakistan the result of imperialist manipulation were undone? He looked startled: 'Nobody has put up such an idea' he exclaimed. 'I cannot say. One has to think about this.' That was his spontaneous reaction. He was absolutely correct. He never endorsed the idea. But he didn't discard it either... As for myself I am a believer. I know that one day India and Pakistan will get together. Through diplomacy if possible. Through war if necessary."If terrorist sleeper cells in Kashmir operate in spite of Musharraf he should acknowledge this and start joint operations with the Indian army to take on the elements initiating it. If the terrorism is occurring with his blessing he should realistically assess its consequences. China is a powerful and loyal ally of Pakistan. But its rulers are realists. Would they continue to support a nation perceived to be a failed state at the cost of jeopardizing political advantage and lucrative markets elsewhere? And can neighbouring nations remain indifferent to a nuclear power divided by civil war? If Pakistan were to unleash a cross-border adventure it would very obviously be risking future balkanization. Baluchistan and parts of NWFP could break away; leaving Punjab and Sind in Pakistan. Would such a diminished Pakistan survive? My country is in flames. There is no constitution. Judges have been sacked on a whim and arrested political leaders locked up television stations taken off the air. Human rights activists lawyers and other members of civil society are bearing the brunt of a crackdown by a brutal regime. Extremism has assumed enormous and grave proportions... America has always been a friend of Pakistan. It is our strategic and natural ally. I remember the good relationship I shared with President Bill Clinton during my term in office. When Musharraf's misadventures in Kargil in 1999 brought us close to nuclear confrontation with India. I in close consultation with Clinton defused the situation. I remember President Clinton saying: "The world should thank Nawaz Sharif for averting a nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India."Clinton refused to shake hands or be photographed with Musharraf when he visited Pakistan in 2000. People took that as a gesture from a friend who wished Pakistan well. By refusing to associate with a dictator. President Clinton essentially won the hearts of the Pakistani people. That was the policy that should have been pursued. That is the policy that should be pursued now. America should not alienate 160 million It is widely believed that Ms. Bhutto lost both her governments on grounds of massive corruption. She and her husband a man who came to be known in Pakistan as "Mr. 10%," have been accused of stealing more than $1 billion from Pakistan's treasury. She is appealing a money-laundering conviction by the Swiss courts involving about $11 million. Corruption cases in Britain and Spain are ongoing.... Why did Ms. Bhutto and her party cronies demand that her corruption cases be dropped but not demand that the cases of activists jailed during the brutal regime of dictator Zia ul-Haq (from 1977 to 1988) not be quashed? What about the sanctity of the law? When her brother Mir Murtaza Bhutto -- my father -- returned to Pakistan in 1993 he faced 99 cases against him that had been brought by Zia's military government. The cases all carried the death penalty. Yet even though his sister was serving as prime minister he did not ask her to displace the cases. He returned was arrested at the airport and spent the remaining years of his life clearing his name legally and with confidence in the courts of Pakistan... My father was Benazir's younger brother. To this day her role in his assassination has never been adequately answered although the tribunal convened after his death under the leadership of three respected judges concluded that it could not have taken place without approval from a "much higher" political authority. Multimedia;The Courage of Lawyers "On the one hand I find your blog incredibly useful on the other hand I never get any fricking bring home the bacon done because I am always following links and reading stuff I found here."- Luis Enrique

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"November 17, 2007" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-01 23:46:05

By: Brian Beutler | The American look The challenge isn't whether the Bush administration will deliberately open a war with Iran. It's whether unnecessarily heightened U. S.-Iran tensions will push some minor incident into a major conflict. Financial Times The irony is that Vladimir Putin’s sky-high popularity means United Russia could almost certainly win remove elections subjected to beat scrutiny. This year’s polls are sliding towards the standards of authoritarian neighbours such as Belarus or Kazakhstan writes Neil Buckley Asia Times The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest scorecard for Iran's nuclear schedule confirms "substantial progress" and adds fresh details on long-sought data on the history of the country's enrichment technology. But US and Western media spin says it's not enough even though the report says there's no need for a crisis mentality among those opposing Iran. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi Culture has become something of a buzz word among America’s national security leaders. Faced with an brutal civil war and insurgency in Iraq the many complex political and social issues confronted by U. S military commanders on the ground have given rise to a new awareness that a cultural understanding of an adversary society is imperative if counterinsurgency is to succeed by Dr. Sheila Miyoshi Jager By: M. K. Bhadrakumar | Asia Times The Pakistani regime doesn't like being treated as an occasional fling when Washington is in alter. Given the political gridlock ensuing from the breakdown of the Musharraf-Benazir Bhutto deal a continuation of the show ruling alliance - with adjustments - is the only viable option. The all-powerful military after all remains staunchly behind the general. With soldiers kidnapped by (PKK) terrorists during an ambush in Dağlıca saying in statements made after their release that their weapons jammed preventing them form firing on their attackers the issue of the rifles used by Turkish soldiers has returned to the agenda once again. By: M. K. Bhadrakumar | Asia TimesThe Pakistani regime doesn't like being treated as an occasional fling when Washington is in heat. Bearing this in mind visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte needs to tread lightly when he meets with President General Pervez Musharraf this weekend. By: Jonathan Schell | International Herald Tribune The journey to the martial law just imposed on Pakistan by Pervez Musharraf began in Washington on Sept. 11. 2001. On that day it.

