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Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Althia Raj reports on the Cons’ concerted effort to undermine organized labour in Canada (along with anybody else who might object to putting the interests of dirty oil and dirty money above the needs of citizens): Behind the rhetoric about “union bosses” and
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Japan, China & Those Islands: Dueling flotillas increase tensions
A potentially deadly game of tit-for-tatis taking place at the two islands that are the centre of the dispute between China and Japan, both of whom claim ownership of the islands. Smaller numbers of fishing boats were sent to the islands by China and then by Japan, but this week
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Chinese state newspaper: Japan has been wolfishly pushing its luck on the islands
China Daily, the Hong Kong based English language newspaper owned by the Chinese state, and regarded as the window into China, has a few choice words to describe the conflict between China and Japan over the two disputed islands in an article headed Time for Tough Measures: China should forget
Continue readingCuriosityCat: China & Japan: Just where are those islands in the sun?
Turmoil still bubbling up in China with the USA voicing concern and trying to avoid taking sides: Islands in the Rising Sun On Sunday, hundreds of Chinese protesters again faced off against riot police at the Japanese embassy in Beijing. In Shenzhen, police fired tear gas to disperse a demonstration,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: China’s Nuclear Hair Trigger
China is just one of several countries with arsenals of nuclear weapons. Yet, unlike the others, the unusual structure of China’s military forces may leave the country much more prone to nuclear escalation from a conventional war. ” [A] new study, previously only available in Chinese, appears in the latest
Continue readingCuriosityCat: China & Japan: Keep your eyes on these islands – there are more than goats at stake
There is a good chance that we will see violence erupt between a bellicose China and equally bellicose Japan over two small islands – known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China – that could lead to very strained relations between these two countries. Chinese ships at the islands
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: World Forest Area Still on the Decline
World Forest Area Still on the Decline (via sustainablog) By Emily E. Adams Forests provide many important goods, such as timber and paper. They also supply essential services—for example, they filter water, control water runoff, protect soil, regulate climate, cycle and store nutrients, and provide habitat for countless animal species
Continue readingLeDaro: China: America is a violent society and is guilty of severe human rights violations
U.S criticized China for human rights violations in a report. China prepared its own report on U.S which states that U.S is the most violent society in the world and human rights violations are very frequent in U.S. Alleged cinema gunman James Holmes appears in court after his shooting spree at
Continue readingLeft Over: Eating Ourselves Out of House and Home….
In the Guardian (UK edition) this morning is an article re food shortages… Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists I think that vegetarianism might be the answer to a lot of our cultural problems in the West, like obesity, for a start..and many of us eat far
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Well They Need the Money to Buy Canadian Bitumen
China is flooding sub-Saharan Africa with cheap assault rifles and ammunition. Weapons from China have surfaced in a string of U.N. investigations in war zones stretching from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ivory Coast, Somalia and Sudan.…China has stood apart from other major arms exporters, including Russia, for
Continue readingeaves.ca: China, Twitter and the 0.1%
Earlier this month I had the good fortune of visiting China – a place I’m deeply curious about and – aside from some second year university courses, the reporting from the Economist, and the occasional trip over to Tea Leaf Nation – remains too foreign to me for comfort given
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Canada’s Economic Problem is NOT High Wages
Bill Curry reports in today’s Globe that, at last year’s economic policy retreat, business leaders urged Finance Minister Flaherty to reduce the pay of “overpriced” Canadian workers, including through anti union right to work legislation. Coincidentally, or not, the subsequent 2012 federal Budget introduced new rules which will require most
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is War With China Actually Possible? Is War of Some Sort Inevitable?
Is China on the verge of war? War with whom? There are factors building that suggest China faces the sort of instability that could force war on China and some other country. For the past few decades, Russia and China have been closely allied but their relationship since the end
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Russia Reacts to Perceived Chinese Threat
Russia is growing concerned about Chinese designs on Russian territory and resources. Russian president Dimitry Medvedev said it was essential to defend it’s eastern territories against “excessive expansion by bordering states”. Speaking days after Russia’s first deputy defence minister said two new nuclear submarines would be sent to the Pacific
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Hey Canada, Do You Really Want to Talk?
Having a conversation with a bitumen booster is like talking to a climate change denier. It’s impossible to have a broad-reaching discussion, covering all the bases. That’s because the Tar Sanders have some bases they want to bypass. They want to narrow the conversation to play into their greatest strengths
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: And We’re Fueling China for What Exactly?
Stevie Boy Harper is dead keen on exporting Athabasca bitumen to China, just as much and as fast as he can. But why is Steve suddenly so fond of China, except perhaps for the way it might let Canada game the U.S. on bitumen prices? It wasn’t long ago that
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Taking Over Nexen
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC) bid to acquire Nexen is a large and complex proposal. Canadians should call for a more thorough and transparent review than other foreign takeovers have received under the Investment Canada Act. A preliminary outline of possible costs and benefits follows. The Downside: Chinese
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stuart Trew comments on the Cons’ utterly implausible claims to try to impose the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the EU without the slightest bit of public scrutiny: CETA will also most certainly give European firms the power to challenge and
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