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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 Herman, Asia Times, G7 loses grip on global policy to O5
May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Klare, MoJo, America Out of Gas
5/08/08 Chapman, BBC, Wild times in changing China
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, China steps up child virus fight
May 7, 2008
5/07/08 Englehardt, Nation, The Next War
5/07/08 Porter, Asia Times, Yes, the Pentagon did want to hit Iran
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Wyss, Miami Heerald, U.S. base is no longer welcome in Ecuador
May 4, 2008
May 2, 2008
May 1, 2008
April 30, 2008
4/30/08 Gewen, NYT, The Moral Calculus of War
April 29, 2008
April 28, 2008
April 24, 2008
4/24/08 Bradsher, NYT, With First Car, a New Life in China
4/24/08 Clark et al, Guardian, Shops ration sales of rice as US buyers panic
4/24/08 Al Jazeera, China recalls Zimbabwe arms ship
April 23, 2008
4/23/08 Baldauf & Ford, CSM, China slammed for arming Zimbabwe's Mugabe
April 22, 2008
April 19, 2008
April 18, 2008
April 16, 2008
April 15, 2008
4/15/08 Rizvi, One World, US Congress to Address Poor Country Debts
April 14, 2008
4/14/08 Feffer, FPIF, Trouble in Tibet
4/14/08 Rohr, BBC, Made in China
April 11, 2008
April 7, 2008
April 6, 2008
4/06/08 Thakurta, IPS, INDIA: Taking on China in Africa
April 4, 2008
4/04/08 Engdahl, Asia Times, Rust to fertilize food price surge
April 3, 2008
4/03/08 Warrick & Johnson, WP, Chinese Spy 'Slept' In U.S. for 2 Decades
April 1, 2008
4/01/08 Miner, MoJo, The Real-Life Matrix
March 30, 2008
March 28, 2008
March 26, 2008
3/26/08 Bennett, Asia Times, Tibet, the 'great game' and the CIA
March 25, 2008
3/25/08 Danner, MoJo, Bush's Pax Americana
3/25/08 Ciccarello-Maher, Intel Daily, The Coming War on Venezuela
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 Shannan, Intel Daily, How the Fed Buys an Ounce of Gold for 10ยข
3/24/08 Turse, FPIF, The Military-Petroleum Complex
March 23, 2008
3/23/08 Backman, The Age, Behind Dalai Lama's holy cloak (the CIA)
March 21, 2008
March 18, 2008
3/18/08 Porter, Asia Times, My Lai probe hid policy that led to massacre
March 17, 2008
March 15, 2008
3/15/08 Shlapentokh, Asia Times, US enters 'checkbook war' with China
March 14, 2008
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 AL Jazeera, Chinese 'arming Darfur conflict'
3/13/08 Bradsher, NYT, Flu Outbreak Closes Hong Kong Schools
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Al Jazeera, Bush lashes out at Chavez
3/12/08 Liu, Asia TImes, The Shape of US Populism, Part 1
3/12/08 Al Jazeera, US commander quits 'over Iran'
3/12/08 Al Jazeera, US commander quits 'over Iran'
March 11, 2008
3/11/08 Yardley, NYT, China Sticking With One-Child Policy
3/11/08 Delalsantellis, Asia Times, Why Boeing lost the $40bn tanker deal
March 10, 2008
March 9, 2008
March 6, 2008
3/06/08 Srivastava, Asia Times, Iran gas: China waits as India wavers
March 5, 2008
3/05/08 Klare, FPIF, The China Syndrome
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 Johnson, McClatchy, China announces largest military budget ever
3/04/08 Al Jazeera, 'US plot against Hamas' revealed
March 3, 2008
February 27, 2008
2/27/08 Al Jazeera, Pollution turns China river red
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Dillon, NYT, History Survey Stumps U.S. Teens
2/26/08 Docena, FPIF, In the Dragon's Lair
February 25, 2008
2/25/08 Rizvi, OneWorld, US Military Plan for Africa Panned
February 24, 2008
February 23, 2008
February 22, 2008
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Volman & Tuckey, FPIF, Militarizing Africa (Again)
February 20, 2008
February 19, 2008
2/19/08 Al Jazeera, China inflation hits new high
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Lobe, IPS, Can the US Brace Its Fall?