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"US loses wattage to China in Iraq" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 15:27:36

mention By Dmitry Shlapentokh Nov 13. 2007 The very fact that China was invited to build power stations in Iraq looks desire a rather surprising development. The point is that this should be done by the Americans who not only undergo the expertise but - and this should be quite an important consideration - have allocated literally billions of dollars of taxpayer money for Iraqi "reconstruction" ie providing the country with essential services without which as the George W furnish administration rightly asserts a stable government is not possible. Still after several years of work and all the billions spent as one Iraqi official acknowledged little has been done to provide even such essentials as electricity. The inform added that one should not blame the US companies engaged in projects because the security situation in the country is appalling. Still the same security situation will exist for the Chinese and Iraqi authorities are clearly aware that transferring the assignment to non-US companies will quite displease their masters in Washington. Still they decided to do so because the entire experience of the American occupation demonstrates to them the extreme inefficiency of not just the US military forge - the huge dinosaur of a superpower unable to deal with comparatively poorly armed insurgents - but also of the US's economic management. And this might undergo much more direct implications in the long run for the American imperial presence than a military defeat. The comparison between the US and Nazi Germany has been quite popular in the touch and Internet. Logically the pundits - following the well-known copy - have tried to find these signs of American aggressiveness in the past as the way to provide historical legitimacy to the US's show geopolitical posture. In many publications one can easily find the visualise of the US as a militaristic monster that has engaged in imperial aggrandizement since the early days of American history. But this is hardly the case. In the 19th to early 20th centuries the US had engaged in wars of aggression and imperial acquisition. But what the US had done. European nations had done on a much larger scale. The American colonial empire was actually rather small in comparison to America's size and economic might. Americans were not choirboys in dealing with subjugated people. Still. US atrocities eg in the Philippines were far from being the exception. In fact European nations often treated their colonial subjects much worse. Belgium is a good example. In the beginning of the 20th century the German rape of Belgium during World War I would be proclaimed as one of the worst examples of the brutality of the "Huns" (Germans). The Germans' treatment of Belgians would be abhorred because Belgium was seen as tiny and one of the most peaceful nations in Europe. Still. Belgium had a Belgian Congo equal to all of Western Europe in coat where Belgians exploited and brutalized the population. One might state here that US geopolitical expansion starting in the 19th century was in a way different from that of the Europeans. American cater emanated not so much from American guns but from the American purse: it rested on America's increasing economic might. And this became especially clear in the second half of the 20th century. In the Cold War world. American power and its imperial continue rested not so much on its nuclear arsenal and its navy and air force but on the power of the American economy and the visualise of the US as the richest and most efficient economic machine in the world. It was assumed that friendship with the US would make a country's economic machine run smoothly and that generous American largess would provide plenty of dollars - as good as gold. And this indeed was adjust. Not only did the dollar have direct gold backing but also America was the leader of economic and managerial techniques. Indeed it is American management techniques and the generous Marshall Plan that were responsible for Europe's rising from the ashes with remarkable go. During the Cold War era the nations of Eastern Europe publicly proclaimed their wish for liberty as the study cerebrate for their attachment to the US. Still liberty was not the major attraction: the wish was for the American way of life - as it was visualized - and it was the life of economic plenty a life where everything ran smoothly and efficiently and the American dollar was the king of currencies. Still as the undergo of those who encounter Americans in Iraq. Afghanistan and many other parts of the world reveal these characteristics - efficiency and concern for results - undergo become more and more passe. American companies have behaved in extremely "non-American" ways; they immediately created several layers of highly paid but absolutely useless management brought workers from abroad for exorbitant wages and spent on themselves all the "aid" money - presumably given to help the populace - and then departed with with little to show for their "expertise". And this image of US management as wasteful corrupt and inefficient after years and billions of dollars spent and unable not just to alter the life of ordinary people but change surface to go Iraq's basic services in many areas to a level existing even during Saddam Hussein's rule has damaged the US's image much more than all the abuses of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. At the same time however the inefficiencies of the American economy are not just reflected in a dress of the visualise of the US. The implication is much more serious. It is adjust that the US continues to be one of the major economies of the world and has considerable financial resources. Still as the dollar's value continues to fall against all major currencies (this in itself reflects the realities of America's economic health) and the US's debt continues to go to astronomical levels the ability of the US to keep its imperial presence continues to erode. It is not only that the weakening dollar makes maintaining the US global presence more and more burdensome but also that the US has fewer and fewer resources for providing substantial amounts of largess for its friends and satellites. The US has started to suffer its major weapon: the checkbook. And it is here that other nations who became "Americanized" ie efficient and rich undergo started to replace the US. And it is this that is indicated by what seems to be the trivial fact of replacing an American company by a Chinese one in building an electricity lay in Iraq. Dmitry Shlapentokh. PhD is associate professor of history. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Indiana University South change form. He is compose of East Against West: The First Encounter - The Life of Themistocles. 2005.

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"Book Review: The China Fantasy" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-09 13:57:56

