Topic: China
The murder of a Vietnamese mother of three is rattling the little Westphalian city Iserlohn. The owner of a Thai and China Grill was initially robbed. In an attempt to thwart flight by the perpetrator ... moreI wrote about the price discrepancy years ago, the South Korean negotiator was bragging upon his return about how low the price was. The question of course is who in the Yemeni government negotiated t ... more
This July, Israeli and world media enthusiastically covered a peculiar verdict issued by an Israeli court, sentencing a Palestinian man to 18 months in prison for impersonating a Jewish bachelor and ... more
By Daniel Ikenson US manufacturing grows for 13th straight month is the headline of an AP newswire story posted around noon today. This statistic doesn t surprise me, since I ve been follow ... more
There have been a number of articles and news items about China lately that I #8217;ve found interesting and which I thought received less attention in the United States and in the blogosphere in par ... more
By Roger PilonPOLITICO Arena asks a second question today: Is Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer right to complain about the Obama State Department #8217;s inclusion of Arizona #8217;s new immigration law in its ... more
Gratitude. "Norway 'bomb plot' underscores al-Qaida pitfalls," by Ian Macdougall for Associated Press, August 29 (thanks to all who sent this in): OSLO, Norway - When police arrested a suspected al- ... more
I just stumbled upon a funny, yet strangely sad, article about a tech-related phenomenon called "character amnesia," in which modern Chinese and Japanese folks find themselves unable to recall how to ... more
Jimmy Carter has managed to achieve as private citizen that which alluded him as president: Freeing an American citizen held hostage by a hostile government. An American held captive for seven months ... more
By Daniel GriswoldWhat had been a recurring story line buried in the business pages has now burst onto the front page: Economic growth slowed by trade gap, the Washington Post reports this morni ... more