2/18/07 Al Jazeera, Protests over trade deal hit Peru
February 17, 2008
February 15, 2008
2/15/08 AL Jazeera, Australia vows to support E Timor
February 14, 2008
February 13, 2008
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 Al Jazeera, Russia in Ukraine missile warning
2/12/08 Isenberg, Asia Times, War by the rules
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 Hersch, New Yorker, A Strike in the Dark
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 Watts, Guardian, Behind the Great Firewall
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Dangl, Progressive, Undermining Bolivia
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 LeMelle, FPIF, Africa Policy Outlook 2008
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 Pemberton & Dancs, FPIF, Bush Budget Adds to Military, Cuts Prevention
February 5, 2008
2/05/08 Fortson, Independent,
February 4, 2008
February 2, 2008
February 1, 2008
January 31, 2008
1/31/08 Pemberton, FPIF, Military vs. Climate Security
1/31/08 Hooker & Bogdanich, NYT, Tainted Drugs Tied to Maker of Abortion Pill
1/31/08 AL Jazeera, China warns of winter shortages
January 30, 2008
January 29, 2008
1/29/08 Afrasiabi, Asia Times, A China base in Iran?
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Feffer, FPIF, Who Owns the World?
January 26, 2008
1/26/08 Magnier, LAT, China targets plastic bags Blight
January 25, 2008
January 24, 2008
1/24/08 Al Jazeera, Winter saps China energy supplies
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Shank, FPIF, Chomsky on World Ownership
January 22, 2008
1/22/08 Al Jazeera, Bank of China shares suspended
January 21, 2008
January 19, 2008
1/19/08 Sanders, Deadly clashes in Kenya
1/19/08 Zavis, LAT, 80 killed in clashes in Iraq
January 15, 2008
1/15/08 SteenHuysem, Reuters, New study blames Columbus for syphilis spread
January 14, 2008
January 13, 2008
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Faiola & Tse, WP, Fears About Economy Increase
1/12/08 Foley, Independent, US hit by price rises in Chinese imports
January 11, 2008
January 9, 2008
January 8, 2008
January 7, 2008
January 6, 2008
1/06/08 O'Brien, Forbes, Global Warming Hits China
January 5, 2008
January 4, 2008
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Kwiatkowski & George, Bloomberg, IEA Chief Says Oil May Rise to $150 on China Demand
January 2, 2008
1/02/08 McDuffee, ITT, Empire's Architecture
December 30, 2007
December 28, 2007
12/28/07 Truthout, Klein Interview - Shock Doctrine video
December 26, 2007
12/26/07 Graham-Harrison, Reuters, China repeats pledges on energy security, price reform
December 25, 2007
December 24, 2007
December 23, 2007
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Story & Barboza, NYT, The Recalls' Aftershocks
12/22/07 Al Jazeera, US snubs Taiwan's UN referendum
December 21, 2007
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Shanker, NYT, Bush Approves Army Reorganization
December 18, 2007
December 17, 2007
December 12, 2007
December 11, 2007
12/11/07 Weisman, NYT, China and U.S. in Food Safety Accord
12/11/07 Al Jazeera, China signs $2bn Iran oil deal
December 10, 2007
12/10/07 MotherJones, China Eats the World
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 Al Jazeera, Gates calls Iran threat to region
December 5, 2007
December 4, 2007
12/04/07 Griffin, Independent, Are we in for a China crisis?