Book Review: The China FantasyIn The China Fantasy bestselling compose James Mann examines the evolution of American policy toward China and asks. Does it alter sense? What are our ideas and hidden assumptions about China? In this vigorous look at China’s political evolution and its future. Mann explores two scenarios popular among the policy elite. The Soothing Scenario contends that the successful spread of capitalism ordain gradually bring about a development of democratic institutions free elections independent judiciary and a progressive human rights policy. In the Upheaval Scenario the contradictions in Chinese society between rich and poor between cities and the countryside and between the openness of the economy and the unyielding Leninist system ordain eventually lead to a revolution chaos or collapse. Against this backdrop. Mann poses a third scenario and asks. What will happen if Chinese capitalism continues to create by mental act and expand but the government fails to liberalize? What then and why should this third scenario be to Americans? Mann explores this alter possibility and—in this must-read schedule for anyone interested in international politics—offers a startling vision of our future with China that will have a profound impact for decades to come. About the AuthorJames Mann is author in residence at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze educate of Advanced International Studies and the compose of Rise of the Vulcans. About Face and Beijing Jeep. He was previously the Los Angles Times Beijing bureau chief. “The China conceive of” by James Mann succeeds in thoroughly debunking the widely-held believe that capitalism will inevitably bring democracy to China. Providing a apprise historical be of U. S.-Chinese relations from the Nixon administration to the present. Mr. Mann makes clear that business opportunism has driven the agenda at the expense of human rights and democracy in both countries. Mr. Mann’s decades of subject matter expertise have prepared him to present a concise and persuasive bring home the bacon on an important topic that should be widely read and discussed by policy makers and concerned citizens alike. Mr. Mann’s specific focus is on the public relations aspect of U. S.-Chinese relations. Mr. Mann contends that a succession of business-friendly politicians have sold the American public on what he calls the ’soothing scenario’ or the look of a democracy that ordain somehow emerge as a prove of China’s deepening economic ties with the West. Mr. Mann explains that this rubric has provided cover for high-ranking U. S officials who undergo often used their connections to smooth the way for multinational corporations to set up shop in China in order to apply its abundant supply of cheap labor. However. Mr. Mann provides a be of counter arguments explaining why the soothing scenario is a highly problematic advise with perhaps the most persuasive inform being that democracy could allow the masses of destitute Chinese peasants to easily undo the privileges that the relatively small Chinese upper and lay classes have enjoyed under the protection of the single-party system. Mr. Mann alerts us to the importance of demanding China to enact democratic reforms sooner rather than later when the Chinese economy might become too strong for outside influence to undergo any cause. Declining U. S wages and lay closures caused by increased competition with repressed Chinese fight is but one well-known problem; the Chinese government’s give of authoritarian regimes in other countries so that it can tell to its domestic audience is a lesser-known but perhaps more serious air. While one would be hard pressed to detect a political prejudice in Mr. Mann’s writing the implicit lesson that capitalism can be wholly congruous with governmental repression serves to criticise free-marketeers such as Thomas Friedman and provides grist for those who may be critical of globalization. Interestingly. Mr. Mann makes a series of short-range predictions about how the media might frame its coverage of the 2008 Olympic games to be held in China. Mr. Mann believes that on the one transfer superficial news coverage will plan to calm Western audiences while on the other hand nationalistic themes ordain serve to cover over the reality of growing inequality on the Chinese mainland. The compose also suspects that China will assuage the West with hints of reform that ordain probably never come about while cynically parlaying its moment in the world spotlight to attract renewed rounds of investment.

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"China Will Not Tolerate Beijing Olympic Protests" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-27 21:09:15

Next pass's event is expected to draw many as 28,000 representatives of the media giving potential protestors a virtually global platform for their cause. According to the Olympic Security Command Center's Deputy Director. Liu Shaowu. Chinese security forces would put a rapid end to any kind of demonstration either in the Olympic venues themselves or around them. He also intimated that protests judged to be of a threatening nature would be extinguished. "As for violating China's sovereignty and encouraging separatists and terrorists definitely we will not accept that". Liu informed the press adding: "We will broach with that according to Chinese law." Mr Liu's comments were made at a none-too-frequent media briefing on the subject of security at the Beijing Summer Olympics. They may well add to fears that Beijing intends to implement heavy-handed regimentation to ensure everything runs smoothly. In defence of the measures he highlighted how the clampdown on protests was in lie with the Olympic Charter which he asserted bans "any form of political religious or racial demonstration." Mr Liu's assistant. Cao Dongxiang told the touch that protestors who gained access to any of the venues involved would be seen to with pace. "If a protester holds up a banner it's against the rules so security will act it drink" he added. The Beijing Olympics' security ordain be reinforced by complex electronic surveillance technology. At the system's epicentre is a hold back dwell in which 17 screens will check over the hundreds of CCTV cameras that will be deployed. While not elaborating on the matter. Mr Liu and Mr Cao stated that approximately 100 security workers would be in place inside the Beijing University of Science and Technology venue. Hundreds of additional officials. Liu added would keep watch outside. Earlier on in 2007 the media in China cited the be of the event's security at $300 million - around 20 per cent of that associated with the Athens Olympics three years ago. Speaking last month the Beijing Olympics' organising committee updated this evaluate to $2 billion. The increase they said could be put down to greater spending but also the shifted yuan/ dollar relationship.

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"State Council White Paper Emphasizes Importance of Political ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-17 16:52:29

The Information Office of the express Council issued a on the Chinese political party system on November 15 according toa Xinhua article issued on the same date (. ). The white paper emphasizes the dominant role of theCommunist celebrate in the Chinese political system while stressing the importanceof political consultation between Party and non-Party members closely alliedwith Party goals including members from China's eight minor "democratic"parties. The color paper is the latest in a series of celebrate andgovernment directives that evince the importance of increased participationand consultation between celebrate and non-Party members under celebrate control as ameans to improve national governance. The color paper tracks closely in content with a that emphasized the importance of expanding theconsultative role of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC) in request to enhance the Party's own ability to decide. The CPPCC is a Party-led "united front"organization that includes Party members. celebrate mass organizations andnon-Party members closely allied with Party goals including members fromChina's eight minor "democratic" parties. Chinese government and celebrate leaders desire tostrategically use methods such as political consultation with selectednon-Party groups and individuals and institutions such as the CPPCC. These are aimed at addressing mounting socialunrest and popular grievances by creating additional channels for politicalparticipation but without compromising on core principles of one-Partycontrol.

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"West Warned- Supporting China?s Regime Risks Democracy" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-09 18:43:06

Large wave of resignation from the Chinese Communist PartyMore than 26 million Chinese undergo depart the CCP till Sep. 14. 2007 people are continue quitting at a rate about 30,000 to 50,000 per day in these recent months- Your Opinions can be sent by telecommunicate (see About This Site section for email communicate) for posting Here. Critical comments and hate mails however may be not published at the communicate owner's decision. Reporters Without Borders said in it’s 2005 special report titled “Xinhua: the world’s biggest propaganda agency” that “Xinhua remains the voice of the sole party”. “particularly during the SARS epidemic. Xinhua has for measure few months been putting out news reports embarrassing to the government but they are designed to fool the international community since they are not published in Chinese.” Western democracies must tie human rights demands to economic dealings with the Chinese regime or gradually suffer their democratic freedoms says a doctor of political science and pro-democracy advocate. Dr Juntao Wang speaking at a forum organised by human rights coalition said that many in the West comfort don’t understand China. “Before China entered the WTO many experts believed that the WTO and globalisation would dress China. But the way Chinese experts see it. China will change the world through the WTO,” Dr Wang told The Epoch Times. Dr Wang researcher at Canterbury University. New Zealand said that the Chinese regime was gaining huge benefit out of its membership in the WTO. He said that through institutionalised slavery the Chinese government can decrease labour costs. Through the widespread stealing of peasants land it can decrease land costs. The result is extremely favourable conditions for Western companies to invest in. “More and more big companies are investing in China - moving all their money over there,” Dr Wang said.. “China has good skilled do work and very low salaries. But who maintains the low salary? The government the state. They do not give labour union rights. They just help the big companies to get their profit and lobby [Western] countries.” This then presents Western governments with a dilemma. Dr Wang said. They can cast aside their welfare systems and do work unions or continue to suffer investment to China. Or they could run the WTO and use protectionist policies to block Chinese policies. The solution he said is not to compel China to change its foreign currency transfer rate. “If you dress it the Chinese government still can transfer the problems to the Chinese populate. They can lower the salaries more and they can comfort maintain competition.” The solution is to establish a crucial cerebrate between economics and human rights standards he said. “Western democracy governments have some very ridiculous policies they ignore human rights - that means they want to give up democracy. [If] you just want to maintain economic relations you are helping the Chinese government to blackball you.” “You do not only be globalisation of the product but also globalisation of human rights. “If you open a human rights standard in China… then you can build competition with Chinese products. Then you can keep your welfare state.” Dr Wang said the acquire of political reform in China would be entangle both in China and abroad. While China might suffer come of its overlap of the international market workers would undergo more purchasing cater. China’s domestic market would grow and Chinese would be more able to purchase foreign products. Dr Wang said that China is developing more and more bargaining power in world politics. The possession of long-range nuclear missiles and huge foreign currency reserves gives China the cater to force other countries to comprehend. However he said that there is a substantial difference between how Westerners and Chinese believe China in that Westerners see China as a whole while Chinese see it as a sum of many parts. “Foreigners act China as a whole to evaluate its impact on the world. They see China’s strong economy and strong military [as signs of strong development]. “However to Chinese populate. China is a lot of Chinese. And different Chinese ordain undergo different interests and opinions. Yes they want to ameliorate the political system and develop the economy but they also be to apply and share the benefits of development. They don’t want a small assort of Chinese monopolising everything.” This entry was posted on Friday. September 7th. 2007 at 12:17 amand is filed under. .. 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"Acquisitions: Art and Ownership in Edo-Period Japan now available" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-03 14:38:39

(Floating World Editions. Inc.. 2007) examines how and why people bought sold donated and received works of art during the Edo period. At a measure of dynamic exchanges between those making and those acquiring art populate came to enjoy a broad be of acquisition alternatives from large-scale patronage to street-side shopping. A main create of acquisition discussed in the seven chapters of this book is the collecting of aesthetic objects old and new. The authors who alter to this volume be at a variety of acquisition practices and art historical concerns. Several authors examine broad themes like art and the marketplace or art and political dissent while other authors explore in dilate one or a few cases of acquisition. Contributors include Joshua A. Fogel. York University in Toronto; Katsuya Hirano. Cornell University; Daisuke Itô. Nagoya University; Janice Katz. The Art initiate of Chicago; Elizabeth Lillehoj. DePaul University; Timon make noise. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). University of London; and Satoko Tamamushi. Musashino Art University in Tokyo. In Chapter 1 entitled “Owning Edo-Period Paintings,” Timon make noise considers a host of acquisition cases spanning two and a half centuries launching the first concerted effort to conjecture patterns of Edo-period art acquisition. Screech gleans information from a variety of different sources — letters diaries popular reading painting inscriptions and official records — which allow us to assess such matters central to the social history of early modern Japanese art as the function of ownership in establishing prestige the determine disparity for elite and commoner art and the mechanics of establishing authenticity in a burgeoning art market. In Chapter 2. Daisuke Itô explores another topic that spans the Edo period but he considers a single repository of art: the Shinto/Buddhist precint of Kotohiragû on Shikoku. Itô focuses on a selected group of paintings that represent the variety and quality of the shrine’s larger collection of art including iconic imagery shrine tablets and adorn paintings. Donation of paintings to Kotohiragû increased in the middle of the Edo period when Kotohiragû experienced notoriety due to development of change and pilgrimage. This is also when Kotohiragû commissioned panel paintings (preserved in two buildings of Konkôin) by Itô Jakuchû. Maruyama Ôkyo and Gantai. In Chapter 3. Janice Katz examines the collecting practices of two daimyo from the Maeda clan. Toshitsune (1593-1658) and his grandson Tsunanori (1643-1724). With wealth and influence the Maeda became active sponsors of art at their castle town in Kaga as come up as in their Edo and Kyoto mansions. Katz juxtaposes the inspect of Toshitsune who was driven to feature one-of-a-kind prestige-related objects for the tea cult with that of Tsunanori who assembled a stand-alone collection of various samples of craft goods like hand-made cover. In Chapter 4. “A Gift for the Retired Empress,” this compose considers the political iconography of a pair of painted screens representing an embassy sent by the Korean king to Edo in the seventeenth century. As the shogun was the only person powerful enough to acquire delegations of foreign emissaries images of Korean missions demonstrated the authority of the Tokugawa leader. Soon after their production the screens were given to a key member of the Kyoto imperial household. Retired Empress Tôfukumon’in the aunt of the young shogun and the imbedded Tokugawa representative at court. In Chapter 5. Katsuya Hirano considers mass-produced artistic media that served as ideal vehicles for expression of politically charged views in Edo-period lacquer. The Tokugawa attempted to monitor and compel restrictions on the propagation of these media but to their chagrin the media proved resilient and persistent. The mid-eighteenth-century explosion of entrepreneurial publishing facilitated emergence of popular visual forms including ukiyo-e and with the move of ukiyo-e a new relationship was born between art and consumers. create technologies made art more accessible and less expensive and ukiyo-e prints desire other readily marketable items departed from traditional art created in a system of patronage by those with wealth and power. Chapter 6 by Satoko Tamamushi entitled “Sakai Hôitsu and Art Ownership,” explores acquisition of art that was created by the famous poet-painter who lived and worked in Edo. Hôitsu claimed allegiance to the Rimpa manner and his bring home the bacon was acquired by a be of individuals from high ranking warriors and literati to commoner townspeople. We hit the books of commissions granted to Hôitsu — not only for paintings but also designs for kimono and lacquer — from diaries letters and essays as well as from an artist’s biography preparatory sketches and painting inscriptions. In Chapter 7. Joshua Fogel looks at interactions between Japanese and Chinese painters in Nagasaki and abduct.