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 Mazzetti, NYT, U.S. Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work
12/03/07 Zizek, ITT, China's Valley of Tears
December 2, 2007
12/02/07 Leppard, Times Online, US says it has right to kidnap British citizens
December 1, 2007
12/01/07 Watts, Guardian, Aids cover-up as Chinese PM visits village
November 30, 2007
11/30/07 Bloomfield, Independent, Attitude of West fuels hardliners
November 28, 2007
11/28/07 Docena, Asia Times, How the US got its Philippine bases back
November 27, 2007
November 25, 2007
November 23, 2007
November 18, 2007
November 17, 2007
11/17/07 Singh, BBC, Dollars no good for the Taj Mahal
November 13, 2007
11/13/07 McCarthy, Independent, China 'will agree to cut its carbon emissions'
November 12, 2007
11/12/07 Bello, FPIF, Power, Passion, and Neoliberalism - Shock Doctrine Review
November 10, 2007
11/10/07 Klein, Nation, Latin America's Shock Resistance
November 9, 2007
11/09/07 O'Grady, Independent, How China is eating the world
November 8, 2007
11/08/07 Irwin, WP, A Sinking Feeling Over The Dollar
November 7, 2007
November 6, 2007
November 5, 2007
11/05/07 Shanker, NYT, Gates in China for Talks on Military
11/05/07 Greenlees, NYT, PetroChina Shares Triple in Debut
October 31, 2007
10/31/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank of China takes $322m sub-prime hit
October 29, 2007
October 27, 2007
October 25, 2007
10/25/07 Ford, CSM, What's behind Asia's moon race?
10/25/07 Bradsher, NYT, China Says Economy Grew 11.5%
October 24, 2007
10/24/07 Grier, CSM, Military spending: up and away
October 22, 2007
October 18, 2007
10/18/07 Schapiro, Nation, Toxic Toys
10/18/07 Peterson, CSM, Russia, Iran harden against West
October 17, 2007
October 16, 2007
October 15, 2007
10/15/07 Coonanin, Independent, China will not bring in 'Western' democracy
October 14, 2007
October 13, 2007
October 12, 2007
October 11, 2007
10/11/07 Holmes, Nation, Apocalypse Now?
October 8, 2007
October 7, 2007
October 4, 2007
October 3, 2007
10/03/07 Peterson, CSM, Are U.S. and Iran headed for war?
September 30, 2007
September 27, 2007
9/27/07 Sanger & Shanker, NYT, Washington Sees an Opportunity on Iran
September 26, 2007
September 25, 2007
September 21, 2007
September 19, 2007
9/19/07 Meyerson, WP, China's Hot Stock: Orwell Inc.
9/19/07 Al Jazeera, Powerful storm hits eastern China
September 18, 2007
9/19/07 Borger & Chrisafis, Guardian, Drift into War with Iran Out of Control, Says UN
September 17, 2007
9/17/07 Sherwell & Shipman, Telegraph, Bush Setting America Up for War With Iran
September 16, 2007
September 12, 2007
September 11, 2007
9/11/07 Barboza, NYT, Why Lead in Toy Paint? It's Cheaper
September 6, 2007
September 5, 2007
9/05/07 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Titan Rain - how Chinese hackers targeted Whitehall
September 4, 2007
September 2, 2007
August 30, 2007
August 29, 2007
August 26, 2007
August 25, 2007
August 23, 2007
8/23/07 Doyle & Sengupta, Independent, Iraq: The vanishing coalition
August 21, 2007
8/21/07 Polgreen & French, NYT, China's Trade in Africa Carries a Price Tag
8/22/07 Hiro, Asia Times, Rising powers have the US in their sights
August 20, 2007
8/20/07 Englehardt, Nation, How Super Was Our Power Anyway?