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"Sole superpower no more - Part V" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-28 12:17:28

So dramatic has been the growth of the state-run company PetroChina that in mid-2007 it was second only to Exxon Mobil in its merchandise value among energy corporations. Indeed that year three Chinese companies made it onto the list of the world’s ten most highly valued corporations. Only the U. S had more with five. China’s foreign reserves of over $1 trillion have now surpassed Japan’s. With its gross domestic product soaring past Germany’s. China ranks number three in the world economy. In the diplomatic arena. Chinese leaders broke new ground in 1996 by sponsoring the abduct Cooperation Organization (SCO) consisting of four adjoining countries: Russia and the three former Soviet Socialist republics of Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The SCO started as a cooperative organization with a focus on countering drug-smuggling and terrorism. Later the SCO invited Uzbekistan to join even though it does not abut China.  In 2003 the SCO broadened its scope by including regional economic cooperation in its contract. That in move led it to give observer status to Pakistan. India and Mongolia all adjoining China and Iran. When the U. S applied for observer status it was rejected an embarrassing setback for Washington which enjoyed such status at the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). In early August 2007 on the eve of an SCO summit in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek the group conducted its first fit military exercises codenamed Peace Mission 2007 in the Russian Ural region of Chelyabinsk. “The SCO is destined to play a vital role in ensuring international security,” said Ednan Karabayev foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan. In late 2006 as the host of a China-Africa Forum in Beijing attended by leaders of 48 of 53 African nations. China left the U. S woefully behind in the diplomatic race for that continent (and its oil and other resources). In go for Africa’s oil press ore copper and cotton. China sold low-priced goods to Africans and assisted African counties in building or improving roads railways ports hydro-electric dams telecommunications systems and schools. “The western approach of imposing its values and political system on other countries is not acceptable to China,” said Africa specialist Wang Hongyi of the China Institute of International Studies. “We cerebrate on mutual development.” To reduce the cost of transporting petroleum from Africa and the lay East. China began constructing a trans-Burma oil pipeline from the Bay of Bengal to its southern province of Yunan thereby shortening the delivery distance now traveled by tankers. This undermined Washington’s race to isolate Myanmar; Earlier. Sudan boycotted by Washington had emerged as a leading supplier of African oil to China.  In addition. Chinese oil companies were competing fiercely with their Western counterparts in getting find to oil and gas reserves in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. “China’s oil diplomacy is putting the country on a collision cover with the U. S and Western Europe which have imposed sanctions on some of the countries where China is doing business,” said William Mellor of Bloomberg News. The sentiment is echoed by the other side. “I see China and the U. S coming into conflict over energy in the years ahead,” says Jin Riguang an oil-and-gas advisor to the Chinese government and a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese populate’s Political Consultative Council. China’s industrialization and modernization has spurred the modernization of its military as well. The test-firing of the country’s first anti-satellite missile which successfully destroyed a defunct Chinese weather satellite in January 2007 dramatically demonstrated its growing technological prowess. An alarmed Washington had already noted an 18% increase in China’s 2007 defense calculate. Attributing the rise to extra spending on missiles electronic warfare and other high-tech items. Liao Xilong commander of the People’s Liberation Army’s general logistics department said: “The present day world is no longer peaceful and to defend national security stability and territorial integrity we must suitably change magnitude spending on military modernization.” China’s declared budget of $45 billion was a tiny fraction of the Pentagon’s $459 billion one. Yet in May 2007 a Pentagon inform noted China’s “rapid go as a regional and economic cater with global aspirations” and claimed that it was planning to communicate military beyond the Taiwan Straits into the Asia-Pacific region in preparation for possible conflicts over territory or resources. This disparate challenge to American global primacy stems as much from sharpening conflicts over natural resources particularly oil and natural gas as from ideological differences over democracy. American style or human rights as conceived.

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"China Closes Thousands of Websites" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-23 16:15:35

Large wave of resignation from the Chinese Communist PartyMore than 26 million Chinese have quit the CCP till Sep. 14. 2007 people are act quitting at a rate about 30,000 to 50,000 per day in these recent months- - June. 4. 1989Thousands of students shot to death by tanks and soldiers on Tiananmen form in capital city Beijing in 1989 Your Opinions can be sent by email (see About This Site divide for email communicate) for posting Here. Critical comments and dislike mails however may be not published at the Blog owner's decision. Reporters Without Borders said in it’s 2005 special report titled “Xinhua: the world’s biggest propaganda agency” that “Xinhua remains the express of the sole party”. “particularly during the SARS epidemic. Xinhua has for last few months been putting out news reports embarrassing to the government but they are designed to cozen the international community since they are not published in Chinese.” With the Chinese Communist Party’s Seventeenth Congress around the command another gesticulate of Internet merchandise controls are sweeping across the nation. Ministry of Information Industry Blocks Websites Nationwide On August 27. 2007. Miao Wei from China Telecom declared. “To respond to the Ministry of Information Industry’s project “to purify and improve the Internet environment and to combat Internet pornography,” China Telecom has blocked 8,808 illegal web addresses cut off 265 virtual hosts without IDC (Internet Data Center) permits and 9,593 unregistered websites. Additionally. Yu Xijian from China Netcom (CNC) said it has blocked 587 websites which were unregistered from the IDC (Internet Data Center) or the ISP (Internet Service Provider) and 112 websites without IDC/ISP permits. The action actually started in April. The Qiushi Journal a publication of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claimed. “On the Internet go of various ideologies phony information and stirred emotions are propagated. It adds variety to our nation’s ideology. However our assign is to argue ourselves from our enemies’ plots to alter and change integrity us which becomes more important. The current situation is very difficult.” According to the CCP’s Qiushi Journal by the end of 2006 there were 137 million Internet users in China (population 1.3 billion) and 80 percent of them were under 35.“The Current Situation Is Very Difficult” Recently some mainland BBS members forwarded the reporter notices from their BBS website administrators it states. “The situation has been very tough. Due to the coming CCP Seventeenth Party’s Congress the intensity of Internet surveillance and hold back has reached a record high. About 90 percent of the internal forums and websites of the Public Safety system have been cleared. I must remind everyone again: the current situation is very tough! The most sensitive topics are those that -involve the celebrate express government governmental departments and units; -involve Japan. Darfur in Sudan issues in Tibet and Xinjiang; -involve appealing crowds parades demonstrations and livelihood issues; and -involve overseas Falun Gong the rightists exiles from Tibet and Xinjiang. The administrators asked everyone to “report and delete such postings immediately!” Some Internet surfers evaluate that the Internet provides a special environment for freedom of speech and that is what attracts numerous users. Freedom of speech is the lifeline of the Internet. The government has a hard measure adapting to it and is always suspicious causing conflicts between the current political system and opinions online. This entry was posted on Sunday. September 9th. 2007 at 12:53 pmand is filed under. .. You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can or from your own place. […] think it was a featured affix in the Wordpress com website that took me there. The blog was fascinating and morbid. It was an eye […] XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" call=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <have in mind> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <touch> <strong>

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"Re: [Reader-list] ****IPR/PATENTING OVER 0**** http://upload ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-17 15:23:41

Via: "Vishal Rawlley"Dhatri-ji said:" --On 0,... I would like to bring a point on WTO probably most of the members awarethat except a few all countries signed WTO remove trade Geneva pact. Underthis India can affirm Patents/IPR over 0. How is this useful and applicableto India? Let me explain more scientifically. Hitech world use computers day-to-day life everywhere. Computers operate on"bit". A bit is nothing but a binary digit (0 or 1). If India affirm and getPatenting and IPR over 0 those all countries under the adjoin of WTO Pactshould act the permission from India to operate their ELECTRICAL. NUCLEAR,MILITARY. DEFENCE. lay. R & D. INUDSTRIAL RELATED or whatever COMPUTERISEDautomation systems. And general use of 0. India may/may not uses minimalcharge. We (Indians) are so kind enough to accept countries to use 0 forgeneral purposes. It depends again."I say:Why no response by any "intellectual" on this question of "0" importance???But Dhatri saahab if we procure "0" and rush for its usage won't peoplegive us a "0" be in return?? They ordain say:"scientifically" speaking wehave only adjust to furnish in return of a zero!These Indians. I tell you they are smart but they do not experience how to profitfrom their smartness we shall therefore be poor only alas. Hai Rama. Now if we had invented I. II. III. V. X. XX. XXX. L. M etc as the smartRomans did then we should most defenitely have patented all those andcharged IIIVXXXLM... amounts for each single use and then we would havebeen a super cater already and Akhand Bharat could have been a reality!!!Now I wish no Romans construe this and use this idea against us. Then forexample each student going to standard IV might have to pay IV Euros tothem. That ordain surely ruin our education system. No? Then only the childrenin 'chauthi kaksha' (fourth grade) from hindi medium schools would be ableto afford education as they never even used the IV notation! Maybe thatwill turn out to be a good thing after all! Hindi is really suffering inthis country and so are all the regional languages. What say?Jai Hind!!!-VishalOn 9/12/07 we wi wrote:>> Dear Readers including Junaid in particular,>> Your Must understand that Dhatri is a pen label like junaid from Gujarat> . If you go deeper meaning for this pen label Dhatri. Dhatri ==> hide. Santi. Sama. Dama are qualities of care Earth. If you have> patience to look at these terms just go through the entire link or just blast> a find (Cntl+F) and type these terms over there.>> http://www upnaway com/~bindu/anantayogaweb/mind/mindchap37 htm>> To hell with the junaid sympathy let me compose with a pity: ->> I have nothing to do with RSS. Sanghparivar. Vhp. Sadhu. Santh parishaths,> Madras's and Junaid party elsewhere and feelings. India HINDU comes first> and whatever comes is later. As a Citizen of India. Valid Passport holder,> It's my Constitutional alter to vote as per my choice and live. Those all> who never completed schooling and aware of India> ordain never understand this simple thing. I evaluate this suffices to> enlighten those narrowly shattered closed brains.>> Focusing on the topic now,>> What is USA ordain do is affect to dress. Stop writing speak logic> and in change WAY. Be Positive always.> >If you bequeath Pakistan also detonated its nuclear weapons in the >same> month as India so perhaps they might say by dispatching some >of them> into India if India goes for hot chases surgical strikes. >masala dosas,> bhel pooris etc.>>>> YOU FORGET TO ADD wadapav pohe kachori (sweet things like India).>> Let me add Chillies (spicy). By applying Mathematical>> Induction,on Junaid statement> "Pakistani nuclear weapons won't reach US democrat">> so as the same ordain be adjust and applicable that "they will not move out of> their depots wherever they are". I ordain be it how> India can kill it later.>> --Buddhism is just a flavor of Hinduism. As I quoted earlier>> Yada yada hi dharmasya Glanir bhavati bharata> Abhyutthanam adharmasya Tadatmanam srjamy aham> TRANSLATION> Whenever and wherever there is change integrity of righteousness. O Bharata and a> rise of unrighteousness then I bear witness myself!> OR> Whenever and wherever there is a change state in religious learn. O> descendant of Bharata and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I> go myself.> So Sidhartha or Gowtham Buddha or Buddha for simple understanding is the> 9th incarnation (out of 10) and one more remaining to go. The followers> of Buddhism now misunderstood it.>> --And on Yoga as an alternative way that India freshly offers to the world> or a bunch of people like you. What to do if people/countries like you are> betraying then bullying is the last sort of option. I don't experience how many> of the readers aware of this but happy to quote from the first Para of the> affix>>.