August 18, 2007
8/18/07 French & Polgreen, NYT, Entrepreneurs From China Flourish in Africa
August 17, 2007
August 16, 2007
8/16/07 Coonan, Independent, China crisis: the fairy tale goes wrong
August 15, 2007
August 14, 2007
8/14/07 Burnell & Denwood, BBC, Perils of a new Pacific arms race
August 13, 2007
8/13/07 French & Polgreen, NYT, China, Filling a Void, Drills for Riches in Chad
August 12, 2007
August 9, 2007
8/09/07 Griffin, Independent, The economic scramble for Africa
August 5, 2007
August 3, 2007
8/03/07 Stanway, Guardian, 1,800 Chinese officials admit corruption
August 2, 2007
8/02/07 Weaver, Guardian, Toys recalled in lead paint scare
August 1, 2007
8/01/07 CSM, Is China Good for Africa? (3 part series)
July 31, 2007
July 28, 2007
7/28/07 Seddon, Al Jazeera, US state department 'funding Blair'
July 27, 2007
7/27/07 Faulconbridge, Reuters, Russia's Gorbachev Says US is Sowing World Disorder
July 24, 2007
July 23, 2007
July 20, 2007
7/20/07 Scherer & Ford, CSM, China's grip on key food additive
July 17, 2007
July 16, 2007
7/16/07 MacAskill & Borger, Guardian, Cheney Pushes Bush to Act on Iran
July 15, 2007
July 14, 2007
July 12, 2007
7/12/07 Akhavi, Asia Times, A fallacy that bombs - literally
July 10, 2007
July 9, 2007
July 8, 2007
7/8/07 Economy, Nation, (from 4/19/07) China vs. Earth
July 7, 2007
July 6, 2007
July 5, 2007
July 4, 2007
7/4/07 Freeman, WP, Made in China, Driven in USA
July 3, 2007
7/3/07 Barboza, NYT, A Slippery, Writhing Trade Dispute
July 1, 2007
June 30, 2007
6/30/07 Al Jazeera, Bush to lose special trade powers
June 29, 2007
June 28, 2007
June 26, 2007
June 25, 2007
6/25/07 Al Jazeera, China's hot energy-saving idea
June 24, 2007
June 22, 2007
6/22/07 AL Jazeera, China envoy defends Darfur record
6/22/07 AL Jazeera, China cancels Iraq debt
June 21, 2007
June 19, 2007
6/19/07 Al Jazeera, China builds highway to Everest
6/19/07 Lipton & Barboza, NYT, As More Toys Are Recalled, Trail Ends in China
6/19/07 Harriban, BBC, China building more power plants
June 18, 2007
6/18/07 Hawkins, Al Jazeera, Chinese dams disrupt Mekong lives
June 17, 2007
June 16, 2007
6/16/07 Cooper & Sanger, NYT, Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House
June 15, 2007
June 14, 2007
June 13, 2007
6/13/07 McCarthy & WIlliams, Guardian, Secret UN Report Condemns US for Middle East Failures
June 12, 2007
6/12/07 Coonan, Independent, China's culture of secrecy 'deadly to society'
June 11, 2007
June 10, 2007
June 9, 2007
6/09/07 Bloomfield, Independent, Zambia feels the reality of G8's empty promises
6/09/07 Grice, Independent, The G8: What they said and what they meant
June 8, 2007
6/08/07 Bristow, BBC, 'Slaves' rescued from China firm
June 7, 2007
6/07/07 Reynolds, BBC, Students go on rampage in China
June 6, 2007
6/06/07 Landler & Stolberg, NYT, Rifts Seen on Climate and Security at G-8 Summit
June 5, 2007
June 4, 2007
June 2, 2007
6/02/07 Al Jazeera, US forces attack Somalia target
June 1, 2007
6/01/07 Al Jazeera, US mulls long-term stay in Iraq
May 31, 2007
May 30, 2007
5/30/07 Bradsher, NYT, China Triples Tax on Stock Trades
May 29, 2007
5/29/07 Englehardt, Nation, Colossus of Baghdad
May 28, 2007
May 25, 2007
May 24, 2007
May 22, 2007
May 21, 2007
May 20, 2007
5/20/07 Weiss, WP, Tainted Chinese Imports Common
May 19, 2007
May 18, 2007
May 16, 2007
May 15, 2007
5/15/07 Wheatley, Reuters, China promises to do more to help Africa
May 14, 2007
5/14/07 Francis, CSM, US ports may choke China's success
May 13, 2007