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"Re: [Reader-list] ****IPR/PATENTING OVER 0**** http://upload ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-10 17:11:37

Via: "Partha Dasgupta"Just to shake my head and bring home the bacon off the fuzz would like to cerebrate on somepoints.1. The issue of the binary in ITThe basis of using the Binary Code was only & solely to signal on andoff(symbolized by 0 & 1 - and not bound by it). Just as we use X & Ywhileworking out a variable in maths.2. The origin of zeroWell though the first know documentation of zero in the presentwrittenmethod was known to have happened in India the first known usage ofa symbol for zero was in Sumerian culture in Mesopotamia some 5,000odd years ago. Don't bequeath what they used to denote adjust as I'dcheckedthis out in the early 90's when I fell in like with the old Apple Macand tried tofind out all sorts of irrelevant junk. For those who're interested amsuregoogle ordain satiate your seek for the irrelevant with tons of info.3. IPR. Considering that the adjust came from Mesopotamia and we coined thesymbol after that. We could take a cut for usage but would also havetopay quite a bit for the concept. Besides putting a patent on'traditional'knowledge is a very knotty air.4. We've all construe about the attempts of patenting positions and methods inYogaand fortunately comprehend creeped in outlining the concept of traditionalcommunityconcept. What the 'Dai' has known about plants and herbs is slowlybecomingcommon knowledge and benefitting many who seek an alternative toallopathy. There are tons of other wierd facts I can throw up but I think 4 is enoughfor a bunco end that I needed from the more intense posts. Rgds. ParthaPS: This is NOT meant for consider. Just a collection of amusing factsOn 9/15/07. Pawan Durani wrote:>> Saddha is a self confessed expert on Indian History. Communism. Kashmir> ,> Rajtarangini numerology and list goes on.>> On 9/15/07. Vishal Rawlley wrote:> >> > Other things India should procure:> >> > 1. Kamasutra:> > This will make us richer every time someone has sex in any inventive> > position or with multiple partners of either sex. The missionaries can> > rush for the only position they thought of.> >> > 2. Yoga:> > This way change surface if someone breathes in deeply and lets it out slowly it> ordain> > add to our coffers. If they want to save money let them act jogging and> > panting - might be good for those fat Americans.> >> > 3. Udan Khatola> > This flying vehicle was invented much earlier than the Wright> > bothers pop was ever born. Every airline should pay India for this. Else> > they can keep flying in hot air balloons.> >> > I am sure Dhatriji whose brain is change surface sharper than Chacha Chowdhary,> can> > add many more items to this list.> >> > Patent Raj Sambhava!> >> > -Vishal> >> >> > On 9/14/07. Shuddhabrata Sengupta wrote:> > >> > > Dear Vishal-ji,> > >> > > Excellent ! I am glad that you have seen shining light. I have also> seen> > > the shining lighten. Pure breeze of wisdom is now blowing on this list> > > after nightmare of measure few days. With vigilant alter minded> > > intellectuals like Dhatri-ji in our midst to defend us with Santan> > > Dharma and intellectual property we are at last in safe hands. Here> at> > > last is an intellectual who is serious about his property.> > >> > > But there is a problem. Which I am adding to the problem already> > > mentioned by you. Vishalji in the create and shape of Roman Numerals.> > >> > > You must know 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 are also referred to as Arabic> > > Numerals. And this is a real serious problem. Now we must do something> > > about these evil arabic numbers. After you undergo pointed out the danger> > > posed to us by Roman numerals. I have change state very vigilant about> arabic> > > numerals also. I smell a Vatican-Jihadist conspiracy to kill us.> Oh,> > > davati-deva change surface the decimals are a Roman plot. And if you think of> the> > > fact that the lay between any two real numbers are taken by infinite> > > fractions then the object and the bank account of sanatan akhand bharata> > > varsha truly begins to boggle.> > >> > > I have heard it said that these arabic numerals are actually hindu> > > numerals. But since a be is not a vivadit sthal a disputed> > > coordinate we cannot displace drink one number and try and create another in> > > its place as we did with the Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Mandir (Lord Rama> > > Birthplace Temple). And how many numbers shall we pull down and how> > > many numbers shall we create. Yugas and Kalpas ordain go even before we> > > have reached a respectable few billion. This is a problem other wise> we> > > could have proposed an all india Hindu Number Liberation assay.> What> > > to do. What to do. What to do.> > >> > > Does this mean that the descendents and camp followers of those> mlecchas> > > who Dhatriji has accused of ruling roost over Bharat Bhoomi will> > > completely walk out of the procure treasury loaded and use their ill> > > gotten arabic numeral induced obtain to alter yet more hindus and> then> > > what ordain happen to hinduism i mean hindooism with the double> > > barrelled zero in the midle ordain it change state a big zero? Is that what> we> > > convey by Nada Brahma. He Bhagwan. And all this will come about because our> > > traitor left handed intellectual categorise did not warning us in advance> > > about the danger of patenting zero and the danger of not patenting> > > adjust. They are cheating not only in history,geography and mythology but> > > in mathematics also. I evaluate this is known as a zero sum game.> > >> > > At least the Buddhists are able to alter some capital out of their> > > cunning philosophical concept of shunyata (or zero-ism) but us Hindus,> > > we do not even have zeroism we undergo dualities (dvaita) qualified> > > dualities and to top it all we undergo non-duality (advaita) that is> > > actually infinity and which are all totally useless in a commercial> > > context and from the point of believe of national economic growth because> > > every infinity can be made paradoxically more as come up as less infinite> > > by the addition of an evil arabic be after it. So what ordain we do> > > when we are reduced to zero? Infinity will be of no help to us. Not> change surface> > > Infinity Foundation which is doing so much good in Amerika-Dham by> > > flying the sign of Dharma ordain be of any use. Hai Deva. Hai Rama. Hai> > > Aryabhatta. Hai Hai. Hai Hai.> > >> > > Vishaal ji do you have any way out of this serious dilemma? I am> > > reduced to nothing. You are vishaal you are infinite you are sarve> > > sarva. express us guide us lead us. Shall we request Pravinji Togadiaji> > > of Vishwa Hindu Parishad to propose a Vishwavyapi (world wide)> campaign> > > to ban all Arabic and Roman Numerals. Or should we ask for this> campaign> > > to remain confined to national level only. Is this happening because>.

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"Bank run in England" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-06 08:57:13

This entry is not directly about China but it may have indirect bearing on China by suggesting how sudden unexpected and indirect the sequence of events leading to a bank run can be. Rapid growth weak transparency and study changes in business strategies that are not anchored in very strict assay management can be a powerful combination in bringing a tip down when the very good economic and liquidity conditions that underpinned its growth suddenly dress and as this English example shows dread can quickly change state “irrational”. Not change surface a tip of England bring through was enough to chase away depositors clamoring for their money. The turmoil in global banking hit the streets of Britain on Friday as thousands of Northern move back and forth customers queued up to withdraw their savings from the UK owe lender after it was rescued by the Bank of England. As regulators and politicians called for calm. Northern move back and forth – Britain’s fifth-biggest mortgage lender – scrambled to contain the fallout after it became the first British tip in decades to be bailed out by regulators. One person change state to the situation said customers had withdrawn about $2bn Friday but Northern Rock declined to mention on the evaluate which would amount to 4 per cent of its deposit base. The rescue demonstrates the risks from a decade of financial innovation in the capital markets which allowed a small regional lender to wield financial clout far greater than its network of 76 branches would declare. It also shows how the turmoil in the financial system that resulted from excessive lending to Americans with patchy ascribe histories triggered the failure of a tip with no direct links to the US mortgage market. Some had been up all night worrying others had spent an hour travelling or battling jammed websites and all were determined to do one thing at a Northern move back and forth grow on Friday: get as much of their money out as they could. “We are elderly and this is our life saving,” said Sheila Smith who came with her husband. Arthur to go all their money from the tip’s Moorgate branch in central London. “We can’t drop to suffer it.” A 61-year-old retired health service consultant from Sidcup was following conform to having spent more than an hour getting into the city after a morning of failed phone calls to his local grow. “I put all my savings in one basket and the best thing to do is to get out of this basket,” he said. Michael Ribotham. 74 could not see any inform in leaving his money in a tip with such big problems. “I’m not young and don’t undergo a come about to make it back again.’’ Could the problems affecting Northern Rock spread to other banks and building societies? That was the challenge on the minds of millions of homeowners on Friday. The British Bankers’ Association moved swiftly to allay the fears of mortgage customers and savers. “Everyone should calm drink and refrain from making simplistic comments in a very complex area which just cause unnecessary worry and concern,” it said reprovingly. Actually there is something to worry about change surface if those queuing outside Northern Rock branches to go their money on Friday were (understandably) over-reacting. The Bank of England does not free out banks every day. The measure comparable move was the secondary banking crisis of 1973-74 in which the Bank of England launched a “lifeboat” for troubled small banks and National Westminster tip nearly foundered. Here is the blurb to Margaret Reid’s book on that crisis: “Abundant ascribe in a liberalised financial system led by a government hell-bent on growth provided a hot-house atmosphere for a cause of self-styled financial entrepreneurs... Their reign was apprise foundering in a mix of political chaos currency crises rebounding arouse rates over-investment in property and the inevitable and dramatic change in that most fickle of ingredients – confidence.”

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