5/13/07 Cockburn, Independent, Bloodshed rises in Iraq as US demands 'victory'
May 11, 2007
5/11/07 Bloomfield, Independent, Chinese envoy to put pressure on Sudan over Darfur
5/11/07 Landay, Providence Journal, Iraq War Is All About Controlling The Oil
May 10, 2007
5/10/07 Goldstein & Eggen, WP, Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows
May 9, 2007
May 8, 2007
5/08/07 Sanger & Shanker, NYT, U.S. Debates Deterrence for Nuclear Terrorism
May 7, 2007
May 6, 2007
May 4, 2007
5/04/07 Barboza, NYT, China Makes Arrest in Pet Food Case
May 2, 2007
April 30, 2007
4/30/07 Shuping & Hornby, Reuters, Melamine in big demand in China as a feed additive
4/30/07 Barboza & Barrionuevo, NYT, Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
April 28, 2007
April 27, 2007
4/27/07 Porter, Asia Times, A US recipe for endless war in Iraq
4/27/07 Bezlova, IPS, CHINA: Headed for Trade Wars With US
April 26, 2007
4/26/07 Brisbane Times, Darfur militias 'killing with impunity'
4/26/07 Popham, Independent, The world's youngest political prisoner
April 25, 2007
4/25/07 Kaufman & Weiss, WP, FDA to Test Imported Additives for Melamine
April 24, 2007
April 23, 2007
4/23/07 Weinberger, WIred, Return of the Killer Satellite Weapons
April 21, 2007
April 20, 2007
April 19, 2007
4/19/07 Clifton, IPS, World Opposed to U.S. as Global Cop
4/19/07 Mukkail, ITT, Globalism with Combat Boots
4/19/07 McDonald, AP, China Economy Surges 11 Percent
4/19/07 Barboza, NYT, China Still Growing at a Torrid Pace
April 18, 2007
4/18/07 Allen, OneWorld, World to US: We Demand 'Climate Justice'
April 15, 2007
4/15/07 Cornwell, Independent, Power politics: Cold War Two
April 12, 2007
4/12/07 Baldauf, CSM, Google maps the Darfur crisis
April 11, 2007
April 10, 2007
April 9, 2007
4/09/07 Cassidy, The New Yorker, The Next Crusade - Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank.
April 7, 2007
April 4, 2007
4/04/07 Feffer, FPIF, Into Africa (3/15)
April 1, 2007
4/01/07 Goodman & Finn, WP, Corruption Stains Timber Trade
March 31, 2007
3/31/07 McDonald, Sun-Sentinel, Oil giants form China venture
3/31/07 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, US shadow over China-Russia ties
3/31/07 Hanrahan, BBC, The Falkland Islands way
March 30, 2007
March 28, 2007
3/28/07 AL Jazeera, US warns China on Iran arms sales
3/28/07 Innocent, Asia Times, A US-China arms race on the final frontier
March 27, 2007
March 26, 2007
March 24, 2007
March 20, 2007
March 19, 2007
3/19/07 Fisk, Independent, US power games in the Middle East
3/09/07 Bello, FPIF, China Provokes Debate in Africa
March 15, 2007
March 14, 2007
March 11, 2007
March 8, 2007
March 5, 2007
March 3, 2007
3/03/07 Roig-Franzia, WP, Haiti's Lost Boys
March 2, 2007
March 1, 2007
February 28, 2007
February 27, 2007
February 25, 2007
February 24, 2007
February 21, 2007
February 20, 2007
February 19, 2007
February 18, 2007
February 17, 2007
February 16, 2007
2/16/07 Pocha, ITT, Eyes Off the Prize
February 11, 2007
February 10, 2007
2/10/07 MacAskill, Guardian, Target Iran: US able to strike in the spring
February 9, 2007
February 8, 2007
February 6, 2007
2/06/07 Coonan, Independent, Carbon-free living: China's green leap forward
2/06/07 Von Hoffman, Nation, Will China Choke on US Dollars?
February 5, 2007
2/05/07 Chossudovsky, CRG, The Criminalization of US Foreign Policy
February 3, 2007
February 2, 2007
2/02/07 Horwitz, WP, Detainee Rights at Center Of Fight
January 30, 2007
January 29, 2007
January 28, 2007